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Nantou City
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| Former name | 《Nantou Society (南投社)》 | ||||
| Adminstrative division government | Nantou City Government | ||||
| Governed area | Nantou City | ||||
| Official website | Nantou City Government | ||||
| Governing administrative division | Nantou County | ||||
| Adminstrative division type | County-controlled city | ||||
| Mayor | Hsu Shu-hua (許淑華) | ||||
| Longitude | 120.675°E | ||||
| Latitude | 23.919°N | ||||
| Total area | 71.2063 km2 | ||||
| Number of households | 31,739 | ||||
| Population | 105,506 （as of December 2006） | ||||
| Divisions | 34 Villages, 804 Neighborhoods | ||||
| Postal code | 54000 | ||||
| Governing body | Nantou City Council | ||||
| Neighboring administrative divisions | Caotun, Mingjian, Jhongliao;
Changhua County: Fenyuan, Yuanlin, Shetou |
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Location of Nantou in Nantou County
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Nantou City (Traditional Chinese: 南投市; Hanyu Pinyin: Nántóu shì; Wade-Giles: Nan-t'ou Shih; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-tâu-chhī ) is located in the northwest of Nantou County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China. It lies between the Bagua Mountains and the Maoluo River[1] and is the capital of Nantou County. Nantou City is served by No. 3 Freeway.[2] Its name is a transliteration of the Hoanya word Ramtau with the characters 南投 chosen to complement 北投 (Beitou), a district in Taipei, even though there is no relation between the aboriginal words[3].
The Han Chinese began arriving in the area during the reign of Qianlong Emperor. Members of the Zhang clan from Zhangzhou as well as the Jian(簡), Lin and Xiao clans from Nanjing County in Zhangzhou were among the early settlers. A yamen was established in 1759 near the present Nantou Elementary School. In 1898, Nantou Commandery was organized. After the retrocession of Taiwan to the Republic of China, Nantou County was organized out of Taichung County in 1950, and, in October of the same year, Nantou Township was organized with the county government seated in it. On July 1, 1957, the Taiwan provincial government moved to Jhongsing Village, making Nantou the location of the provincial government. In 1981, Nantou became a county-controlled city[1]. Due to its location along the Chelungpu Fault[4], Nantou was strongly affected by the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake: 92 people died[5] and over 1000 buildings were damaged[6]
- Government website (in traditional Chinese)
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- WikiSatellite view at WikiMapia
- City map from Multimap
- Aerial view from GlobalGuide
- ^ a b Brief introduction to Nantou city (南投市簡介) (traditional Chinese). Retrieved on February 9, 2007.
- ^ National Highway No. 3 (English). Retrieved on February 9, 2007.
- ^ Collection of the best place name explanations (地名解說集錦) (traditional Chinese). Retrieved on February 9, 2007.
- ^ Event Report Chi-Chi, Taiwan Earthquake (English) (pdf).
- ^ Mortality of the 921 Earthquake in Nantou and Taichung Counties (English) (pdf). Retrieved on February 13, 2007.
- ^ Tsai, K.C.; Chiang Pi Hsiao and Michel Bruneau (March 2000). "Overview of Building Damages in 921 Chi-Chi Earthquake" (in English). Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology 2 (1): 93-108. Retrieved on 2007-02-13.
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