Ren'ai Township ( zh, t=仁愛鄉, p=Rén'ài Xiāng, w=Jen²-ai⁴ Hsiang¹) is a mountain indigenous township in

Nantou County Nantou is the second largest County (Taiwan), county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the Hoanya people, Hoanya Taiwanese aborigines, Taiwanese ...

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. It has a population total of 15,670 and an area of 1,273.5312 km², making it the second largest township by area in the county after Xinyi Township. The populations is mainly of the

indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology) In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often populari ...

Seediq,

Atayal Atayal may refer to: * Atayal people, of Taiwan * Atayal language The Atayal language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Atayal people of Taiwan. Squliq and C’uli’ (Ts’ole’) are two major dialects. Mayrinax and Pa’kuali’, two ...

and Bunun peoples. At an average elevation of 1,669 m (5,476 ft), it is one of the highest settlements in Taiwan.https://en-us.topographic-map.com/map-z8dl3q/Renai-Township

Administrative divisions

*1 Rongxing Village　　 *2 Cuihua Village *3 Lixing Village　　　 *4 Faxiang Village　　　　　　　 *5 Datong Village　　 *6 Hezuo Village *7 Douda Village　　 *8 Jingying Village　　　　　　 *9 Chunyang Village　　 *10 Qinai Village　　　 *11 Fazhi Village　　　 *12 Zhongzheng Village *13 Wanfeng Village　　 *14 Nanfeng Village　　　　　　 *15 Xinsheng Village　 *16 Huzhu Village

Tourist attractions

Aowanda National Forest Recreation Area Aowanda National Forest Recreation Area () is a forest located in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. Geology The forest spans over an area of 2,787 hectares at an altitude of 1,100-2,600 meters. It is divided into the waterfall zone, fore ...

Atayal Resort The Atayal Resort () is a resort in Huzhu Village, Ren'ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. History The resort was established by one of the survivor of Musha Incident. The construction of the resort started in 1987 and opened to the public in 1 ...

Chuping Archaeological Site The Chuping Archaeological Site () is an archaeological site in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. It houses relics of the first prehistoric mountain settlements in Taiwan. Modern history The site was discovered in 1980 in the upper area ...

Huisun Forest Recreation Area The Huisun Forest Recreation Area () is a forest in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. The forest is managed by the Department of Agriculture of National Chung Hsing University (NCHU). Name The name ''Huisun'' was taken from the late pres ...

* Mount Hehuan *

Mount Shimen The Mount Shimen () is a mountain in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County and Xiulin Township, Hualien County of Taiwan. Geology The peak of the mountain stands at an elevation of 3,237 meters above sea level. See also * List of mountains in Taiwa ...

Qingjing Farm The Qingjing Farm (), also known as Cingjing Farm, is a tourist attraction farm in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island o ...

* Small Swiss Garden *

Wujie Dam Wujie Dam () is a concrete gravity dam on the Zhuoshui River in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. The dam was built in two stages, from 1919 to 1922 and 1927–1934, and serves primarily to divert water from the Zhuoshui River to a storag ...

Wushe Dam Wushe Dam ( zh, c=霧社壩, p=Wùshè Bà) is a gravity dam forming Wushe Reservoir ( zh, c=霧社水庫, p=Wùshè Shuǐkù, labels=no), also called Wanda Reservoir ( zh, c=萬大水庫, p=Wàndà Shuǐkù, labels=no) and Bihu ( zh, c=碧湖, p ...

Wushe Incident Memorial Park The Wushe Incident Memorial Park () is a memorial park in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan commemorating the Musha Incident in 1930. History The park was set up by the government to commemorate the Seediq people who perished during the ...

Zhuoshe Mountain Mount Zhuoshe or Mount Cho-she () is a mountain in Nantou County, Taiwan with an elevation of . It is located at the border of Ren'ai and Xinyi Township. See also *List of mountains in Taiwan The island of Taiwan has the largest number and ...

File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-6550512-mu-sha-2319-iii.jpg, Map of Ren-ai (north) area (1944) File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-6550512-bandai-2318-iv.jpg, Map of Ren-ai (south) area (1944)

Climate

References

Townships in Nantou County {{Taiwan-geo-stub