Chuxiangtou

Chuxiangtou is a hamlet in Chuxiang Village, Lugu Township, Taiwan. Chuxiangtou is situated nearby to the hamlet Chuxiangdi, as well as near Kugualiao.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park.

Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park

Museum

Photo: SSR2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park is a park in Zhushan Township, Nantou County, Taiwan established to commemorate the 21 September 1999 earthquake. It is the subordinate park to the National Museum of Natural Science. Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park is situated 4 km west of Chuxiangtou.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jiji and Mingjian.

Jiji

Photo: Comet115, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jiji is a quaint railway town beside the foothills of Taiwan's central mountain range. Besides being on a well-town tourist railway line, Jiji is known as the epicenter of "921", Taiwan's deadly earthquake of the century that shook the whole island in 1999.

Mingjian

Town

Photo: Shxpeng, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mingjian Township is a rural township in western Nantou County, Taiwan. It is the second smallest township in the county, after Jiji Township. Mingjian is situated 7 km northwest of Chuxiangtou.

Jhushan

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Jhushan is a city of about 55,000 people in southwestern Nantou County, Taiwan.

Chuxiangtou

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Ch’u-hsiang-t’ou”, “Chusiangtou”, and “Ts’u-k’eng-t’ou”
Category: locality
Location: Chuxiang Village, Lugu Township, Nantou County, Taiwan, Central Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

23.78463° or 23° 47′ 5″ north

Longitude

120.74689° or 120° 44′ 49″ east

Elevation

402 metres (1,319 feet)

Open location code

7QM2QPMW+VQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4178242283

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

1666795

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In Other Languages

“Chuxiangtou” goes by many names.

Chinese: “初鄉頭”

Localities in the Area

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