Kandou

Kandou is a hamlet in Renhe Village, Mingjian Township, Taiwan. Kandou is situated nearby to the hamlet Dakeng, as well as near Gutingben.

Places of Interest

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

Cho-shui Station

Railway station

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Zhuoshui is a railway station on Taiwan Railway Jiji line located in Mingjian Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. Cho-shui Station is situated 3½ km southwest of Kandou.

Lung-ch’üan Station

Railway station

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Longquan is a railway station on Taiwan Railway Jiji line located in Jiji Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. Lung-ch’üan Station is situated 3½ km southeast of Kandou.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mingjian and Zhongliao.

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 3 km southwest of Kandou.

Zhongliao

Town

Photo: Shxpeng, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Zhongliao Township is a rural township in Nantou County, Taiwan. Zhongliao is situated 5 km northeast of Kandou.

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.

Kandou

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “K’an-tou”
Category: locality
Location: Renhe Village, Mingjian Township, Nantou County, Taiwan, Central Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

23.85598° or 23° 51′ 22″ north

Longitude

120.72691° or 120° 43′ 37″ east

Elevation

273 metres (896 feet)

Open location code

7QM2VP4G+9Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4178251942

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

6650524

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In Other Languages

“Kandou” goes by many names.

Chinese: “崁斗”

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