Nantou County

Nantou County is in the of . It is famous for its mountain scenery and is the only county in Taiwan without a coastline.
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is a lake in , Nantou County, . It is the largest body of water in Taiwan. The area around the lake is home to the Thao people, one of Taiwan's indigenous ethnic groups.

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City is the capital and largest city of County in Taiwan. Although the county is known for its mountain landscapes, City is located at its western edge in Taiwan's western lowlands.

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Township is an urban township in Nantou County, . The township is located within the Basin in central Taiwan.

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Ren'ai is a township in Nantou County. The township has a population of approximately 15,000 people spread out over 1,300 km².

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, or Tsaotun, is an urban township in the northwest of Nantou County. It is the largest township in Taiwan by population.

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is a quaint railway town beside the foothills of Taiwan's central mountain range. Besides being on a well-town tourist railway line, 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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is a city of about 55,000 people in southwestern Nantou County, .

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is a township in Nantou County. The area has a population of approximately 20,000 spread out over 107 km2.

Nantou County

Latitude of center
23.9024° or 23° 54′ 9″ north
Longitude of center
120.6909° or 120° 41′ 27″ east
Population
480,000
Elevation
706 metres (2,316 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60655784
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
1671564
Wiki­data ID
Q82357
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Nantou County” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة نانتو”
  • Asturian: “Condau Nantou”
  • Basque: “Nantou konderria”
  • Bengali: “নান্তু কাউন্টি”
  • Cebuano: “Nantou (lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Nantou”
  • Chinese: “Nántóu Xiàn”
  • Chinese: “南投县”
  • Chinese: “南投縣”
  • Czech: “okres Nan-tchou”
  • Czech: “Okres Nan-tchou”
  • Danish: “Nantou County”
  • Dutch: “Nantou”
  • Finnish: “Nantoun piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Nantou”
  • French: “Comté de Nantou”
  • Gan Chinese: “南投”
  • German: “Landkreis Nantou”
  • Greek: “Ναντού”
  • Gujarati: “નાન્તોઉ કાઉન્ટી”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Nàm-thèu-yen”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז נאנטו”
  • Hindi: “नैनटो काउंटी”
  • Indonesian: “Kabupaten Nantou”
  • Italian: “contea di Nantou”
  • Italian: “Contea di Nantou”
  • Japanese: “なんとうけん”
  • Japanese: “南投県”
  • Kannada: “ನಾಂಟೌ ಕೌಂಟಿ”
  • Korean: “난터우 현”
  • Korean: “난터우현”
  • Ladin: “contea de Nantou”
  • Ladin: “Contea de Nantou”
  • Latvian: “Naņtou apriņķis”
  • Literary Chinese: “南投縣”
  • Lithuanian: “Nantou apskritis”
  • Malay: “Nantou County”
  • Malayalam: “നാൻറ്റൗ കൗണ്ടി”
  • Marathi: “नॅनटोउ काउंटी”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Nàng-dàu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-tâu-koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-tâu-kuān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “南投縣”
  • Mongolian: “Наньтоу”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nantou”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nantou fylk”
  • Polish: “Nantou”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Nantou”
  • Russian: “Наньтоу”
  • Russian: “уезд Наньтоу”
  • Sinhala: “නන්ටෝඋ ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Nantou”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Nantou”
  • Spanish: “Condado del Nantou”
  • Swedish: “Nantou (län)”
  • Swedish: “Nantou”
  • Tamil: “நண்டோவு கவுண்டி”
  • Taroko: “Jingay siang”
  • Telugu: “నాంటో కౌంటీ”
  • Thai: “เทศมณฑลหนานโถว”
  • Thai: “หนานโถว”
  • Turkish: “Nantou”
  • Ukrainian: “Наньтоу”
  • Ukrainian: “повіт Наньтоу”
  • Urdu: “نانتوو کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Đầu”
  • Welsh: “Sir Nantou”
  • Yue Chinese: “南投縣”
  • “南投縣”

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