Shoufeng Explained

Official Name:Shoufeng Township
壽豐鄉
Other Name:Kotobuki
Settlement Type:Rural township
Subdivision Type:Location
Subdivision Name:Hualien County, Taiwan
Area Total Km2:218
Population As Of:March 2023
Population Total:17106
Population Density Km2:auto
Shoufeng Township
C:壽豐鄉
P:Shòufēng Xiāng
W:Shou4-feng1 Hsiang1
Poj:Siū-hong-hiong
Phfs:Su-fûng-hiông
Lang1 Content:Rinahem[1]
Lang1:Amis
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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

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

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

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

Transportation

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

Highways in Shoufeng include:

External links

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Notes and 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.
  2. Book: 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 . 2017-11-05 . 2017-08-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170809231115/http://gn.moi.gov.tw/GeoNames/DataFile/%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E5%9C%B0%E5%8D%80%E9%84%89%E9%8E%AE%E5%B8%82%E5%8D%80%E7%B4%9A%E4%BB%A5%E4%B8%8A%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%8D%80%E5%9F%9F%E5%90%8D%E7%A8%B1%E4%B8%AD%E8%8B%B1%E5%B0%8D%E7%85%A7%E8%A1%A8.pdf . dead .
  3. http://www.erv-nsa.gov.tw/user/Article.aspx?Lang=2&SNo=03000095
  4. Web site: NDHU, National Dong Hwa University. 2021-07-28. NDHU, National Dong Hwa University. en.