Datong Township () is a mountain indigenous township in the southwestern part of Yilan County,

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. It is the second largest township in Yilan County after Nan'ao Township.

Geography

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It is predominantly populated by

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of the

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Tribe. The township is dominated by rugged mountains and wide river valleys. Most settlements in the county are located along the

Lanyang River The Lanyang River () is a river in northeast Taiwan. Geology The river flows through Yilan County for 73 kilometers. It has a drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, ...

valley which runs from the central mountains of Taiwan into the

Lanyang Plain Yilan Plain (), also called the Lanyang Plain (), or historically Kabalan (), Kapsulan (), Komalan (), is a plain in Yilan County, Taiwan. The plain has an alluvial fan which formed by Lanyang River. The plain was formed in the shape of nearly ...

. *

Area Area is the measure of a region's size on a surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an open surface or the boundary of a three-di ...

: 657.54 km² *

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: 6,042 people (September 2023)

Administration

The villages of Datong include Daping, Fuxing, Hanxi, Leshui, Lunpi, Mao'an, Nanshan, Siji, Songluo and Yingshi. It was formerly the "Aboriginal Area" of Ratō District,

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during Japanese rule.

Economy

Economic activities include trucking silt from the

for use in cement production and cultivation of tea, cabbage and betel nut palms.

Infrastructure

* Qingshui Geothermal Power Plant

Tourist attractions

* Atayal Life Museum * Cingshuei's Geothermal Square (清水地熱廣場) * Hatonozawa Hot Spring (鳩之澤溫泉) * Jiuliao River Ecological Park *

* Mingchi National Forest Recreation Area * Mount Taiping * Qilan Forest Recreation Area * Songluo National Trail * Taipingshan Scenic Recreation Area * Yulan Tea Cultivation Area

References

External links

* Townships in Yilan County, Taiwan {{Taiwan-geo-stub