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Toufen
24°41′00″N 120°54′26″E / 24.683209°N 120.907234°E
Toufen (Hakka PFS: Thèu-fun; Hokkien POJ: Thâu-hūn) is a county-administered city in northern Miaoli County Taiwan, formerly known as "Toufen Township". Its city centre forms a continuous urban area with Zhunan.
With a population of approximately 107,000, it is the most populous administrative division in Miaoli County. The majority of the residents are of Hakka ethnicity, accounting for about 90% of the population. Based on a sampling survey using the "multiple identification" method, the estimated ratio of Hakka to Hoklo residents is around 8:2.
In 2007, there was a revitalization project for the community houses in the city which was funded by Council of Cultural Affairs and private sectors which turned the buildings into a museum of chronicling life in the 1950s and 1960s. On 5 October 2015, Toufen was upgraded from an urban township to a county-administered city.
Toufen has an area of 53.3029 km2 (20.5804 sq mi). Surrounding the city are Miaoli County's Zhunan, Zaoqiao and Sanwan townships to the northwest/west, southwest and southeast, respectively, and Hsinchu County to the northeast and east. As of September 2023, its total population was estimated at 106,310, including 53,449 males and 52,861 females.
Terrain
Toufen City is located in the northern part of Miaoli County, in the foothill area at the border between Hsinchu and Miaoli counties. It borders Baoshan Township of Hsinchu County to the north, Zhunan Township to the northwest and west, Emei Township of Hsinchu County to the northeast, Sanwan Township to the east, and Zaoqiao Township across the Nangang River to the south. The city lies in the midstream valley region of the Zhonggang River, with terrain mainly consisting of plains and hills. The plains area is part of the Zhunan alluvial plain in the middle to lower reaches of the Zhonggang River.
The city compris苗栗縣s: Chenggong, Douhuan, Gexing, Guangxing, Heping, Houzhuang, Jianguo, Jianshan, Jianxia, Lankeng, Liutung, Luzhu, Minquan, Minsheng, Minzu, Pantao, Renai, Shangpu, Shangxing, Shanhu, Shanxia, Tianliao, Tongzhuang, Toufen, Tuniu, Wenhua, Xiaxing, Xinglong, Xinhua, Xinyi, Zhongxiao and Zijiang.
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Toufen
24°41′00″N 120°54′26″E / 24.683209°N 120.907234°E
Toufen (Hakka PFS: Thèu-fun; Hokkien POJ: Thâu-hūn) is a county-administered city in northern Miaoli County Taiwan, formerly known as "Toufen Township". Its city centre forms a continuous urban area with Zhunan.
With a population of approximately 107,000, it is the most populous administrative division in Miaoli County. The majority of the residents are of Hakka ethnicity, accounting for about 90% of the population. Based on a sampling survey using the "multiple identification" method, the estimated ratio of Hakka to Hoklo residents is around 8:2.
In 2007, there was a revitalization project for the community houses in the city which was funded by Council of Cultural Affairs and private sectors which turned the buildings into a museum of chronicling life in the 1950s and 1960s. On 5 October 2015, Toufen was upgraded from an urban township to a county-administered city.
Toufen has an area of 53.3029 km2 (20.5804 sq mi). Surrounding the city are Miaoli County's Zhunan, Zaoqiao and Sanwan townships to the northwest/west, southwest and southeast, respectively, and Hsinchu County to the northeast and east. As of September 2023, its total population was estimated at 106,310, including 53,449 males and 52,861 females.
Terrain
Toufen City is located in the northern part of Miaoli County, in the foothill area at the border between Hsinchu and Miaoli counties. It borders Baoshan Township of Hsinchu County to the north, Zhunan Township to the northwest and west, Emei Township of Hsinchu County to the northeast, Sanwan Township to the east, and Zaoqiao Township across the Nangang River to the south. The city lies in the midstream valley region of the Zhonggang River, with terrain mainly consisting of plains and hills. The plains area is part of the Zhunan alluvial plain in the middle to lower reaches of the Zhonggang River.
The city compris苗栗縣s: Chenggong, Douhuan, Gexing, Guangxing, Heping, Houzhuang, Jianguo, Jianshan, Jianxia, Lankeng, Liutung, Luzhu, Minquan, Minsheng, Minzu, Pantao, Renai, Shangpu, Shangxing, Shanhu, Shanxia, Tianliao, Tongzhuang, Toufen, Tuniu, Wenhua, Xiaxing, Xinglong, Xinhua, Xinyi, Zhongxiao and Zijiang.