Kouhu Township () is a
rural township in
Yunlin County
Yunlin County (Mandarin pinyin: ''Yúnlín Xiàn''; Taigi POJ: ''Hûn-lîm-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Yùn-lìm-yen'') is a county in western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County t ...
,
Taiwan
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Geography
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It has a population total of 25,454 and an area of 80.4612 square kilometers, including a section of coastline bordering the
Taiwan Strait
The Taiwan Strait is a -wide strait separating the island of Taiwan and continental Asia. The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north. The narrowest part is wide.
The Taiwan Strait is itself a s ...
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History
Kouhu's coastal waters were traditionally used in
oyster farming
Oyster farming is an aquaculture (or mariculture) practice in which oysters are bred and raised mainly for their pearls, shells and inner organ tissue, which is eaten. Oyster farming was practiced by the ancient Rome, ancient Romans as early as t ...
, but in 1991 they were
zoned for offshore industrial use.
Administrative divisions
The township comprises 21 villages: Chenglong, Dinghu, Gangtung, Gangxi, Guogang, Houcuo, Hukou, Hutung, Jinghan, Keliao, Kouhu, Luntung, Lunjhong, Pubei, Punan, Shueijing, Sialun, Siecuo, Taizih, Wubei, and Wunan.
Infrastructure
Kouhu is one of the area proposed by
Taiwan Power Company
The Taiwan Power Company (, Taipower; ) is a state-owned electric power industry providing electricity to Taiwan and off-shore islands of the Republic of China.
History
Taipower was established on 1 May 1946. Its origins can be traced to 1919 ...
for underground electricity cable passing through to make a way to Jianshan Village in
Huxi Township Huxi may refer to:
* Huxi, Penghu, a rural township in Penghu County (the Pescadores), Taiwan
* Huxi, Shandong, a former prefecture in Shandong Province, China
* Huxi District, Chongqing
Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese pronunciation: , S ...
at
Penghu
The Penghu (, Hokkien POJ: ''Phîⁿ-ô͘'' or ''Phêⁿ-ô͘'' ) or Pescadores Islands are an archipelago of 90 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait, located approximately west from the main island of Taiwan, covering an area ...
through
submarine cable Submarine cable is any electrical cable that is laid on the seabed, although the term is often extended to encompass cables laid on the bottom of large freshwater bodies of water.
Examples include:
*Submarine communications cable
*Submarine power ...
.
Festivals
*
Qian Shui Che Zhuang Festival
Tourist attractions
*
Chenglong Wetlands
*
Yiwu Wetland
Transportation
*
Provincial Highway 61
See also
*
List of Taiwanese superlatives
This is a list of Taiwanese superlatives.
Geography
Ecology
Demography
Structures
References
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Taiwanese
Superlatives
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References
External links
Kouhu Township Office, Yunlin County
Townships in Yunlin County
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