Guangfu Township () is a rural township located in mid

Huatung Valley The Huadong Valley or Hualien–Taitung Valley (), also known as East Rift Valley or the Longitudinal Valley, is a long and narrow valley located between the Central Mountain Range and the Coastal Mountain Range. It is also recognized as a plai ...

between

Central Mountain Range The Central Mountain Range is the principal mountain range on the island of Taiwan. It runs from the north of the island to the south. Due to this separation, connecting between the west and east is not very convenient. The tallest peak of th ...

and coastal Range of

Hualien County Hualien County ( Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan. I ...

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. The

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Amis people The Amis ( ami, Amis, Ami, Pangcah; ), also known as the Pangcah, are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group native to Taiwan. They speak the Amis language (; ), an Austronesian language, and are one of the sixteen officially recognized Ta ...

make up about half of the population. The main economical activity is agriculture.

Geography

The township is located at the

Administrative divisions

The township has 14 villages with a population of 11,975 inhabitants. Dahua, Daan, Daping, Dama, Datong, Tungfu, Xifu, Nanfu, Beifu, Dajin, Daquan, Daxing, Dafu and Dafeng Village.

Tourist attractions

* Bao'an Temple * Dafong Ecological Park * Danongdafu Forest Park * Daxing Waterfall Memorial Park * Hualien Sugar Factory * Mataian Culture Street * Mataian Humanities Studio * Matai'an Wetland Ecological Park * Mudflow Memorial Park * Tabalong aboriginal culturehttp://www.erv-nsa.gov.tw/user/Article.aspx?Lang=2&SNo=03000454

Transportation

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Guangfu and Dafu Station ( Taitung line) * Provincial Highway No.9 (Hualien-Taitung Provincial Highway) * Provincial Highway No.11A (Guangfu-Fengbin) * County Road No.193

Notable natives

Lin Chiung-ying Lin Chiung-ying (; born 2 November 1987) is a Taiwanese football and futsal player. She comes from Amis tribe and usually plays as a defender. Her sister Lin Man-ting is also footballer. In July 2009, Lin and national teammates Tseng Shu-o an ...

, football and futsal player

References

External links

Guangfu Township Administration Office
* {{Taiwanese aboriginal areas Townships in Hualien County