Xinyi Township or Sinyi Township () is a mountain indigenous township in

Nantou County Nantou County (; Hokkien POJ: ''Lâm-tâu-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Nàm-thèu-yen'') is the second largest 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 fro ...

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. It is the largest township by area of Nantou County. Xinyi is home to the

Bunun people The Bunun (), also historically known as the Vonum, are a Taiwanese indigenous people. They speak the Bunun language. Unlike other aboriginal peoples in Taiwan, the Bunun are widely dispersed across the island's central mountain ranges. In the ye ...

of the

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Geography

It has a population total of 16,813 and an area of .

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 14 villages: *1 Tannan　　 *2 Deli *3 Shuanglong　　 *4 Tungpu　　　　　　　 *5 Tongfu　　 *6 Shenmu *7 Wangmei　　 *8 Luona　　　　　　 *9 Xinxiang　　 *10 Zijiang　　　 *11 Aiguo　　 *12 Mingde *13 Renhe　　 *14 Fengqiu　　　　　　

Economy

The township ranks first in Taiwan in terms of

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production, reaching an annual production of 20,000 tonnes.

Infrastructures

Lulin Observatory The Lulin Observatory (, obs. code: D35) is an astronomical observatory operated by the Institute of Astronomy, National Central University in Taiwan. It is located at the summit of Mount Lulin in Xinyi Township, Nantou County. In 200 ...

Tourist attractions

Batongguan Trail Batongguan Historic Trail ( zh, t=八通關古道, p=Bātōngguān Gǔdào; romaji: ''Pattonkan Kodō'') is the name of two trails crossing the Central Mountain Range from Zhushan, Nantou to Yuli, Hualien in Taiwan. The first iteration of the tra ...

* Mount Dongjun * Mount Mabolasi * Mount Zhuoshe * Shuiyuan Suspension Bridge *

Yushan National Park Yushan National Park () is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan and was named after the summit Yushan, the highest peak of the park.Provincial Highway No. 16 * Provincial Highway No. 18 * Provincial Highway No. 21

References

External links

Sinyi Township Office, Nantou County
{{Taiwanese aboriginal areas Townships in Nantou County