Dawu Township () is a rural township in

Taitung County Taitung () is the third largest county in Taiwan, located primarily on the island's southeastern coast and also including Green Island, Orchid Island and Lesser Orchid Island. The seat is located in Taitung City. Name While its name means "East ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

. The majority inhabitants of the township are the

indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology) In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often populari ...

Paiwan people The Paiwan () are an indigenous people of Taiwan. They speak the Paiwan language. In 2014, the Paiwan numbered 96,334. This was approximately 17.8% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the second-largest indigenous group. The ma ...

Administrative divisions

The township comprises five villages: Dajhu, Daniao, Dawu, Nanhsing and Shangwu. The indigenous names for these communities are and .

Climate

Dawu has a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate subtype that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ' ...

. The township is known for its extreme heat due to

Foehn wind A Foehn, or Föhn (, , , ), is a type of dry, relatively warm downslope wind in the lee of a mountain range. It is a rain shadow wind that results from the subsequent adiabatic warming of air that has dropped most of its moisture on windw ...

effects during the daytime especially during the summer months. On 25 July 2020, Dawu recorded a temperature of , which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Taiwan.

Tourist attractions

* Aboriginal Specialization Area * Dajhu Recreation Area * Daniao Recreation Area * Daniao Seaside Original Forest * Daniao Village Rukou Park *

Dawu Beach Park Dawu or DAWU may refer to: Dominica *Dominica Amalgamated Workers' Union Ghana *Dawu (Ghana), a town in the Eastern Region * Dawu Sports Stadium, located in Accra, Ghana Mainland China *Dawu County, Hubei (大悟县), of Xiaogan, Hubei *Dawu Cou ...

* Dawu Fishing Harbor * Dawu Recreation Coast Fish Market *

Duoliang Station The Duoliang Station () is a former railway station in Duoliang Village, Taimali Township, Taitung County, Taiwan. It has become a popular tourist attraction, with the platform turned into an observation deck overlooking the rail track and the ...

* Ji-asiou Recreation Area * Jinlonghu Scenic Area * Shanjhuku Recreation Farm * Wangyou Pavilion *

Yuanshan Recreation Area Yuanshan may refer to these locations: Taiwan *Yuanshan, Yilan (員山鄉), a township of Yilan County *Yuanshan metro station (圓山站), a metro station of the Taipei Metro People's Republic of China Towns

*Yuanshan, Guangdong (元善), in ...

Transportation

Dawu Township is accessible from Dawu Station and Guzhuang Station of Taiwan Railways.

References

External links

Dawu Township Office, Taitung County
{{Taiwanese aboriginal areas Townships in Taitung County