Shoufeng Township is a rural Township in

Hualien County Hualien County (Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

. The township sits in the north segment of

East Rift Valley The Huadong Valley or Hualien–Taitung Valley (), also known as East Rift Valley or the Longitudinal Valley, is a long and narrow valley located between the Central Mountain Range and the Coastal Mountain Range. It is also recognized as a plai ...

between Taiwan's Central Range and Coastal Mountain Range near the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...

. The Township is best known as home to

National Dong Hwa University National Dong Hwa University (NDHU; ; shortened as "") is a national research university located in Hualien, Taiwan. Established in 1994, NDHU is widely considered as the most potential research university and the most prestigious university ...

(NDHU), a

national National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

research university A research university or a research-intensive university is a university that is committed to research as a central part of its mission. They are the most important sites at which knowledge production occurs, along with "intergenerational kno ...

and famous tourist attraction in East Taiwan.

Geography

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A large part of the township is located centered on the Huadong Valley north of where the Shoufeng River empties into the

Hualien River The Hualian River, also spelled Hualien River, () is a river in Taiwan. It flows through Hualien County for . The Hai'an Range starts at the mouth of the river. Tributaries There are five major tributaries, listed here from mouth to source: *Mug ...

. The township extends eastward over the

Hai'an Range The Coastal Mountain Range, also known as the Hai'an Range (), is a mountain range situated on the eastern coast of the island of Taiwan, and spans the border between Hualien and Taitung Counties. The Coastal Mountain Range is the northern port ...

to the Pacific Ocean in the east.

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 15 villages: Chinan, Fengli, Fengping, Fengshan, Gonghe, Guangrong, Mizhan, Pinghe, Shoufeng, Shuhu, Shuilian, Xikou, Yanliao, Yuemei and Zhixue.

Demographics

It has 17,119 inhabitants in 7,370 households.

Education

Higher education

The

dominates the township of Shoufeng, providing the township with its distinctive college-town character. University buildings are located in the north of the township and the campus is directly adjacent to the Zhixue Street, Papaya Creek Delta, and

Zhixue Railway Station Zhixue railway station () is a railway station located in Shoufeng Township, Hualien County, Taiwan. It is located on the Taitung line and is operated by the Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is a railway ...

Mandarin education

* National Dong Hwa University Chinese Language Center

Tourist attractions

Taroko National Park Taroko National Park () is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan and was named after the Taroko Gorge, the landmark gorge of the park carved by the Liwu River. The park spans Taichung Municipality, Nantou County, and Hualien County and is l ...

* * * Liyu Lake * Honan Temple * Niushan Hunting Reserved Area * Lichuan Fishing Farm * Farglory Ocean Park * Chihnan National Forest *

Fengtian Immigrant Village Fengtian (; postal: Fengtien; Manchu: ''Abkai imiyangga fu'') is: * Shenyang, largest city and provincial capital of Liaoning province, which was formerly administered under Fengtian Fu, which was abolished in 1910 * Liaoning, the province forme ...

Transportation

Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is a railway operator in Taiwan. It is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, responsible for managing, maintaining, and running conventional passenger and freight railway services ...

stations on the Taitung line in Shoufeng include: * Zhixue Station * Pinghe Station * Shoufeng Station * Fengtian Station

Highways A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access ...

in Shoufeng include: * Provincial Highway 9, a north-south route through the Huadong Valley * Provincial Highway 9C, (9), a north-south alternative route to PH 9 * Provincial Highway 11, a north-south route along the Pacific coast * Provincial Highway 11C (11), a north-south route connecting National Dong Hwa University with PH 9 and PH 11. *, along the east bank of the Hualien River

References

External links

Hualien Shoufeng Township

East Rift Valley National Scenic AreaEast Coast National Scenic AreaHualien Ocean Park
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