Kouqiangwei

Kouqiangwei is a hamlet in Nangang Village, Xiangshan District, Taiwan. Kouqiangwei is situated near the hamlet Nangang, as well as near Kougongguan.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Xiangshan and Qiding.

Xiangshan

Railway station

Photo: Yuriy kosygin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Xiangshan railway station is a railway station located in Xiangshan District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan. It is located on the West Coast line and is operated by Taiwan Railway. The wooden station building is a city-designated historical monument. Xiangshan is situated 3 km northeast of Kouqiangwei.

Qiding

Railway stop

Photo: 寺人孟子, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Qiding railway station is a railway station located in Zhunan Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. It is located on the West Coast line and is operated by Taiwan Railway. Qiding is situated 3½ km southwest of Kouqiangwei.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Toufen and Zhunan.

Toufen

Photo: Yuriy kosygin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Toufen is a county-administered city in northern Miaoli County, Taiwan. Its city centre forms a continuous urban area with Zhunan.

Zhunan

Photo: Taiwankengo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Zhunan is an urban township in Miaoli County, Taiwan; its city centre forms a continuous urban area with Toufen.

Baoshan

Town

Photo: Yuriy kosygin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Baoshan Township is a rural township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan. It is ostensibly a suburb of Hsinchu City to the north and west, and is also bounded by Zhudong City to the east, Beipu and Emei Towns to the south, and Miaoli County to the west. Baoshan is situated 10 km east of Kouqiangwei.

Kouqiangwei

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “K’ou-ch’iang-wei” and “Kouciangwei”
Category: locality
Location: Nangang Village, Xiangshan District, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Northern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

24.73997° or 24° 44′ 24″ north

Longitude

120.89938° or 120° 53′ 58″ east

Elevation

13 metres (43 feet)

Open location code

7QP2PVQX+XQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4050093661

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

6645911

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In Other Languages

“Kouqiangwei” goes by many names.

Chinese: “口牆圍”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Nangang and Kougongguan.

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