Dawan

Dawan is a hamlet in Xinghua Village, Mailiao Township, Taiwan. Dawan is situated nearby to the hamlet Xinghuacuo, as well as near Zhenliao.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gongfan Temple and Yongan Temple.

Gongfan Temple

Place of worship

Photo: 雲角, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mailiao Gongfan Temple is a Mazu temple located in Mailiao, Yunlin County, Taiwan. The temple is protected as a national monument, the highest designation for a historical site within Taiwan. Gongfan Temple is situated 3½ km southwest of Dawan.

Yongan Temple

Place of worship

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Yong'an Temple at Mailiao Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan is a temple dedicated to the deity Kai Zhang Sheng Wang, who his followers refer to as the "Sacred Duke, Founder of Zhangzhou City". Yongan Temple is situated 4 km west of Dawan.

Bei shing bei an Temple

Place of worship

Photo: S8321414, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bei shing bei an Temple is a place of worship, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Dawan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mailiao and Lunbei.

Mailiao

Town

Photo: 創造未來，迎接康莊, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mailiao Township is a rural township in northwestern Yunlin County, Taiwan. Mailiao is situated 3½ km southwest of Dawan.

Lunbei

Town

Lunbei Township is a rural township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. Lunbei is situated 7 km east of Dawan.

Baozhong

Town

Photo: Chi-Hung Lin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Baozhong Township is a rural township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. It is the smallest township in Yunlin County. Baozhong is situated 8 km south of Dawan.

Dawan

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Ta-wan” and “Ta-wen”
Category: locality
Location: Xinghua Village, Mailiao Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan, Southern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

23.766° or 23° 45′ 58″ north

Longitude

120.28201° or 120° 16′ 55″ east

Elevation

5 metres (16 feet)

Open location code

7QM2Q78J+CR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4144728203

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

1667609

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Dawan” goes by many names.

Chinese: “大灣”

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