Houtong Village

Houtong Village is a locality in Ruifang, New Taipei, Taipei. Houtong Village is situated nearby to the hamlet Xinliao, as well as near the locality Chailiaozi.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Houtong railway station and San-tiao-ling Station.

Houtong railway station

Railway station

Photo: SSR2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Houtong is a railway station on the Taiwan Railway Yilan line located in Ruifang District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Houtong once sat on top of Taiwan's largest coal mine, but now visitors come to see the numerous cats living in the town.

San-tiao-ling Station

Railway station

Photo: SElefant, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sandiaoling railway station is a railway station of Taiwan Railway located in Ruifang District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It is located on the Yilan line and is the terminus of the Pingxi line.

Cat Village

Photo: SSR2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Houtong Cat Village or Houdong Cat Village is a village in Ruifang District, New Taipei, Taiwan known for its cat population.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jiufen and Jinguashi.

Jiufen

Photo: TianyinLee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jiufen or Jioufen, historically spelled Chiufen, is a small town in the Ruifang District of New Taipei City, in the hills overlooking the northeast coast of Taiwan.

Jinguashi

Photo: Fred Hsu, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jinguashi is a village in the Ruifang District of eastern New Taipei City, Taiwan. The area became famous for its gold mines, and is considered a potential World Heritage Site by the Taiwan Bureau of Cultural Heritage.

Shuangxi

Photo: Taiwankengo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Shuangxi District is a rural district in the eastern part of New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Houtong Village

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Hou-t’ung”, “Hou-t’ung Li”, “Houtong”, and “Houtong Li”
Location: Ruifang, New Taipei, Taipei, Northern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

25.0818° or 25° 4′ 54″ north

Longitude

121.8291° or 121° 49′ 45″ east

Elevation

174 metres (571 feet)

Open location code

7QQ33RJH+MM

GeoNames ID

1675935

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Houtong Village” goes by many names.

Chinese: “侯硐里”
Chinese: “猴硐里”

Localities in the Area

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