Nantou County

The Nantou County (Chinese南投 县, Pinyin Xiàn Nantou, Nantou Tongyong Pinyin Sian, W.-G. Nan -t'ou Hsien, PEH oē - jī Lâm -tau koan ) is a district of the Republic of China on Taiwan. It is located in the center of the island of Taiwan and has the only all counties of the Republic of China no seashore. Capital is the city Nantou.

Geography

The district belongs mostly to the central mountain range of Taiwan. Only in the west, the foothills of the flat and hilly country western Taiwan's reach into the district. There are with the county town of Nantou and Caotun the two largest cities. In the south of the county of of a national park surrounded Yu Shan, the highest with 3,952 m mountain in Taiwan and East Asia lies. The central circular part around the city of Puli is located on the west side of the main ridge of the mountain. There is the Sun Moon Lake, a popular destination.

Traffic

The North -South Highway 3 strips the district in the northwest in the area of ​​Nantou county town, which opened in 2009, branching off Highway 6 leads to the center of the circle Puli. There begins an over the Hehuanshan to the district Hualian leading pass road, the only road in the center of the island, which connects West with eastern Taiwan.

The Jiji Line, a branch line of the Taiwan Railway, runs from Ershui in the neighboring district Zhanghua about Jiji by Checheng in the community Shuili near the Sun Moon Lake.

Cities and Towns

The county town of Nantou is the only major city (市, Shì ) of the district. There are also four townships (镇, zhen ) and eight rural communities (乡, Xiang ).

In the field of city Nantou schedule made ​​resort Zhongxing is since 1956 the management of the Taiwan province.

Provinces: Fujian | Taiwan

Direct Government Cities: Kaohsiung | Tainan | Taipei | New Taipei City | Taichung

Counties in Fujian Province: Kinmen | Lienchiang ( Matsu Islands)

Counties in the province of Taiwan Hualien | Chiayi | Miaoli | Nantou | Penghu | Pingtung | Taitung | Taoyuan | Hsinchu | Yilan | Yunlin | Changhua

Independent cities in the province of Taiwan: Chiayi | Keelung | Hsinchu

• County ( Taiwan)
• Place in Taiwan