Shitan
Shitan Township / Shihtan Township is a rural township in Miaoli County, Taiwan. It is located in a mountainous area with a mild, sub-tropical climate. Its rainy season is from May to September. Shitan's population was estimated to be 4,141 in January 2023.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 4,480 residents
- Description: A rural township in Miaoli County, Taiwan
- Also known as: “Shih-t’an”, “Shihtan”, “Shitan Township”, “Shitan, Miaoli”, “Shrtan”, and “Wai-shih-t’an”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Xianshan Xieling Temple.
Xianshan Xieling Temple
Place of worship
Photo: Craneur, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xianshan Xieling Temple is a place of worship, which is situated 3 km east of Shitan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Touwu.
Touwu
Town
Photo: Solomon203, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Touwu Township is a rural township in north-western Miaoli County, Taiwan. Touwu is situated 8 km northwest of Shitan.
Shitan
- Categories: township of Taiwan, Indigenous Area, and locality
- Location: Shitan Village, Touwu Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan Province, Central Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
24.53978° or 24° 32′ 23″ northLongitude
120.9205° or 120° 55′ 14″ eastPopulation
4,480Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)Open location code
7QP2GWQC+W6OpenStreetMap ID
node 60655879OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1666261Wikidata ID
Q713736
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amis to Yue Chinese—“Shitan” goes by many names.
- Amis: “Shitan”
- Atayal: “Sitan go”
- Cebuano: “Shitan Xiang”
- Chinese: “Sai-thâm-hiong”
- Chinese: “狮潭乡”
- Chinese: “獅潭”
- Chinese: “獅潭鄉”
- French: “Shitan”
- German: “Shitan”
- Hakka Chinese: “Sṳ̂-thàm-hiông”
- Hakka Chinese: “Sṳ̂-thàn-hiông”
- Japanese: “獅潭”
- Japanese: “獅潭郷”
- Korean: “스탄향”
- Ladin: “Shitan”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sai-thâm-hiong”
- Paiwan: “Shitan”
- Russian: “Шитань”
- Saisiyat: “Sawi”
- Sakizaya: “Shitan”
- Taroko: “Shitan”
- Vietnamese: “Sư Đàm, Miêu Lật”
- Vietnamese: “Sư Đàm”
- Yue Chinese: “獅潭鄉”
- “獅潭鄉”
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Notable Places Nearby
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