Lugu

Lugu is a locality in Lugu Village, Lugu Township, Taiwan and has about 17,700 residents. Lugu is situated nearby to the hamlet Kantou, as well as near the village Xinliao.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jhushan and Xitou.

Jhushan

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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

Xitou

Village

Photo: 阿道, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Xitou is a village, which is situated 9 km southeast of Lugu.

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.

Lugu

Type: Locality with 17,700 residents
Also known as: “Ch’iang-tzu-liao” and “Lu-ku”
Category: human settlement
Location: Lugu Village, Lugu Township, Nantou County, Taiwan, Central Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

23.74639° or 23° 44′ 47″ north

Longitude

120.7525° or 120° 45′ 9″ east

Population

17,700

Elevation

505 metres (1,657 feet)

Open location code

7QM2PQW2+HX

GeoNames ID

1672551

Wikidata ID

Q35720934

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Russian—“Lugu” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Lugu”
Chinese: “鹿谷”
Dutch: “Lugu”
Russian: “Лугу”

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