24°41′00″N120°54′26″E / 24.683209°N 120.907234°E /24.683209; 120.907234
Toufen 頭份市 Tōfun | |
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| Toufen City | |
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 Toufen within Miaoli County | |
| Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Province | Taiwan Province |
| County | Miaoli |
| Area | |
• Total | 53.3205 km2 (20.5872 sq mi) |
| Population (September 2023) | |
• Total | 106,310 |
| • Density | 1,971/km2 (5,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 5 |
| Website | www (in Chinese) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 頭份市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 头份市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Toufen (HakkaPFS:Thèu-fun;HokkienPOJ:Thâu-hūn) is acounty-administered city in northernMiaoli County,Taiwan. Its city centre forms a continuous urban area withZhunan.
In 2007, there was a revitalization project for the community houses in the city which was funded byCouncil of Cultural Affairs and private sectors which turned the buildings into a museum of chronicling life in the 1950s and 1960s.[1] On 5 October 2015, Toufen was upgraded from anurban township to a county-administered city.[2]
Toufen has an area of 53.3029 km2 (20.5804 sq mi). Surrounding the city are Miaoli County'sZhunan,Zaoqiao andSanwan townships to the northwest/west, southwest and southeast, respectively, andHsinchu County to the northeast and east.[3] As of September 2023, its total population was estimated at 106,310, including 53,449 males and 52,861 females.[4]
The city comprises 32 villages: Chenggong, Douhuan, Gexing, Guangxing, Heping, Houzhuang, Jianguo, Jianshan, Jianxia, Lankeng, Liutung, Luzhu, Minquan, Minsheng, Minzu, Pantao, Renai, Shangpu, Shangxing, Shanhu, Shanxia, Tianliao, Tongzhuang, Toufen, Tuniu, Wenhua, Xiaxing, Xinglong, Xinhua, Xinyi, Zhongxiao and Zijiang.[5]
Toufen is accessible byZhunan Station of theTaiwan Railways Administration located in the neighboringZhunan Township. TheTaiwan High Speed Rail passes through the central part of the city, but no station is currently planned.
Toufen is also served byFreeway 1, Provincial Highways1, 1B,3,13, 13A, and County Routes 124, 124A, and 124C.
| Climate data for Toufen (Zhunan) (2008–2020 normals, extremes 2008–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.8 (85.6) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.5 (90.5) | 34.6 (94.3) | 35.0 (95.0) | 36.7 (98.1) | 37.9 (100.2) | 37.6 (99.7) | 36.4 (97.5) | 36.4 (97.5) | 32.4 (90.3) | 28.6 (83.5) | 37.9 (100.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.3 (66.7) | 19.4 (66.9) | 21.7 (71.1) | 25.6 (78.1) | 28.7 (83.7) | 31.5 (88.7) | 32.8 (91.0) | 32.4 (90.3) | 31.2 (88.2) | 28.4 (83.1) | 25.3 (77.5) | 20.8 (69.4) | 26.4 (79.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.7 (60.3) | 17.9 (64.2) | 21.7 (71.1) | 25.2 (77.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 29.2 (84.6) | 28.7 (83.7) | 27.4 (81.3) | 24.5 (76.1) | 21.5 (70.7) | 17.2 (63.0) | 22.7 (72.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.7 (54.9) | 13.0 (55.4) | 14.8 (58.6) | 18.5 (65.3) | 22.2 (72.0) | 25.2 (77.4) | 26.2 (79.2) | 25.7 (78.3) | 24.3 (75.7) | 21.6 (70.9) | 18.5 (65.3) | 14.2 (57.6) | 19.7 (67.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) | 4.2 (39.6) | 7.9 (46.2) | 9.0 (48.2) | 15.2 (59.4) | 17.9 (64.2) | 20.2 (68.4) | 20.9 (69.6) | 19.7 (67.5) | 15.0 (59.0) | 6.2 (43.2) | 6.1 (43.0) | 3.5 (38.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 61.3 (2.41) | 110.6 (4.35) | 138.1 (5.44) | 150.9 (5.94) | 235.5 (9.27) | 267.3 (10.52) | 124.7 (4.91) | 178.9 (7.04) | 138.0 (5.43) | 35.5 (1.40) | 39.9 (1.57) | 48.6 (1.91) | 1,529.3 (60.19) |
| Average precipitation days | 8.0 | 9.3 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 7.1 | 9.9 | 7.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 100 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 79.3 | 82.5 | 80.9 | 79.9 | 81.3 | 78.6 | 74.7 | 78.0 | 76.2 | 73.8 | 78.1 | 77.3 | 78.4 |
| Source 1: Central Weather Administration[6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Atmospheric Science Research and Application Databank (precipitation 1991–2020, precipitation days and humidity 2000–2024)[7] | |||||||||||||
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