Kantou

Kantou is a hamlet in Tanliao Village, Mingjian Township, Taiwan. Kantou is situated nearby to the hamlet Tanliao, as well as near Qingshuiwei.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yüan-ch’üan Station and Cho-shui Station.

Yüan-ch’üan Station

Railway station

Yüan-ch’üan Station

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Yuanquan is a railway station on Taiwan Railway Jiji line located in Ershui Township, Changhua County, Taiwan. Yüan-ch’üan Station is situated 3½ km southwest of Kantou.

Cho-shui Station

Railway station

Cho-shui Station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Zhuoshui is a railway station on Taiwan Railway Jiji line located in Mingjian Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. Cho-shui Station is situated 4 km northeast of Kantou.

Ershui Junior High School

School

Ershui Junior High School

Photo: Chen chingyi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ershui Junior High School is situated 3 km southwest of Kantou.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mingjian and Ershui.

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 4 km northeast of Kantou.

Ershui

Town

Photo: Hdavid12, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ershui Township is a rural township in southeastern Changhua County, Taiwan. Ershui is situated 5 km west of Kantou.

Jhushan

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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

Kantou

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “K’an-liao”, “K’an-liao-ts’un”, “K’an-t’ou”, and “K’an-ting”
Category: locality
Location: Tanliao Village, Mingjian Township, Nantou County, Taiwan, Central Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

23.82032° or 23° 49′ 13″ north

Longitude

120.66868° or 120° 40′ 7″ east

Elevation

299 metres (981 feet)

Open location code

7QM2RMC9+4F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4178251945

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Kantou” goes by many names.

Chinese: “崁頭”

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Localities in the Area

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