Huwei, Yunlin

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Coordinates: 23°43′12″N 120°26′07″E / 23.719983°N 120.435364°E / 23.719983; 120.435364

Huwei Township
虎尾鎮
Kobi
Urban township
Street view in Huwei
Street view in Huwei
Huwei Township in Yunlin County
Huwei Township in Yunlin County
LocationYunlin County, Taiwan
Area
 • Total69 km2 (27 sq mi)
Population
 (July 2018)
 • Total70,928
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Downtown Huwei
Huwei Township Office

Huwei Township (Chinese: 虎尾鎮; pinyin: Hǔwěi Zhèn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hó͘-bóe-tìn or Hó͘-bé-tìn) is an urban township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. It has a population of about 70,269.

Name[]

In the 17th century, during the Dutch era, Favorolang was one of the largest and most powerful aboriginal villages in Taiwan.[1] The name has also been spelled Favorlang, Favorlangh, and Vovorollang.[2] Its location was north of Tirosen (modern-day Chiayi), and the Favorlang river had been called by the Chinese How-boe-khe (Chinese: 吼尾溪) during the reign of the Qing Yongzheng Emperor (ca. 1722 – 1735). The Chinese name for the area (Chinese: 大崙腳庄) was later changed to Go-keng-chhu (Chinese: 五間厝庄; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gō͘ -keng-chhù-chng).[3][4]

The name Favorlang is said to have derived from the ethnonym Babuza,[5] a tribe of the Taiwanese Plains Aborigines.

Map of Huwei (labeled as Kobi) and surrounding area (1944)

In 1920, during Taiwan's Japanese era, the town was administered as Kobi Town (Japanese: 虎尾庄), under Kobi District (虎尾郡), Tainan Prefecture. During this era, the town earned the nickname of "Sugar Capital" (糖都).

Government[]

Administrative divisions[]

Villages in Huwei Township

There are 29 villages:[6]

  • Anqing
  • Anxi
  • Beixi
  • Dexing
  • Dingxi
  • Dongren
  • Dongtun
  • Fangcao
  • Gong'an
  • Huilai
  • Jianguo
  • Juetou
  • Kendi
  • Lenei
  • Lianshi
  • Liren
  • Pinghe
  • Sanhe
  • Xi'an
  • Xiaxi
  • Xingnan
  • Xingzhong
  • Xinji
  • Xinxing
  • Xitun
  • Yanping
  • Yingchuan
  • Zhongshan
  • Zhongxi

Local government[]

  • Taiwan Yunlin District Court[7]

Economy[]

Education[]

  • National Formosa University

Tourist attractions[]

Huwei Sugar Factory Steel Bridge

Transportation[]

THSR Yunlin Station

The township houses the Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) Yunlin Station.

Famous residents[]

Sister city relations[]

Notable natives[]

  • Chen Po-chih, Minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development (2000–2002)
  • Frankie Huang, actor and television host

References[]

  1. ^ Andrade, Tonio (2005). "Chapter 7: The Challenges of a Chinese Frontier". How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century. Columbia University Press.
  2. ^ Campbell, William (1903). "Explanatory Notes". Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary records, with explanatory notes and a bibliography of the island. London: Kegan Paul. p. 542. OCLC 644323041.
  3. ^ 楊彥騏 (2003). 虎尾的大代誌 (in Chinese). Yunlin: 雲林縣政府文化局. ISBN 9789570138382.
  4. ^ "Entry #40044". 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]. (in Chinese and Hokkien). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011.
  5. ^ Li, Paul Jen-kuei (2003). "Introduction: Notes on Favorlang, an Extinct Formosan language". In Ogawa, Naoyoshi (ed.). English-Favorlang vocabulary. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa. pp. 1–13. ISBN 4872978536.
  6. ^ "Welcome To Huwei". Huwei Township Office. 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.
  7. ^ "Taiwan YunLin District Court". uld.judicial.gov.tw. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  8. ^ "International Exchange". List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures. Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR). Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.

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