Touwu Township is a rural township in north-western

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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Geography

*Area: *Population: 9,941 (January 2023)

Administrative divisions

The township comprises eight villages: Beikeng, Feifeng, Mingde, Mingfeng, Qudong, Shitan, Touwu and Xiangshan.

Politics

The township is part of Miaoli County Constituency II

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for

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Tourist attractions

Guanyin Temple Guanyin () is a Bodhisattva associated with compassion. She is the East Asian representation of Avalokiteśvara ( sa, अवलोकितेश्वर) and has been adopted by other Eastern religions, including Chinese folk religion. She w ...

* Mingde Reservoir behind Mingde Dam * Rihsin Island

Notable natives

Chang Chiu-hua Chang Chiu-hua (; 1937–2020) was a Taiwanese politician. He was head of government in Miaoli Township and Miaoli City, then served a single four-year term as magistrate of Miaoli County. Life and career Chang was born in Tō'oku, Byōritsu, S ...

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(1989–1993) *

Rai Hau-min Rai Hau-min (; born 2 January 1939) in Tō'oku Village, Shinchiku Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan, was the President of the Judicial Yuan of the Republic of China from 2010 to 2016. An attorney by profession, Rai founded the Formosa Transnational A ...

, President of

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(2010–2016)

References

External links

* {{Townships in Taiwan Townships in Miaoli County