Tai'an Township () is a
mountain indigenous township in southeastern
Miaoli County
Miaoli is a county (Taiwan), county in western Taiwan. Miaoli is bordered by Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City to the north, Taichung to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the west. Miaoli is Regions of Taiwan, classified as "central Taiwan" by t ...
,
Taiwan
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. It is the largest township and the only mountain indigenous township in Miaoli County.
Geography
Tai'an Township is a mountainous region without convenient transportation both between villages and between Tai'an itself and outside townships. The sources of the
Houlong
Houlong Township is an township (Taiwan), urban township in western Miaoli County, Taiwan. It is bordered by the Taiwan Strait on the west and Zaoqiao, Zaoqiao Township on the east. It lies at the mouth of the Houlong River. Miaoli HSR station i ...
and
Da-an rivers are found in the township. More than two thirds of the population consists of the
indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology)
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Atayal people
The Atayal (Atayal language, Atayal: Tayal), also known as the Tayal and the Tayan, are a Taiwanese indigenous peoples, Taiwanese indigenous people. The Atayal people number around 90,000, approximately 15.9% of Taiwan's total indigenous popula ...
.
*Area:
*Population: 5,672 people (September 2023)
Administrative divisions
The township comprises eight villages: Bagua, Daxing, Jinshui, Meiyuan, Qingan, Shilin, Xiangbi and Zhongxing.
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Politics
The township is part of Miaoli County Constituency II electoral district
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for Legislative Yuan
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.
Tourist attractions
* Guanwu National Forest Recreation Area
Guanwu National Forest Recreation Area () is a forest located in Wufeng Township, Hsinchu County and Tai'an Township, Miaoli County in Taiwan.
Geology
The forest spans over an area of and is located at an elevation of . It has an annual mean ...
* Shei-Pa National Park
Shei-Pa National Park () is a national park located in the central part of Taiwan around the peaks of Hsueh/Sekuwan and Dabajian/Papak Waqa, with an area of , covering the area of Hsinchu County, Miaoli County and Taichung City. High mountain ...
* Tai'an Hot Spring
The Tai'an Hot Spring () is a hot spring in Tai'an Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
History
The hot spring was originally named the Ueshima Hot Spring during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic ...
* Xishuikeng Tofu Street
References
External links
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{{Taiwanese aboriginal areas
Townships in Miaoli County