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Ruisui Township 瑞穗鄉 Mizuho
Rural township
TheXiuguluan River near Jimei, Ruisui Township
Nickname:  水尾 (Mizuo)
Coordinates:23°26′0″N121°30′0″E / 23.43333°N 121.50000°E /23.43333; 121.50000
Country	Taiwan
Region	Eastern Taiwan
Government
• Type	Township
Area
• Total	135.5862 km2 (52.3501 sq mi)
Population  (March 2023)
• Total	10,944
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Post code	978
Subdivision	11 Villages
Website	www.juisui.gov.tw (Chinese)

Ruisui Township^[1] is arural township located in southernHualien County,Taiwan, and has a population of 10,944 inhabitants in 11 villages.

The population is composed ofHoklo,Hakka, andTaiwanese aborigines, most of whom areAmis. Agriculture and tourism are major industries.

DuringQing rule, the headquarters ofTaitung Prefecture was located in modern-day Ruisui, known then asTsui-be,^[2] orTsui-boe^[3] (Chinese:水尾;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Chúi-bóe). ThoseChinese characters (水尾) were renderedMizuo in Japanese duringJapanese rule of Taiwan, but were later changed to瑞穗,Mizuho in 1917.^[4] This written form was retained after theKuomintang takeover of Taiwan in 1945; the characters are pronouncedSūi-sūi andRuìsuì inTaiwanese andMandarin Chinese, respectively.^{[citation needed]}

The township lies in an alluvial plain which located midway up theHuadong Valley between theCentral Mountain Range,Coastal Mountain Range and Wuhe Terrace. Rafting activity on theXiuguluan River often starts from the Ruisui Bridge.^{[citation needed]}

The climate is between tropical and subtropical monsoon with a humid climate.^{[citation needed]}

TheTropic of Cancer passes through the township.^{[citation needed]}

The township comprises 11 villages: Fumin, Fuxing, Fuyuan, Hegang, Jimei, Ruibei, Ruiliang, Ruimei, Ruisui, Ruixiang and Wuhe.^{[citation needed]}

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• Fuyuan National Forest Recreation Area
• Rareseed Ranch
• Ruisui Tropic of Cancer Marker
• Saoba Stone Pillars
• Ruisui Hotspring
• Honyeh Hotspring (Red Leaf Hotspring)
• Wuhe Terrace Tea Plantations
• Ruisui Rafting Tourist Center (Xiuguluan River Rafting)
• Ruisui Range
• Fuyuan Bao'an Temple
• Fuyuan Butterfly Village
• Maliyun Tribal Village
• Ruisui Qinglian Temple

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Taiwan Railway stations on theHualien–Taitung Line in Ruisui include:

• Fuyuan Station
• Ruisui Station

Highways in Ruisui include:

• Provincial Highway 9, a north–south route through the Huadong Valley
• County Road 193 [zh], a parallel route crisscrossing the Xiugulan River

• Misato, Akita,Japan^[5] (friendship city)

• T.H. Tung, businessperson

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