Nantou City
Nantou
南投市 Nantō | |
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| Nantou City | |
| Coordinates: 23°55′N 120°41′E / 23.917°N 120.683°E | |
| Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Province | Taiwan Province |
| County | Nantou County |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sung Huai-lin |
| Area | |
• Total | 71.2063 km2 (27.4929 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2023) | |
• Total | 97,504 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Website | http://www.ntc.gov.tw/ |
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| Chinese | 南投市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nantou City (Mandarin Pīnyīn: Nántóu Shì; Hokkien POJ: Lâm-tâu-chhī) is a county-administered city located in the northwest of Nantou County, Taiwan. It lies between the Bagua Mountains and the Maoluo River and is the county seat of Nantou County. Freeway No. 3 serves Nantou City. Its name is a transliteration of the Hoanya word Ramtau with its first character (南; "south") chosen to complement that of Beitou's (北; "north"), a district in Taipei, even though there is no relation between the aboriginal names.