Daren, Taitung

Daren Township (Chinese: 達仁鄉; pinyin: Dárén Xiāng; Wade–Giles: Ta2-jen2 Hsiang1) is a mountain indigenous township in Taitung County, Taiwan. The main population is the Paiwan people of the Taiwanese aborigines.

Daren Township
達仁鄉
Mountain indigenous township
View of the South-Link Highway
Daren Township in Taitung County
LocationTaitung County, Taiwan
Area
 • Total306 km2 (118 sq mi)
Population
 • Total3,721

History

In 2012, Daren, along with Wuqiu Township in Kinmen County (Quemoy), was proposed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs as the candidate of the new disposal site of nuclear waste after the Lanyu storage site in Orchid Island, Taitung County. This proposal however received heavy objection from the local Wuqiu residents.[1]

Geography
  • Area: 306.4454 km2
  • Population: 3,721 people

Administrative divisions

The township comprises six villages: Anshuo, Nantan, Senyong, Sinhua, Taiban and Tuban.[2]

Tourist attractions
  • Dawu Keteleeria Nature Preservation Area
  • Jinshueiying National Trail
  • Nantian Coast Water Park
  • Tjuwabal Paiwan Culture and Art Community

Transportation

The South-Link Highway passes through Daren Township, intersecting Highway 26 at Ansuo.

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gollark: A-level is hopefully going to be better, since I actually get to pick subjects I like and people who are bad at them won't be doing them.
gollark: Maths is good, though - my maths set has a really good teacher and we do (well, did when school was running) interesting and challenging stuff a lot of the time without repeating the same topic over and over again.
gollark: English is awful because we mostly overanalyze literature and write essays and stuff, but we did writing one time and that was fun.
gollark: A lot of the chemistry and physics stuff we do at school is... somewhat interesting at first, but we end up going over it again and again and doing endless worksheets for some reason, which is not very interesting.

References
  1. (Taiwan), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (22 May 2012). "Referendums to decide Taiwan's nuclear waste storage site - Taiwan Today". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. "Daren Township". Tour.taitung.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-05-14.


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