Tai'an Township / Taian Township () is a mountain indigenous township in southeastern

Miaoli County Miaoli County (Mandarin Pinyin: ''miáo lì xiàn''; Hakka PFS: ''Mèu-li̍t-yen''; Hokkien POJ: ''Biâu-le̍k-koān'' or ''Miâu-le̍k-koān'') is a county in western Taiwan. Miaoli is adjacent with Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City to the nort ...

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. It is the largest township and the only mountain indigenous township in Miaoli County.http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=108210&ctNode=430

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 urban township in western Miaoli County, Taiwan. It is bordered by the Taiwan Strait on the west and Zaoqiao Township on the east. It lies at the mouth of the Houlong River. Miaoli HSR station is located in Houlong. Name ...

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), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention *Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band *Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...

Atayal people The Atayal (), also known as the Tayal and the Tayan, are a Taiwanese indigenous people. The Atayal people number around 90,000, approximately 15.9% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the third-largest indigenous group. The pre ...

. *Area: *Population: 5,923 people (January 2017)

Administrative divisions

The township comprises eight villages: Bagua, Daxing, Jinshui, Meiyuan, Qingan, Shilin, Xiangbi and Zhongxing.

Politics

The township is part of Miaoli County Constituency II

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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 Hsuehshan and Dabajian Mountain, with an area of , covering the area of Hsinchu County, Miaoli County and Taichung City. High mountain ecology, ...

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

* {{Taiwanese aboriginal areas Townships in Miaoli County