Nantou

Nantou City is a county-administered city located in the northwest of , . It lies between the Bagua Mountains and the and is the county seat of Nantou County.
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  • Type: Town with 101,000 residents
  • Description: A county-administered in Nantou County, Taiwan
  • Also known as: Nan-t’ou”, “Nan-t’ou-chieh”, “Nan-t’ou-hsien”, “Nan-t’ou-shih”, “Nantou City”, and “Nantow
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lantian Academy, Taiwan and Nantou County Private Wuyu Senior High School.

Public building
is a public building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zhongxing New Village.

Village
, sometimes rendered as Chunghsing New Village is an urban village located in Nantou City, , and was the seat of government of 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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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: Lâm-tâu-chhī
  • Chinese: 南投
  • Chinese: 南投市
  • Chinese: 南投社
  • Chinese: 南投鎮
  • Czech: Nan-tchou
  • Czech: Nantou
  • Dutch: Nantou (stad)
  • Dutch: Nantou
  • Dutch: Nántóu
  • Esperanto: Nantou
  • French: Nantou
  • German: Nantou
  • Hakka Chinese: Nàm-thèu-sṳ
  • Italian: Nantou
  • Japanese: 南投市
  • Korean: 난터우 시
  • Korean: 난터우시
  • Ladin: Nantou
  • Lithuanian: Nantou
  • Malayalam: നാൻറ്റൗ സിറ്റി
  • Min Nan Chinese: Lâm-tâu-chhī
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Nantou by
  • Paiwan: Lâm-tâu-chhī
  • Paiwan: lamtaw
  • Paiwan: lizuk a lamtaw
  • Persian: نانتو
  • Polish: Nantou
  • Russian: Наньдоу
  • Russian: Наньтоу
  • Slovenian: Nantou
  • Spanish: Nantou
  • Thai: นครหนานโถว
  • Turkish: Nantou
  • Ukrainian: Наньтоу
  • Vietnamese: Nam Đầu
  • Waray (Philippines): Nantou City
  • Waray (Philippines): Nantou
  • Welsh: Nantou City
  • Yue Chinese: 南投市
  • 南投市

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