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Nan-tāou
municipality, Taiwan
Nan-tāou, shih (municipality) and seat of Nan-tāou hsien (county), west-central Taiwan. It lies 26 miles (42 km) south of Tāai-chung city. Situated in a fertile alluvial plain on a tributary of the Wu River, the town flourished in the late 17th century and became the marketing centre for rice, sugarcane, bananas, and oranges grown nearby. Sugar and rice milling, fruit canning, woodworking, and pottery making are the main industries. The town is connected by the Chung-shan freeway to Tāai-chung in the north and Tāai-nan in the south. Pop. (2007 est.) 105,671.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.
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