Tai'an, Miaoli

24°25′22″N 121°03′02″E / 24.422769°N 121.050689°E / 24.422769; 121.050689

Mountain indigenous township
Tai'an Township
Official logo of Tai'an Township
Taian Township Office, Miaoli County
Tai'an Township in Miaoli County
Tai'an Township in Miaoli County
LocationMiaoli County, Taiwan
Area
 • Total615 km2 (237 sq mi)
Population
 (September 2023)
 • Total5,672
 • Density9.2/km2 (24/sq mi)
Websitewww.taian.gov.tw Edit this at Wikidata (in Chinese)

Tai'an Township[1][2][3][4][5] (Chinese: 泰安鄉; pinyin: Tài'ān Xiāng) is a mountain indigenous township in southeastern Miaoli County, Taiwan. It is the largest township and the only mountain indigenous township in Miaoli County.[6]

Geography

Tai'an Township is a mountainous region without convenient transportation both between villages and between Tai'an itself and outside townships. The sources of the Houlong and Da-an rivers are found in the township. More than two thirds of the population consists of the indigenous Atayal people.

  • Area: 614.51 square kilometres (237.26 sq mi)
  • Population: 5,672 people (September 2023)[7]

Administrative divisions

Administrative divisions of Tai'an Township

The township comprises eight villages: Bagua, Daxing, Jinshui, Meiyuan, Qingan, Shilin, Xiangbi and Zhongxing.[7]

Politics

The township is part of Miaoli County Constituency II electoral district for Legislative Yuan.

Tourist attractions

References

  1. ^ "Organization". Miaoli County Fire Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2020. 1.14.7 Taian branch
  2. ^ "Jurisdiction". Taiwan Miaoli District Prosecutors Office. 2010-06-08. Archived from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 21 September 2020. Taian Township.
  3. ^ "Chinese and English Table for police brigades of this department". Retrieved 21 September 2020. 造橋分隊 Zaociao Branch
  4. ^ 1.7-鄉鎮市區戶口數 [Population for Township and District]. Ministry of the Interior. August 2020. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2020. 泰安鄉 Taian Township 614.5127 1,976 5,795 3,105 2,690 115.43 2.93 9
  5. ^ Steven Crook (22 November 2019). "Highways and Byways: Railway culture at Taian". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020. Taian TRA Station isn't in Miaoli County's Taian Township (泰安鄉),
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ a b 112年9月份人口統計下載區 [September 2023 Population Statistic Downloads]. mlhr.miaoli.gov.tw (in Chinese). Miaoli County Government Household Registration Service. September 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-10-31. Retrieved 2023-10-31.

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