Huwei Township
Huwei Township is an urban township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. It has a population of about 70,300.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Official Name — Huwei Township 虎尾鎮 • Settlement Type — Urban township • Subdivision Type — Location • Subdivision Name — Yunlin County, Taiwan • Area Total Km2 — 69 • Population As Of — February 2023 • Population Total — 70300 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Other Name — Kobi • Illustration — Downtown Huwei • Illustration — Huwei Township Office
Name
Name
In the 17th century, during the Dutch era, Favorolang was one of the largest and most powerful aboriginal villages in Taiwan. The name has also been spelled Favorlang, Favorlangh, and Vovorollang. Its location was north of Tirosen (modern-day Chiayi), and the Favorlang river had been called by the Chinese How-boe-khe during the reign of the Qing Yongzheng Emperor (ca. 1722 – 1735). The Chinese name for the area was later changed to Go-keng-chhu. The name Favorlang is said to have derived from the ethnonym Babuza, a tribe of the Taiwanese Plains Aborigines. • Illustration — Map of Huwei (labeled as Kobi) and surrounding area (1944) In 1920, during Taiwan's Japanese era, the town was administered as Kobi Town, under Kobi District, Tainan Prefecture. During this era, the town earned the nickname of "Sugar Capital".
Administrative divisions
Administrative divisions
• Illustration — Villages in Huwei Township There are 29 villages:
Local government
Local government
• Taiwan Yunlin District Court
Economy
Economy
• Huwei Sugar Factory
Education
Education
• National Formosa University • National Huwei Senior High School
Tourist attractions
Tourist attractions
• Illustration — Huwei Sugar Factory Steel Bridge • Huwei Sugar Factory Iron Bridge • SL Towel Industrial Tourism and Explore Factory • Tongxin Park • Yunlin Hand Puppet Museum • Yunlin Story House
Transportation
Transportation
• Illustration — THSR Yunlin Station The township houses the Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) Yunlin Station.
Famous residents
Famous residents
• Gilbertus Happart
Sister city relations
Sister city relations
• Japan Ōma, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Notable natives
Notable natives
• Chen Po-chih, Minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development (2000–2002) • Frankie Huang, actor and television host
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Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Andrade, Tonio. How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century. Columbia University Press. 2005.
- 2.Campbell, William. Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary records, with explanatory notes and a bibliography of the island. Kegan Paul. 542. 1903. 644323041.
- 3.楊彥騏. 雲林縣政府文化局. 2003. 9789570138382.
- 4.holodict 40044
- 5.Li, Paul Jen-kuei. English-Favorlang vocabulary. Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa. 1–13. 2003. 4872978536.
- 6.Huwei Township Office. Welcome To Huwei. 2010.
- 7.Taiwan YunLin District Court. uld.judicial.gov.tw.
- 8.Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR). International Exchange. List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures.
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