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Shoufeng Township
壽豐鄉
Kotobuki
Rural township
Rice Paddy with the Coastal Mountain Range in the background
Rice Paddy with the Coastal Mountain Range in the background
Shoufeng Township in Hualien County
Shoufeng Township in Hualien County
LocationHualien County, Taiwan
Area
 • Total218 km2 (84 sq mi)
Population
 (March 2023)
 • Total17,106
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Shoufeng Township
Chinese name
Chinese壽豐鄉
Hanyu PinyinShòufēng Xiāng
Wade–GilesShou4-feng1 Hsiang1
Pha̍k-fa-sṳSu-fûng-hiông
Hokkien POJSiū-hong-hiong
Amis name
AmisRinahem[1]

Shoufeng Township[2] is a rural Township in Hualien County, Taiwan. The township sits in the north segment of East Rift Valley between Taiwan's Central Range and Coastal Mountain Range near the Pacific Ocean.[3] The Township is best known as home to National Dong Hwa University (NDHU), a national research university and famous tourist attraction in Eastern Taiwan, where is Taiwan's representative university town.

Geography

Map of western Shoufeng area (1944)
Map of southern Shoufeng area (1944)

A large part of the township is located centered on the Huadong Valley north of where the Shoufeng River empties into the Hualien River. The township extends eastward over the Hai'an Range to the Pacific Ocean in the east.

Administrative divisions

Shoufeng Township Office

The township comprises 15 villages: Chinan, Fengli, Fengping, Fengshan, Gonghe, Guangrong, Mizhan, Pinghe, Shoufeng, Shuhu, Shuilian, Xikou, Yanliao, Yuemei and Zhixue.

Demographics

It has 17,106 inhabitants in 7,376 households.

Education

Higher education

National Dong Hwa University Campus View

The National Dong Hwa University dominates the township of Shoufeng, providing the township with its distinctive college-town character. University buildings are located in the north of the township and the campus is directly adjacent to the Zhixue Street, Papaya Creek Delta, and Zhixue Railway Station.[4]

Mandarin education

Tourist attractions

Liyu Lake
Land Deity

Transportation

Shoufeng Station on the Hualien–Taitung Line

Taiwan Railways Administration stations on the Taitung line in Shoufeng include:

Highways in Shoufeng include:

References

  1. ^ Sing ‘Olam. 阿美語簡明詞典(學生版) O Citing no Pangcah. Taipei: 臺灣族群母語推行委員會, 2011. ISBN 9789868693630
  2. ^ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. Ministry of the Interior. 26 March Minguo 104 (2015). Retrieved 5 November 2017. (in Chinese)
  3. ^ http://www.erv-nsa.gov.tw/user/Article.aspx?Lang=2&SNo=03000095
  4. ^ "NDHU, National Dong Hwa University". NDHU, National Dong Hwa University. Retrieved 2021-07-28.

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