Nantou

Nantou City is the capital and largest city of in Taiwan. Although the county is known for its mountain landscapes, Nantou City is located at its western edge in Taiwan's western lowlands.
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  • Type: Town with 101,000 residents
  • Description: A county-administered in Nantou County, Taiwan
  • Also known as: “lamtaw”, “Nan-t’ou”, “Nan-t’ou-chieh”, “Nan-t’ou-hsien”, “Nan-t’ou-shih”, “Nántóu”, “Nantou (stad)”, “Nantou City”, “Nantow”, “Наньдоу”, “南投社”, and “南投鎮”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nantou Hospital, MOHW and Lantian Academy, Taiwan.

Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.

Public building
Photo: lienyuan lee, CC BY 3.0.
is a public building.

Bus station
Photo: Saimmx, CC0.
is a bus station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zhongxing New Village.

Village
Photo: Vegafish, CC BY-SA 2.5.
, sometimes rendered as Chunghsing New Village is an urban village located in Nantou City, , and was the seat of government of Taiwan Province until the abolition of the Taiwan Provincial Government in 2018. is situated 5 km north of Nantou.

Nantou

Latitude
23.91° or 23° 54′ 36″ north
Longitude
120.6837° or 120° 41′ 1″ east
Population
101,000
Elevation
196 metres (643 feet)
United Nations Location Code
TW NAN
Open location code
7QM2WM5M+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60655970
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1671566
Wiki­data ID
Q715171
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Nantou” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مدينة نانتو”
  • Catalan: “Nantou”
  • Cebuano: “Nantou (kapital sa lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Nantou”
  • Chinese: “南投”
  • Chinese: “南投市”
  • Czech: “Nan-tchou”
  • Dutch: “Nantou”
  • Esperanto: “Nantou”
  • French: “Nantou”
  • German: “Nantou”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Nàm-thèu-sṳ”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Nantou”
  • Italian: “Nantou”
  • Japanese: “南投市”
  • Korean: “난터우 시”
  • Korean: “난터우시”
  • Ladin: “Nantou”
  • Lithuanian: “Nantou”
  • Malayalam: “നാൻറ്റൗ സിറ്റി”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-tâu-chhī”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-tâu-tshī”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “南投市”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nantou by”
  • Paiwan: “lizuk a lamtaw”
  • Persian: “نانتو”
  • Polish: “Nantou”
  • Russian: “Наньтоу”
  • Slovenian: “Nantou”
  • Spanish: “Nantou”
  • Thai: “นครหนานโถว”
  • Turkish: “Nantou”
  • Ukrainian: “Наньтоу”
  • Urdu: “نانتو شہر”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Đầu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nantou”
  • Welsh: “Nantou City”
  • Yue Chinese: “南投市”
  • “南投市”

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