Beidou
Beidou Township is an urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan. Beidou has about 33,300 residents.- Type: Town with 33,300 residents
- Description: urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan
- Also known as: “Beidou Township”, “Beidou, Changhua”, “Pei-tou”, “Pei-tou-chieh”, “Peitou”, “Po-tau”, and “Pó-táu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wan Lai Elementary School and Dian’an Temple.
Dian’an Temple
Place of worship
Beidou Dian'an Temple is a temple located in Beidou Township, Changhua County, Taiwan. The temple is dedicated to the sea goddess Mazu, who is the deified form of Lin Moniang.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tianwei Township and Xizhou.
Tianwei Township
Town
Tianwei Township is a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan. It has a population total of 26,063 and an area of 24.03 square kilometres.
Xizhou
Town
Xizhou Township is a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan. It has a population total of 28,597 and an area of 75.83 square kilometres. It is the third largest township in Changhua County after Erlin and Fangyuan. Xizhou is situated 3½ km southwest of Beidou.
Tianzhong
Town
Tianzhong Township is an urban township located at eastern Changhua County, Taiwan. Its former name and current name make reference to the origin of the town in the center of rice paddies. Tianzhong is situated 6 km east of Beidou.
Beidou
- Categories: urban township of Taiwan, administrative territorial entity, and locality
- Location: Guangfu Village, Beidou Township, Changhua County, Taiwan, Central Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
23.8713° or 23° 52′ 17″ north
Longitude
120.52178° or 120° 31′ 18″ east
Population
33,300
Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)
Open location code
7QM2VGCC+GP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Beidou” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Beidou”
- Catalan: “Peitou”
- Chinese: “Pó-táu-tìn”
- Chinese: “北斗”
- Chinese: “北斗鎮”
- Chinese: “北斗镇”
- Chinese: “寶斗”
- German: “Beidou”
- Hakka Chinese: “Pet-téu-chṳ́n”
- Hakka Chinese: “Pet-téu-tsṳ́n”
- Italian: “Beidou”
- Japanese: “北斗鎮”
- Korean: “베이더우진”
- Ladin: “Beidou”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pak-táu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pó-táu-tìn”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pó-táu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “寶斗鎮”
- Polish: “Beidou”
- Russian: “Бэйдоу”
- Thai: “เป๋ย์โต่ว”
- Vietnamese: “Bắc Đấu, Chương Hóa”
- Vietnamese: “Bắc Đấu”
- “北斗鎮”
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