Nantou County
Nantou County
南投縣 Nan-t'ou | |
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Top：Shuili Water Creek in Shuili Township, 2nd left:Mount Yu, 2nd right:Nantou County Museum of History in Nantou City, 3rd left:View of Sun Moon Lake, from Xuanzang Temple in Yuchi Township, 3rd right:Evergreen Glassland in Renci Township, Bottom left:Tou George Pond in Taiwan Educational University of Nature, Bottom right:Mount Hehuan | |
| Coordinates: 23°54′55.28″N 120°41′4.32″E / 23.9153556°N 120.6845333°E | |
| Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Province | Taiwan (de facto defunct) |
| Seat | Nantou City |
| Largest city | Nantou City |
| Boroughs | 1 city, 12 (4 urban, 8 rural) townships |
| Government | |
| • Body | |
| • County Magistrate | Hsu Shu-hua (KMT) |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,106.436 km2 (1,585.504 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 2 of 22 |
| Population (January 2023) | |
• Total | 479,666 |
| • Rank | 15 of 22 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (National Standard Time) |
| ISO 3166 code | TW-NAN |
| Website | www.nantou.gov.tw |
| Symbols | |
| Flower | Plum blossom (Prunus mume) |
| Tree | Camphor Laurel (Cinnamomum camphora) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 南投縣 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nantou is the second largest county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the Hoanya Taiwanese aboriginal word Ramtau.
Its mountainous area makes it a tourist destination. The largest natural lake in Taiwan, Sun Moon Lake, is located in this county. Other well-known tourist sites of the county including Aowanda, Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village, Hehuanshan, Paper Dome, Qingjing Farm, Shanlinxi, Shuiyuan Suspension Bridge and Xitou. Notable cities in Nantou are Nantou City and Puli Town. The official butterfly of Nantou County is the broad-tailed swallowtail butterfly (Agehana maraho). Nantou's tung-ting tea is one of the most famous and high-quality oolong teas grown in Taiwan.