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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Nantou County</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A2m-t%C3%A2u-ko%C4%81n" title="Lâm-tâu-koān – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Lâm-tâu-koān" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantou_(lalawigan)" title="Nantou (lalawigan) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Nantou (lalawigan)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okres_Nan-tchou" title="Okres Nan-tchou – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Okres Nan-tchou" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreis_Nantou" title="Landkreis Nantou – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Landkreis Nantou" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Nantou" title="Condado de Nantou – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Nantou" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantou_konderria" title="Nantou konderria – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Nantou konderria" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Nantou" title="Comté de Nantou – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Nantou" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95" title="南投 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="南投" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A0m-th%C3%A8u-yen" title="Nàm-thèu-yen – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Nàm-thèu-yen" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%82%9C%ED%84%B0%EC%9A%B0%ED%98%84" title="난터우현 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="난터우현" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabupaten_Nantou" title="Kabupaten Nantou – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kabupaten Nantou" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Nantou" title="Contea di Nantou – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Nantou" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_de_Nantou" title="Contea de Nantou – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Contea de Nantou" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantou_apskritis" title="Nantou apskritis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Nantou apskritis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%97_%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%97%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF" title="നാൻറ്റൗ കൗണ്ടി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="നാൻറ്റൗ കൗണ്ടി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A0ng-d%C3%A0u_(g%C3%A2ing)" title="Nàng-dàu (gâing) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Nàng-dàu (gâing)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%83" title="Наньтоу – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Наньтоу" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantou_(xi%C3%A0n)" title="Nantou (xiàn) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Nantou (xiàn)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95%E7%9C%8C" title="南投県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="南投県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantou_(Lunkreis)" title="Nantou (Lunkreis) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Nantou (Lunkreis)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantou_(powiat)" title="Nantou (powiat) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Nantou (powiat)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Nantou" title="Condado de Nantou – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Nantou" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%83_(%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4)" title="Наньтоу (уезд) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Наньтоу (уезд)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-trv mw-list-item"><a href="https://trv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingay_siang" title="Jingay siang – Taroko" lang="trv" hreflang="trv" data-title="Jingay siang" data-language-autonym="Seediq" data-language-local-name="Taroko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seediq</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantoun_piirikunta" title="Nantoun piirikunta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Nantoun piirikunta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantou_(l%C3%A4n)" title="Nantou (län) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Nantou (län)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" 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org">Nantou County</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant">南投縣</span></span></span></div><div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name">Nan-t'ou</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/County_(Taiwan)" class="mw-redirect" title="County (Taiwan)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nantou_County_Montage.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Top：Shuili Water Creek in Shuili Township, 2nd left:Mount Yu, 2nd right:Nantou County Museum of History in Nantou City, 3rd left:View of Sun Moon Lake, from Xuanzang Temple in Yuchi Township, 3rd right:Evergreen Glassland in Renci Township, Bottom left:Tou George Pond in Taiwan Educational University of Nature, Bottom right:Mount Hehuan"><img alt="Top：Shuili Water Creek in Shuili Township, 2nd left:Mount Yu, 2nd right:Nantou County Museum of History in Nantou City, 3rd left:View of Sun Moon Lake, from Xuanzang Temple in Yuchi Township, 3rd right:Evergreen Glassland in Renci Township, Bottom left:Tou George Pond in Taiwan Educational University of Nature, Bottom right:Mount Hehuan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Nantou_County_Montage.png/250px-Nantou_County_Montage.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="348" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Nantou_County_Montage.png/375px-Nantou_County_Montage.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Nantou_County_Montage.png/500px-Nantou_County_Montage.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="891" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Top：Shuili Water Creek in Shuili Township, 2nd left:Mount Yu, 2nd right:Nantou County Museum of History in Nantou City, 3rd left:View of Sun Moon Lake, from Xuanzang Temple in Yuchi Township, 3rd right:Evergreen Glassland in Renci Township, Bottom left:Tou George Pond in Taiwan Educational University of Nature, Bottom right:Mount Hehuan</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Nantou_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Nantou County"><img alt="Flag of Nantou County" 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title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.9153556°N 120.6845333°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.9153556; 120.6845333</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Republic of China (Taiwan)</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Province</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Province" title="Taiwan Province">Taiwan</a> (<i>de facto</i> defunct)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nantou_City" title="Nantou City">Nantou City</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data">Nantou City</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Boroughs</th><td class="infobox-data">1 city, 12 (4 urban, 8 rural) townships</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nantou_County_Government" title="Nantou County Government">Nantou County Government</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Nantou_County_Council" title="Nantou County Council">Nantou County Council</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • County Magistrate</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hsu_Shu-hua" title="Hsu Shu-hua">Hsu Shu-hua</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">KMT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,106.436 km<sup>2</sup> (1,585.504 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_administrative_divisions_of_Taiwan" title="List of administrative divisions of Taiwan">2 of 22</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(January 2023)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">479,666</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_administrative_divisions_of_Taiwan" title="List of administrative divisions of Taiwan">15 of 22</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">120/km<sup>2</sup> (300/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B8" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+8">UTC+8</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="National Standard Time">National Standard Time</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">TW-NAN</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nantou.gov.tw/english/">www.nantou.gov.tw</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1141396924">.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-none{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-center{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-title{font-size:120%}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-subheader{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cddeff}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-island{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cef2e0}</style></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">Symbols</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="height:0px"></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Flower</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prunus_mume" title="Prunus mume">Plum blossom</a> (<i>Prunus mume</i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tree</th><td class="infobox-data">Camphor Laurel (<i><a href="/wiki/Cinnamomum_camphora" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinnamomum camphora">Cinnamomum camphora</a></i>)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color:#b0c4de">Nantou County</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95" class="extiw" title="wikt:南投">南投</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%B8%A3" class="extiw" title="wikt:縣">縣</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Nántóu Xiàn</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bopomofo" title="Bopomofo">Bopomofo</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">ㄋㄢˊ   ㄊㄡˊ   ㄒㄧㄢˋ</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Spelling_in_Gwoyeu_Romatzyh" title="Spelling in Gwoyeu Romatzyh">Gwoyeu Romatzyh</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Nantour Shiann</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Nan²-tʻou² Hsien⁴</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tongyong_Pinyin" title="Tongyong Pinyin">Tongyong Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Nántóu Siàn</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Mandarin_Phonetic_Symbols_II" title="Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II">MPS2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Nántóu Shiàn</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">IPA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn"><span class="IPA" lang="cmn-Latn-fonipa" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">[nǎn.tʰǒʊ ɕjɛ̂n]</a></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Hakka_Chinese" title="Hakka Chinese">Hakka</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Pha%CC%8Dk-fa-s%E1%B9%B3" title="Pha̍k-fa-sṳ">Pha̍k-fa-sṳ</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Hakka-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="hak-Latn">Nàm-thèu-yen</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Min" title="Southern Min">Southern Min</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a> <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">POJ</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Min Nan Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="nan-Latn">Lâm-tâu-koān</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Romanization_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwanese Romanization System">Tâi-lô</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Min Nan Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="nan-Latn">Lâm-tâu-kuān</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Nantou County</b> (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">南投縣</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Nántóu Xiàn</span></i>; <a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a> <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">POJ</a>: <i>Lâm-tâu-koān</i>; <a href="/wiki/Hakka_Chinese" title="Hakka Chinese">Hakka</a> <a href="/wiki/Pha%CC%8Dk-fa-s%E1%B9%B3" title="Pha̍k-fa-sṳ">PFS</a>: <i>Nàm-thèu-yen</i>) is the second largest <a href="/wiki/County_(Taiwan)" class="mw-redirect" title="County (Taiwan)">county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> by area, located in the central part of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the <a href="/wiki/Hoanya_people" title="Hoanya people">Hoanya</a> <a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_aborigines" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwanese aborigines">Taiwanese aboriginal</a> word <i>Ramtau</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-南投的地方起源與變遷_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-南投的地方起源與變遷-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Its mountainous area makes it a tourist destination. The largest natural lake in Taiwan, <a href="/wiki/Sun_Moon_Lake" title="Sun Moon Lake">Sun Moon Lake</a>, is located in this county. Other well-known tourist sites of the county including <a href="/wiki/Aowanda_National_Forest_Recreation_Area" title="Aowanda National Forest Recreation Area">Aowanda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Formosan_Aboriginal_Culture_Village" title="Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village">Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hehuanshan" title="Hehuanshan">Hehuanshan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paper_Dome" title="Paper Dome">Paper Dome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qingjing_Farm" title="Qingjing Farm">Qingjing Farm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shanlinxi_Forest_Recreation_Area" title="Shanlinxi Forest Recreation Area">Shanlinxi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shuiyuan_Suspension_Bridge" title="Shuiyuan Suspension Bridge">Shuiyuan Suspension Bridge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Xitou_Nature_Education_Area" title="Xitou Nature Education Area">Xitou</a>. Notable cities in Nantou are <a href="/wiki/Nantou_City" title="Nantou City">Nantou City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Puli,_Nantou" title="Puli, Nantou">Puli Town</a>. The official butterfly of Nantou County is the <a href="/wiki/Papilio_maraho" title="Papilio maraho">broad-tailed swallowtail butterfly</a> (<i>Agehana maraho</i>). Nantou's <a href="/wiki/Tung-ting_tea" class="mw-redirect" title="Tung-ting tea">tung-ting tea</a> is one of the most famous and high-quality <a href="/wiki/Oolong" title="Oolong">oolong</a> teas grown in Taiwan.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the arrival of <a href="/wiki/Han_Chinese" title="Han Chinese">Han Chinese</a> to Nantou, the <a href="/wiki/Atayal_people" title="Atayal people">Atayal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bunun_people" title="Bunun people">Bunun</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tsou_people" title="Tsou people">Tsou</a> tribes were distributed throughout the northern and central Nantou. These groups pioneered the early development of mountain regions in Nantou.<sup id="cite_ref-nantou.gov.tw_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nantou.gov.tw-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kingdom_of_Tungning">Kingdom of Tungning</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Kingdom of Tungning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1677, Lin Yi (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">林圯</span>), a general under the command of <a href="/wiki/Koxinga" title="Koxinga">Koxinga</a>, led soldiers to establish residence in <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shalianbao&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shalianbao (page does not exist)">Shalianbao</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%99%E9%80%A3%E5%A0%A1" class="extiw" title="zh:沙連堡">zh</a>]</span></i> (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Zhushan,_Nantou" title="Zhushan, Nantou">Zhushan</a>). The <a href="/wiki/Han_Chinese" title="Han Chinese">Han Chinese</a> began to enter Nantou via two main routes, the <a href="/wiki/Zhuoshui_River" title="Zhuoshui River">Zhuoshui River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maoluo_River" title="Maoluo River">Maoluo River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nantou.gov.tw_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nantou.gov.tw-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japanese_rule">Japanese rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Japanese rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1901, during <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_under_Japanese_rule" title="Taiwan under Japanese rule">Japanese rule</a>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nanto Chō</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">南投廳</span>)</span> was one of twenty local administrative offices established. In 1909, part of <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Toroku Chō</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">斗六廳</span></span>)</span> was merged into Nanto Cho. A major reorganization occurred in 1920, in which the area was administered under <a href="/wiki/Taich%C5%AB_Prefecture" title="Taichū Prefecture">Taichū Prefecture</a> together with modern-day <a href="/wiki/Changhua_County" title="Changhua County">Changhua County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taichung_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Taichung City">Taichung City</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republic_of_China">Republic of China</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Republic of China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/Retrocession_of_Taiwan" title="Retrocession of Taiwan">handover of Taiwan from Japan</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of China">Republic of China</a> on 25 October 1945, the present day area of Nantou County was administered under <a href="/wiki/Taichung_County" title="Taichung County">Taichung County</a> of <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Province" title="Taiwan Province">Taiwan Province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 August 1950, <b>Nantou County</b> was established by its separation from Taichung County, and <a href="/wiki/Nantou_City" title="Nantou City">Nantou Township</a> was designed as the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a>. On 1 July 1957, the <a href="/wiki/Zhongxing_New_Village" title="Zhongxing New Village">Zhongxing New Village</a> in Nantou Township was designed to be the capital of <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Province" title="Taiwan Province">Taiwan Province</a> from the former <a href="/wiki/Taipei_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Taipei City">Taipei City</a>. In 1981, the county seat was upgraded from Nantou <a href="/wiki/Township_(Taiwan)" title="Township (Taiwan)">Township</a> to Nantou <a href="/wiki/County-administered_city" title="County-administered city">City</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Chi-Chi_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="Chi-Chi earthquake">Chi-Chi earthquake</a> occurred in 1999. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%8D%80%E5%8A%83.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%8D%80%E5%8A%83.png/350px-%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%8D%80%E5%8A%83.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="383" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%8D%80%E5%8A%83.png/525px-%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%8D%80%E5%8A%83.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%8D%80%E5%8A%83.png/700px-%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%8D%80%E5%8A%83.png 2x" data-file-width="5932" data-file-height="6485" /></a><figcaption>Nantou County Administrative Divisions</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hehuanshan_Cuesta.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Hehuanshan_Cuesta.JPG/220px-Hehuanshan_Cuesta.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Hehuanshan_Cuesta.JPG/330px-Hehuanshan_Cuesta.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Hehuanshan_Cuesta.JPG/440px-Hehuanshan_Cuesta.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hehuanshan" title="Hehuanshan">Hehuanshan</a> is one of the higher mountains in Nantou County.</figcaption></figure> <p>Nantou County has an area of 4,106.436 km<sup>2</sup> (1,585.504 sq mi) with a width of 72 km (45 mi) and length of 95 km (59 mi). It is the second largest county in Taiwan after <a href="/wiki/Hualien_County" title="Hualien County">Hualien County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nantou.gov.tw1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nantou.gov.tw1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are 41 mountains with peaks over 3,000 meters high, with <a href="/wiki/Yushan_(mountain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yushan (mountain)">Mount Yu</a> in <a href="/wiki/Xinyi,_Nantou" title="Xinyi, Nantou">Xinyi Township</a> is the highest peak in Nantou County and in Taiwan with a height of 3,952 meters. Around 83% of Nantou County area is covered by hills and mountains. </p><p>Rain that falls into the mountains area converge into the <a href="/wiki/Dadu_River_(Taiwan)" title="Dadu River (Taiwan)">Dadu River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zhuoshui_River" title="Zhuoshui River">Zhuoshui River</a>. There are inland ponds and lakes throughout the mountains in the county, such as the <a href="/wiki/Sun_Moon_Lake" title="Sun Moon Lake">Sun Moon Lake</a>, Bi Pond, Liyu Pond and Cilin Pond. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The annual average temperature in Nantou County is 23 °C (73 °F) on level ground and 20 °C (68 °F) on mountains. The annual average rainfall is less than 1,750 mm (68.9 in) on level ground and 2,800 mm (110.2 in) on mountains. The rainy season lasts from April to September and the dry season lasts from October to March.<sup id="cite_ref-nantou.gov.tw1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nantou.gov.tw1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95%E7%B8%A3%E9%95%B7%E6%9E%97%E6%98%8E%E6%BA%B1_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95%E7%B8%A3%E9%95%B7%E6%9E%97%E6%98%8E%E6%BA%B1_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95%E7%B8%A3%E9%95%B7%E6%9E%97%E6%98%8E%E6%BA%B1_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95%E7%B8%A3%E9%95%B7%E6%9E%97%E6%98%8E%E6%BA%B1_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95%E7%B8%A3%E9%95%B7%E6%9E%97%E6%98%8E%E6%BA%B1_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95%E7%B8%A3%E9%95%B7%E6%9E%97%E6%98%8E%E6%BA%B1_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95%E7%B8%A3%E9%95%B7%E6%9E%97%E6%98%8E%E6%BA%B1_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="953" data-file-height="1192" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lin_Ming-chen" title="Lin Ming-chen">Lin Ming-chen</a>, the incumbent Magistrate of Nantou County</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:County_Highway_139_and_Provincial_Highway_3_intersection_20110716.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/County_Highway_139_and_Provincial_Highway_3_intersection_20110716.jpg/220px-County_Highway_139_and_Provincial_Highway_3_intersection_20110716.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/County_Highway_139_and_Provincial_Highway_3_intersection_20110716.jpg/330px-County_Highway_139_and_Provincial_Highway_3_intersection_20110716.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/County_Highway_139_and_Provincial_Highway_3_intersection_20110716.jpg/440px-County_Highway_139_and_Provincial_Highway_3_intersection_20110716.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nantou_City" title="Nantou City">Nantou City</a>, the county seat of Nantou County</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Hall_of_Nantou_County_Council.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/New_Hall_of_Nantou_County_Council.JPG/220px-New_Hall_of_Nantou_County_Council.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/New_Hall_of_Nantou_County_Council.JPG/330px-New_Hall_of_Nantou_County_Council.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/New_Hall_of_Nantou_County_Council.JPG/440px-New_Hall_of_Nantou_County_Council.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nantou_County_Council" title="Nantou County Council">Nantou County Council</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Nantou County consists of 1 <a href="/wiki/County-administered_city" title="County-administered city">city</a>, 4 urban <a href="/wiki/Township_(Taiwan)" title="Township (Taiwan)">townships</a>, 6 <a href="/wiki/Township_(Taiwan)" title="Township (Taiwan)">rural townships</a>, 2 <a href="/wiki/Township_(Taiwan)" title="Township (Taiwan)">mountain indigenous townships</a>, 128 villages and 133 neighborhoods.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nantou_City" title="Nantou City">Nantou City</a> is the seat of the county which houses the <a href="/wiki/Nantou_County_Government" title="Nantou County Government">Nantou County Government</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nantou_County_Council" title="Nantou County Council">Nantou County Council</a>. The incumbent <a href="/wiki/List_of_county_magistrates_of_Nantou" title="List of county magistrates of Nantou">Magistrate</a> of Nantou County is <a href="/wiki/Lin_Ming-chen" title="Lin Ming-chen">Lin Ming-chen</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Type</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Chinese</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Hokkien" title="Taiwanese Hokkien">Taiwanese</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Hakka" title="Taiwanese Hakka">Hakka</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Formosan_languages" title="Formosan languages">Formosan</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/County-administered_city" title="County-administered city">City</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nantou_City" title="Nantou City">Nantou City</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E6%8A%95#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:南投">南投</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span></td> <td>Lâm-tâu</td> <td>Nàm-thèu</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Township_(Taiwan)" title="Township (Taiwan)">Urban<br />townships</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caotun" title="Caotun">Caotun</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%8D%89%E5%B1%AF#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:草屯">草屯</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%8E%AE#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鎮">鎮</a></span></span></td> <td>Chháu-tūn</td> <td>Chhó-thùn</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jiji,_Nantou" title="Jiji, Nantou">Jiji</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%9B%86%E9%9B%86#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:集集">集集</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%8E%AE#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鎮">鎮</a></span></span></td> <td>Chi̍p-chi̍p</td> <td>Si̍p-si̍p</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Puli,_Nantou" title="Puli, Nantou">Puli</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%9F%94%E9%87%8C#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:埔里">埔里</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%8E%AE#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鎮">鎮</a></span></span></td> <td>Po͘-lí</td> <td>Phû-lî</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Zhushan,_Nantou" title="Zhushan, Nantou">Jhushan <small>(Zhushan)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%AB%B9%E5%B1%B1#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:竹山">竹山</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%8E%AE#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鎮">鎮</a></span></span></td> <td>Tek-san</td> <td>Tsuk-sân</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Township_(Taiwan)" title="Township (Taiwan)">Rural<br />townships</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guoxing" title="Guoxing">Guosing <small>(Guoxing)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%9C%8B%E5%A7%93#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:國姓">國姓</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%84%89#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鄉">鄉</a></span></span></td> <td>Kok-sèng</td> <td bgcolor="pink">Koet-siang</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lugu,_Nantou" title="Lugu, Nantou">Lugu</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%B9%BF%E8%B0%B7#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鹿谷">鹿谷</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%84%89#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鄉">鄉</a></span></span></td> <td>Lo̍k-kok</td> <td>Lu̍k-kuk</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mingjian" title="Mingjian">Mingjian</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%90%8D%E9%96%93#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:名間">名間</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%84%89#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鄉">鄉</a></span></span></td> <td>Bêng-kan</td> <td>Miàng-kiên</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shuili" title="Shuili">Shueili <small>(Shuili)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B4%E9%87%8C#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:水里">水里</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%84%89#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鄉">鄉</a></span></span></td> <td>Chúi-lí</td> <td bgcolor="pink">Súi-lî</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yuchi,_Nantou" title="Yuchi, Nantou">Yuchih <small>(Yuchi)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%AD%9A%E6%B1%A0#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:魚池">魚池</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%84%89#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鄉">鄉</a></span></span></td> <td>Hî-tî</td> <td>Ǹg-tshṳ̀</td> <td bgcolor="wheat">Qabizay<span style="font-size:x-small;"><a href="/wiki/Thao_language" title="Thao language">Thao</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Zhongliao" title="Zhongliao">Jhongliao <small>(Zhongliao)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%AF%AE#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:中寮">中寮</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%84%89#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鄉">鄉</a></span></span></td> <td>Tiong-liâu</td> <td>Chûng-liàu</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Township_(Taiwan)" title="Township (Taiwan)">Mountain<br />indigenous<br />townships</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ren%27ai,_Nantou" title="Ren'ai, Nantou">Ren-ai <small>(Ren'ai)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BB%81%E6%84%9B#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:仁愛">仁愛</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%84%89#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鄉">鄉</a></span></span></td> <td>Jîn-ài</td> <td>Yìn-oi</td> <td bgcolor="wheat"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><a href="/wiki/Atayal_language" title="Atayal language">Atayal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bunun_language" title="Bunun language">Bunun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seediq_language" title="Seediq language">Seediq</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Xinyi,_Nantou" title="Xinyi, Nantou">Sinyi <small>(Xinyi)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BF%A1%E7%BE%A9#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:信義">信義</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%84%89#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鄉">鄉</a></span></span></td> <td>Sìn-gī</td> <td>Sin-ngi</td> <td bgcolor="wheat">Nehunpu-siang<span style="font-size:x-small;"><a href="/wiki/Bunun_language" title="Bunun language">Bunun</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Colors indicate statutory language status of <a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Hakka" title="Taiwanese Hakka">Hakka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Formosan_languages" title="Formosan languages">Formosan languages</a> in the respective subdivisions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>南投縣 Nantou County voted two <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a> legislators out of two seats to be in the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Yuan" title="Legislative Yuan">Legislative Yuan</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2016_Taiwanese_general_election" title="2016 Taiwanese general election">2016 Republic of China legislative election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics_and_culture">Demographics and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Demographics and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1985 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">535,572</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">536,479</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1995 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">546,517</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">541,537</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2005 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">535,205</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−1.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">526,491</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2015 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">509,490</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−3.2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source:<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ris.gov.tw/zh_TW/346">"Populations by city and country in Taiwan"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Interior_(Taiwan)" title="Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan)">Ministry of the Interior</a> Population Census.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Populations+by+city+and+country+in+Taiwan&rft.pub=Ministry+of+the+Interior+Population+Census&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ris.gov.tw%2Fzh_TW%2F346&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANantou+County" class="Z3988"></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nantou County has a population of 479,666 people as of January 2023. </p> <ul><li>The following information is as of January 2023 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://household2.nantou.gov.tw/09census/?c_year=2023&c_month=1&pid=&btn_search=%E6%9F%A5%E8%A9%A2&form_action=search">資料</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>City Name</th> <th>acreage<br /><small>(km²)</small></th> <th>下轄村<br />里數</th> <th>下轄<br />鄰數</th> <th>Population</th> <th>人口<br />消長</th> <th>The population density <br /><small>(人/km²)</small></th> <th>Postcode</th> <th>Geographical division </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Nantou_City" title="Nantou City">Nantou City</a></td> <td align="right">71.6021</td> <td>34</td> <td>753</td> <td align="right">97,403</td> <td align="right"><span style="color: blue">+42</span></td> <td>1,386</td> <td>540</td> <td>烏溪 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Puli,_Nantou" title="Puli, Nantou">Puli</a></td> <td align="right">162.2227</td> <td>33</td> <td>569</td> <td align="right">77,340</td> <td align="right"><span style="color: blue">+96</span></td> <td>490</td> <td>545</td> <td>烏溪 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Caotun,_Nantou" class="mw-redirect" title="Caotun, Nantou">Caotun</a></td> <td align="right">104.0327</td> <td>27</td> <td>608</td> <td align="right">96,778</td> <td align="right"><span style="color: blue">+132</span></td> <td>939</td> <td>542</td> <td>烏溪 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Zhushan,_Nantou" title="Zhushan, Nantou">Jhushan (Zhushan)</a></td> <td align="right">247.3339</td> <td>28</td> <td>482</td> <td align="right">51,840</td> <td align="right"><span style="color: red">-1</span></td> <td>217</td> <td>557</td> <td>濁水溪 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Jiji,_Nantou" title="Jiji, Nantou">Jiji</a></td> <td align="right">49.7268</td> <td>11</td> <td>126</td> <td align="right">10,073</td> <td align="right"><span style="color: blue">+5</span></td> <td>212</td> <td>552</td> <td>濁水溪 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Mingjian" title="Mingjian">Mingjian</a></td> <td align="right">83.0955</td> <td>23</td> <td>372</td> <td align="right">36,212</td> <td align="right"><span style="color: red">-22</span></td> <td>454</td> <td>551</td> <td>濁水溪 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Lugu,_Nantou" title="Lugu, Nantou">Lugu</a></td> <td align="right">141.8981</td> <td>13</td> <td>174</td> <td align="right">16,457</td> <td align="right"><span style="color: red">-20</span></td> <td>122</td> <td>558</td> <td>濁水溪 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Zhongliao" title="Zhongliao">Jhongliao (Zhongliao)</a></td> <td align="right">146.6541</td> <td>18</td> <td>258</td> <td align="right">13,819</td> <td align="right"><span style="color: red">-22</span></td> <td>98</td> <td>541</td> <td>烏溪 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Yuchi,_Nantou" title="Yuchi, Nantou">Yuchih (Yuchi)</a></td> <td align="right">121.3735</td> <td>13</td> <td>191</td> <td align="right">14,900</td> <td align="right"><span style="color: blue">+8</span></td> <td>128</td> <td>555</td> <td>烏溪 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Guoxing" title="Guoxing">Guosing (Guoxing)</a></td> <td align="right">175.7042</td> <td>13</td> <td>159</td> <td align="right">17,224</td> <td align="right"><span style="color: red">-32</span></td> <td>103</td> <td>544</td> <td>烏溪 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Shuili" title="Shuili">Shuili</a></td> <td align="right">106.8424</td> <td>19</td> <td>209</td> <td align="right">16,359</td> <td align="right"><span style="color: red">-28</span></td> <td>161</td> <td>553</td> <td>濁水溪 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Xinyi,_Nantou" title="Xinyi, Nantou">Sinyi (Xinyi)</a></td> <td align="right">1,422.4188</td> <td>15</td> <td>121</td> <td align="right">15,573</td> <td align="right"><span style="color: red">-19</span></td> <td>11</td> <td>556</td> <td>濁水溪 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Ren%27ai,_Nantou" title="Ren'ai, Nantou">Ren-ai (Ren'ai)</a></td> <td align="right">1,273.5312</td> <td>16</td> <td>192</td> <td align="right">15,688</td> <td align="right"><span style="color: red">-24</span></td> <td>12</td> <td>546</td> <td>烏溪 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><b>Nantou County</b></td> <td align="right">4,106.4360</td> <td>263</td> <td>4,214</td> <td align="right"><b>479,666</b></td> <td align="right"><span style="color: blue"><b>+71</b></span></td> <td><b>120</b></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>The population growth and decline is calculated by subtracting the population of the previous month from the current month's population. Negative values are represented by red letters, positive values are represented by blue letters, and no growth is represented by green letters.</li> <li>The population density of each district is calculated by rounding 4 to 5 to 1 decimal place</li> <li>Population growth： <ul><li>高度成長 High growth （年成長率高於1%）：NA（updated 2020）</li> <li>穩定成長 Steady growth （年成長率0.1%~1%）：草屯 Caotun</li> <li>成長停滯 Stagnant growth（年成長率±0.1%）：NA（updated 2020）</li> <li>輕度流失 Mild loss （年成長率-0.5%~-0.1%）：南投、仁愛</li> <li>中度流失 Moderate Churn （年成長率-1%~-0.5%）：埔里Puli、名間、魚池</li> <li>高度流失 High churn （年成長率-2%~-1%）：鹿谷、竹山、中寮、信義、水里、集集</li> <li>嚴重流失 Severe drain （年成長率低於-2%）：國姓</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language">Language</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The official language of the county is <a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Mandarin" title="Taiwanese Mandarin">Mandarin</a>. <a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Hokkien" title="Taiwanese Hokkien">Taiwanese Hokkien</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hakka_Chinese" title="Hakka Chinese">Hakka</a>, English and <a href="/wiki/Formosan_languages" title="Formosan languages">aboriginal languages</a> are also spoken.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Xiangbi_Mountain,_viewed_looking_south-southeast_from_the_roadside_near_New_Jiji_Tunnel_in_the_morning_on_3_July_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Xiangbi_Mountain%2C_viewed_looking_south-southeast_from_the_roadside_near_New_Jiji_Tunnel_in_the_morning_on_3_July_2021.jpg/220px-Xiangbi_Mountain%2C_viewed_looking_south-southeast_from_the_roadside_near_New_Jiji_Tunnel_in_the_morning_on_3_July_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Xiangbi_Mountain%2C_viewed_looking_south-southeast_from_the_roadside_near_New_Jiji_Tunnel_in_the_morning_on_3_July_2021.jpg/330px-Xiangbi_Mountain%2C_viewed_looking_south-southeast_from_the_roadside_near_New_Jiji_Tunnel_in_the_morning_on_3_July_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Xiangbi_Mountain%2C_viewed_looking_south-southeast_from_the_roadside_near_New_Jiji_Tunnel_in_the_morning_on_3_July_2021.jpg/440px-Xiangbi_Mountain%2C_viewed_looking_south-southeast_from_the_roadside_near_New_Jiji_Tunnel_in_the_morning_on_3_July_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Agriculture in Nantou County</figcaption></figure> <p>Due to its landlocked nature, the county's economy depends mainly on <a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Taiwan" title="Agriculture in Taiwan">agriculture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other important industries in the county include forestry, fishery, and animal husbandry. Tourism and manufacturing are also important. </p><p>As of 2016, there are 28,000 registered businesses and 5,205 registered companies in the county with a total capital of NT$5,609 million and NT$80,024 million respectively. There are 938 factories operating in the county as of 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U_Chi_Nan_Library_and_Information_Building_SW_side.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/U_Chi_Nan_Library_and_Information_Building_SW_side.jpg/220px-U_Chi_Nan_Library_and_Information_Building_SW_side.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/U_Chi_Nan_Library_and_Information_Building_SW_side.jpg/330px-U_Chi_Nan_Library_and_Information_Building_SW_side.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/U_Chi_Nan_Library_and_Information_Building_SW_side.jpg/440px-U_Chi_Nan_Library_and_Information_Building_SW_side.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2103" data-file-height="1091" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/National_Chi_Nan_University" title="National Chi Nan University">National Chi Nan University</a></figcaption></figure> <p>There are 2 colleges, 13 senior high and vocational schools, 30 junior high schools, 149 elementary schools, 106 kindergartens and 84 day care centers in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable universities in the county are <a href="/wiki/National_Chi_Nan_University" title="National Chi Nan University">National Chi Nan University</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Chung_Hsing_University" title="National Chung Hsing University">National Chung Hsing University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nan_Kai_University_of_Technology" title="Nan Kai University of Technology">Nan Kai University of Technology</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Energy">Energy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Energy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taiwan_Power_Ccopany_Mingtan_Power_Station.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Taiwan_Power_Ccopany_Mingtan_Power_Station.JPG/220px-Taiwan_Power_Ccopany_Mingtan_Power_Station.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Taiwan_Power_Ccopany_Mingtan_Power_Station.JPG/330px-Taiwan_Power_Ccopany_Mingtan_Power_Station.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Taiwan_Power_Ccopany_Mingtan_Power_Station.JPG/440px-Taiwan_Power_Ccopany_Mingtan_Power_Station.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2751" data-file-height="1468" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mingtan_Dam" title="Mingtan Dam">Mingtan Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Nantou County houses Taiwan's first <a href="/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricity" title="Pumped-storage hydroelectricity">pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Minghu_Dam" title="Minghu Dam">Takuan Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant</a> commissioned in 1985 with an installed capacity of 1,008 MW. It also houses Taiwan's largest pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant, the <a href="/wiki/Mingtan_Dam" title="Mingtan Dam">Mingtan Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant</a> with an installed capacity of 1,602 MW. Both power plants are located in <a href="/wiki/Shuili" title="Shuili">Shuili Township</a> along the <a href="/wiki/Shuili_River" title="Shuili River">Shuili River</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notable sporting events held by Nantou County include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Asian_Canoe_Slalom_Championships&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2003 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships (page does not exist)">2003 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Asian_Women%27s_Softball_Championship" title="2011 Asian Women's Softball Championship">2011 Asian Women's Softball Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Asian_Canoe_Slalom_Championships" title="2013 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships">2013 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships</a></li> <li>2023 <a href="/wiki/U-15_Women_Softball_Asia_Cup" title="U-15 Women Softball Asia Cup">U-15 Women Softball Asia Cup</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourist_attractions">Tourist attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Tourist attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Totem_poles_in_Formosa_Aboriginal_Cultural_Village.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Totem_poles_in_Formosa_Aboriginal_Cultural_Village.jpg/220px-Totem_poles_in_Formosa_Aboriginal_Cultural_Village.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Totem_poles_in_Formosa_Aboriginal_Cultural_Village.jpg/330px-Totem_poles_in_Formosa_Aboriginal_Cultural_Village.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Totem_poles_in_Formosa_Aboriginal_Cultural_Village.jpg/440px-Totem_poles_in_Formosa_Aboriginal_Cultural_Village.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3133" data-file-height="2259" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Formosan_Aboriginal_Culture_Village" title="Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village">Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chung_Tai_Chan_Monastery" title="Chung Tai Chan Monastery">Chung Tai Chan Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ci_En_Pagoda" title="Ci En Pagoda">Ci En Pagoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paper_Dome" title="Paper Dome">Paper Dome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fonghuanggu_Bird_and_Ecology_Park" title="Fonghuanggu Bird and Ecology Park">Fonghuanggu Bird and Ecology Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Formosan_Aboriginal_Culture_Village" title="Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village">Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geographic_center_of_Taiwan" title="Geographic center of Taiwan">Geographic center of Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jufang_Hall" title="Jufang Hall">Jufang Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalu_Island" title="Lalu Island">Lalu Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ming_Shan_Resort" title="Ming Shan Resort">Ming Shan Resort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nantou_County_Culture_Park" title="Nantou County Culture Park">Nantou County Culture Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qingjing_Farm" title="Qingjing Farm">Qingjing Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanlinxi_Forest_Recreation_Area" title="Shanlinxi Forest Recreation Area">Shanlinxi Forest Recreation Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuiyuan_Suspension_Bridge" title="Shuiyuan Suspension Bridge">Shuiyuan Suspension Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Moon_Lake" title="Sun Moon Lake">Sun Moon Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Moon_Lake_Wen_Wu_Temple" title="Sun Moon Lake Wen Wu Temple">Sun Moon Lake Wen Wu Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taroko_National_Park" title="Taroko National Park">Taroko National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wushe_Incident_Memorial_Park" title="Wushe Incident Memorial Park">Wushe Incident Memorial Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xitou_Nature_Education_Area" title="Xitou Nature Education Area">Xitou Nature Education Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xuanzang_Temple_(Taiwan)" title="Xuanzang Temple (Taiwan)">Xuanzang Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yushan_National_Park" title="Yushan National Park">Yushan National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhushan_Zinan_Temple" title="Zhushan Zinan Temple">Zhushan Zinan Temple</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TRA_Checheng_Station.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/TRA_Checheng_Station.JPG/220px-TRA_Checheng_Station.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/TRA_Checheng_Station.JPG/330px-TRA_Checheng_Station.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/TRA_Checheng_Station.JPG/440px-TRA_Checheng_Station.JPG 2x" data-file-width="676" data-file-height="507" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Checheng_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Checheng Station">Checheng Station</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Taiwan_Railways_Administration">Taiwan Railways Administration</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Taiwan Railways Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nantou County is served by the <a href="/wiki/Jiji_line" title="Jiji line">Jiji Line</a> of <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Railways_Administration" title="Taiwan Railways Administration">Taiwan Railways</a> which consists of <a href="/wiki/Zhuoshui_railway_station" title="Zhuoshui railway station">Zhuoshui</a>, <a href="/wiki/Longquan_railway_station" title="Longquan railway station">Longquan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jiji_railway_station" title="Jiji railway station">Jiji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shuili_railway_station" title="Shuili railway station">Shuili</a> and <a href="/wiki/Checheng_railway_station" title="Checheng railway station">Checheng</a> railway stations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Taiwan_High_Speed_Rail">Taiwan High Speed Rail</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Taiwan High Speed Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although Nantou County does not have a high speed rail station, high speed rail can be accessed by bus to <a href="/wiki/Taichung_HSR_station" title="Taichung HSR station">Taichung HSR station</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative divisions of the Republic of China">Administrative divisions of the Republic of China</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantou_County&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Changhua_County.svg/23px-Flag_of_Changhua_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Changhua_County.svg/35px-Flag_of_Changhua_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Changhua_County.svg/45px-Flag_of_Changhua_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1125" data-file-height="750" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Changhua_County" title="Changhua County">Changhua County</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Flag_of_Taichung_City.svg/23px-Flag_of_Taichung_City.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Flag_of_Taichung_City.svg/35px-Flag_of_Taichung_City.svg.png 1.5x, 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(中華民國)">zh</a>]</span>" <sup><small>1</small></sup><br /> <div class="plainlist"><ul><li> <ul><li><i><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Fuchien_Province,_Republic_of_China" title="Fuchien Province, Republic of China">Fuchien</a></span></i></li> <li><i><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Province" title="Taiwan Province">Taiwan</a></span></i></li></ul> </li></ul></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:3em;font-weight:normal;"><b><a href="/wiki/Provincial_city_(Taiwan)" title="Provincial city (Taiwan)">Cities</a> <span class="nobold">(3)</span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keelung" title="Keelung">Keelung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hsinchu" title="Hsinchu">Hsinchu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiayi" title="Chiayi">Chiayi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:3em;font-weight:normal;"><b><a href="/wiki/County_(Taiwan)" class="mw-redirect" title="County (Taiwan)">Counties</a> <span class="nobold">(13)</span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hsinchu_County" title="Hsinchu County">Hsinchu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yilan_County,_Taiwan" title="Yilan County, Taiwan">Yilan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miaoli_County" title="Miaoli County">Miaoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changhua_County" title="Changhua County">Changhua</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nantou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yunlin_County" title="Yunlin County">Yunlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiayi_County" title="Chiayi County">Chiayi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pingtung_County" title="Pingtung County">Pingtung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taitung_County" title="Taitung County">Taitung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hualien_County" title="Hualien County">Hualien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penghu" title="Penghu">Penghu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinmen" title="Kinmen">Kinmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsu_Islands" title="Matsu Islands">Lienchiang</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/District_(Taiwan)" title="District (Taiwan)">Districts</a> <span class="nobold">under special municipalities / cities</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/County-administered_city" title="County-administered city">Cities</a> / <a href="/wiki/Township_(Taiwan)" title="Township (Taiwan)">townships</a> <span class="nobold">under counties</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_townships/cities_and_districts_in_Taiwan" title="List of townships/cities and districts in Taiwan">List of townships/cities and districts in Taiwan</a></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em 0.4em;line-height:1.25em;"><div><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><sup><small>1</small></sup> The provinces are merely retained as nominal entities within the constitutional structure, as they have no governing power following the formal dissolution of the provincial administrative organs in 2018. Cities and counties are de facto regarded as the principal constituent divisions of the ROC.<br /> <ul><li><cite id="CITEREFSarah_Shair-Rosenfield2020" class="citation web cs1">Sarah Shair-Rosenfield (November 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://garymarks.web.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13018/2021/03/Taiwan_combined.pdf">"Taiwan Combined"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 May</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Taiwan+Combined&rft.pub=The+University+of+North+Carolina+at+Chapel+Hill&rft.date=2020-11&rft.au=Sarah+Shair-Rosenfield&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgarymarks.web.unc.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F13018%2F2021%2F03%2FTaiwan_combined.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANantou+County" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Cities_and_townships_of_Nantou_County" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Taiwan_Nantou_divisions" title="Template:Taiwan Nantou divisions"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Taiwan_Nantou_divisions" title="Template talk:Taiwan Nantou divisions"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Taiwan_Nantou_divisions" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Taiwan Nantou divisions"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Cities_and_townships_of_Nantou_County" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Cities and townships of <a 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