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 ...

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Geography

It has a population total of 25,454 and an area of 80.4612 square kilometers, including a section of coastline bordering the

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History

Kouhu's coastal waters were traditionally used in

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, but in 1991 they were

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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

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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 ...

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

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Festivals

* Qian Shui Che Zhuang Festival

Tourist attractions

Chenglong Wetlands Chenglong Wetlands () is a wetland in Kouhu Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. History The wetland was formed due to the low altitude of the lower Hukou Village of Kouhu Township and the overuse of groundwater over the years. Those factors cont ...

* Yiwu Wetland

Transportation

* Provincial Highway 61

References

External links

Kouhu Township Office, Yunlin County
Townships in Yunlin County {{Taiwan-geo-stub