Beidou
Beidou Township is an urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan. Beidou has about 33,300 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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
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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.
Beidou Purdue Temple
Place of worship
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Beidou Purdue Temple is a place of worship.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tianwei and Tianzhong.
Tianwei
Town
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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.
Tianzhong
Town
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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.
Pitou
Town
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Pitou Township is a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan. The district had a population of 29,314 as of January 2023 and an area of 42.75 square kilometres. One of the attractions in Pitou is the Kopok Flower Boulevard. Pitou is situated 6 km west of Beidou.
Beidou
- Categories: urban township of Taiwan and locality
- Location: Guangfu Village, Beidou Township, Changhua County, Taiwan Province, Central Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
23.8713° or 23° 52′ 17″ northLongitude
120.52178° or 120° 31′ 18″ eastPopulation
33,300Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)Open location code
7QM2VGCC+GPOpenStreetMap ID
node 60655835OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1670697Wikidata ID
Q718417
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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”
- Polish: “Beidou”
- Russian: “Бэйдоу”
- Thai: “เป๋ย์โต่ว”
- Vietnamese: “Bắc Đấu, Chương Hóa”
- Vietnamese: “Bắc Đấu”
- “北斗鎮”
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