Huwei, Yunlin

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Huwei Township in Yunlin County
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Huwei Township
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Huwei Township office
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Murals in traditional Chinese paper-cutting style , Beisi Village, Huwei.

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 (吼尾溪) during the reign of the Qing Yongzheng Emperor (ca. 1722 – 1735). The Chinese called the area 大崙腳庄 and later renamed it to 五間厝庄 (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gō͘ -keng-chhù-chng).[3]

The name Favorlang is said to have derived from the ethnonym Babuza,[4] a tribe of the Taiwanese Plains Aborigines.

In 1920, during Taiwan's Japanese era, the name was modified to 虎尾 (officially, Kobi Town (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

Local government

Economy

Education

Tourist attractions

Transportation

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THSR Yunlin Station

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

Famous residents

Sister city relations

See also

References

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  6. ↑ http://uld.judicial.gov.tw/indexen.asp
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