Jiji

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.
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  • Type: Town with 11,000 residents
  • Description: urban township in Nantou County, Taiwan
  • Also known as: “Chi-chi”, “Chichi”, “Jiji Township”, and “Jiji, Nantou”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chi-chi Station and Jiji Guang Cheng Temple (Taiwan).

Railway station
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Jiji is a railway station in Jiji Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. It lies along the Taiwan Railway-operated Jiji line, the longest branch line in Taiwan.

Place of worship
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is a place of worship.

Place of worship
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is a place of worship.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zhongliao.

Town
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Township is a rural township in , . is situated 6 km north of Jiji.

Jiji

Latitude
23.8286° or 23° 49′ 43″ north
Longitude
120.7864° or 120° 47′ 11″ east
Population
11,000
Elevation
240 metres (787 feet)
Open location code
7QM2RQHP+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60655704
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1678615
Wiki­data ID
Q708391
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Jiji” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Jiji Zhen”
  • Chinese: “Chi̍p-chi̍p-tìn”
  • Chinese: “Jíjí Zhèn”
  • Chinese: “半路店”
  • Chinese: “集集”
  • Chinese: “集集社”
  • Chinese: “集集鎮”
  • Chinese: “集集镇”
  • Czech: “Ťi-ťi”
  • German: “Jiji”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Si̍p-si̍p-tsṳ́n”
  • Japanese: “しゅうしゅうちん”
  • Japanese: “集集”
  • Japanese: “集集鎮”
  • Korean: “지지진”
  • Ladin: “Jiji”
  • Malayalam: “ജിജി, നാന്റോ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chi̍p-chi̍p-tìn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chi̍p-chi̍p”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tsi̍p-tsi̍p-tìn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “集集鎮”
  • Polish: “Jiji”
  • Russian: “Цзицзи”
  • Thai: “จี๋จี๋”
  • Vietnamese: “Tập Tập, Nam Đầu”
  • Vietnamese: “Tập Tập”
  • Yue Chinese: “集集鎮”
  • “集集鎮”

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