Xihu
Xihu Township or Sihu Township is an urban township in the middle of Changhua County, Taiwan. A traditional farming village, along with Xiluo, Xihu is one of the centers of vegetable-growing on the western side of the island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 55,700 residents
- Description: urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan
- Also known as: “Ch’i-hu”, “Ch’i-hu-chuang”, “Hsi-hu”, “Hsihu”, “Shihu”, “Sihu”, “Syihu”, “Xihu Township”, and “Xihu, Changhua”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sihu Station and Hsihu Yung’an Temple.
Hsihu Yung’an Temple
Place of worship
Photo: Boattoad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hsihu Yung’an Temple is a place of worship.
Hsihu Tatu Ta’an Temple
Place of worship
Photo: Boattoad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hsihu Tatu Ta’an Temple is a place of worship.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puyan Township and Puxin Township.
Puyan Township
Town
Puyan Township is a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan. Puyan Township is situated 4 km northwest of Xihu.
Puxin Township
Town
Photo: Bunkichi Chang, CC BY 2.0.
Puxin Township, also written Pusin, is a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan. It has a population of 34,788 and an area of 20.9526 square kilometres. Puxin Township is situated 6 km east of Xihu.
Xihu
- Categories: urban township of Taiwan and locality
- Location: Dazhu Village, Xihu Township, Changhua County, Taiwan Province, Central Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
23.9666° or 23° 57′ 60″ northLongitude
120.4832° or 120° 28′ 60″ eastPopulation
55,700Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)Open location code
7QM2XF8M+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 60655878OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1675281Wikidata ID
Q715864
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Xihu” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Khe-ô͘-tìn”
- Chinese: “溪湖”
- Chinese: “溪湖鎮”
- Chinese: “溪湖镇”
- German: “Xihu”
- Hakka Chinese: “Hâi-fù-chṳ́n”
- Hakka Chinese: “Hâi-fù-tsṳ́n”
- Italian: “Xihu”
- Japanese: “渓湖”
- Japanese: “渓湖鎮”
- Korean: “시후진”
- Literary Chinese: “溪湖鎮”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Khe-ô͘-tìn”
- Polish: “Xihu”
- Russian: “Сиху”
- Vietnamese: “Khê Hồ, Chương Hóa”
- Vietnamese: “Khê Hồ”
- “溪湖鎮”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Xihu”. Photo: Shxpeng, CC BY-SA 3.0.