Kouhu

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It has a population total of 24,882 and an area of 80.4612 square kilometers, including a section of coastline bordering the Taiwan Strait.

Owing to the existence of a large lagoon shaped like an elephant's trunk in the area, Kouhu was known as Xiangbihu (Elephant Trunk Lake) in the late Ming and Qing periods.{{cite web |title=歷史地理沿革 |url=https://www.kouhu.gov.tw/page/%E6%AD%B7%E5%8F%B2%E5%9C%B0%E7%90%86%E6%B2%BF%E9%9D%A9/4 |publisher=雲林縣口湖鄉公所 |access-date=15 May 2024}}

Kouhu's coastal waters were traditionally used in oyster farming, but in 1991 they were zoned for offshore industrial use.{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/08/19/2003625714|title=Yunlin commissioner pleads oyster farmers’ case|work=taipeitimes.com|access-date=2017-01-30}}

The township comprises 21 villages: Chenglong, Dinghu, Gangtung, Gangxi, Guogang, Houcuo, Hukou, Hutung, Jinghan, Keliao, Kouhu, Luntung, Lunjhong, Pubei, Punan, Shueijing, Sialun, Siecuo, Taizih, Wubei, and Wunan.

Kouhu is one of the areas proposed by the Taiwan Power Company for an underground electricity cable connecting it with Jianshan Village in Penghu's Huxi Township.{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/01/28/2003582337/1|title=EPA gives green light for projects - Taipei Times}}

• Qian Shui Che Zhuang Festival{{cite web|url=http://tour.yunlin.gov.tw/english/album/index-1.asp?m=16&m1=17&m2=62&sid=25|title=Kouhu Township Qian Shui Che Zhuang Cultural Festival|first=Cultural Tours in|last=Yunlin|date=31 May 2016}}

• Chenglong Wetlands{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2015/05/01/2003617196|title=Art exhibition listings - Taipei Times}}
• Yiwu Wetland

• Provincial Highway 61
• Provincial Highway 17 (Taiwan)
• County Highway 164

{{Weather box|width=auto

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|location = Kouhu (2019–2023, extremes 2019–present)

|Jan high C = 20.4

|Feb high C = 21.4

|Mar high C = 24.4

|Apr high C = 26.4

|May high C = 28.8

|Jun high C = 30.9

|Jul high C = 31.7

|Aug high C = 31.2

|Sep high C = 31.2

|Oct high C = 28.8

|Nov high C = 26.1

|Dec high C = 21.7

|Jan mean C = 16.9

|Feb mean C = 17.7

|Mar mean C = 20.5

|Apr mean C = 23.0

|May mean C = 25.9

|Jun mean C = 28.2

|Jul mean C = 28.9

|Aug mean C = 28.4

|Sep mean C = 27.9

|Oct mean C = 25.3

|Nov mean C = 22.5

|Dec mean C = 18.5

|Jan low C = 14.4

|Feb low C = 15.0

|Mar low C = 17.6

|Apr low C = 20.2

|May low C = 23.4

|Jun low C = 25.7

|Jul low C = 26.3

|Aug low C = 26.0

|Sep low C = 25.3

|Oct low C = 22.7

|Nov low C = 19.7

|Dec low C = 16.0

|Jan record high C = 28.2 |Jan record low C = 7.5

|Feb record high C = 30.3 |Feb record low C = 8.1

|Mar record high C = 30.2 |Mar record low C = 12.0

|Apr record high C = 30.5 |Apr record low C = 12.3

|May record high C = 32.1 |May record low C = 16.2

|Jun record high C = 33.0 |Jun record low C = 22.6

|Jul record high C = 34.3 |Jul record low C = 23.2

|Aug record high C = 33.4 |Aug record low C = 23.8

|Sep record high C = 33.7 |Sep record low C = 21.2

|Oct record high C = 32.6 |Oct record low C = 18.7

|Nov record high C = 30.8 |Nov record low C = 12.3

|Dec record high C = 29.3 |Dec record low C = 8.3

|year record high C = |year record low C =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 23.2

|Feb precipitation mm = 22.1

|Mar precipitation mm = 49.8

|Apr precipitation mm = 68.9

|May precipitation mm = 137.8

|Jun precipitation mm = 268.1

|Jul precipitation mm = 182.8

|Aug precipitation mm = 314.4

|Sep precipitation mm = 86.4

|Oct precipitation mm = 17.0

|Nov precipitation mm = 13.0

|Dec precipitation mm = 27.0

|Jan precipitation days = 4.9

|Feb precipitation days = 4.4

|Mar precipitation days = 6.5

|Apr precipitation days = 5.0

|May precipitation days = 8.0

|Jun precipitation days = 12.5

|Jul precipitation days = 10.9

|Aug precipitation days = 13.4

|Sep precipitation days = 5.8

|Oct precipitation days = 2.5

|Nov precipitation days = 2.9

|Dec precipitation days = 2.6

|year precipitation days =

|Jan humidity = 75.4

|Feb humidity = 76.4

|Mar humidity = 75.5

|Apr humidity = 74.0

|May humidity = 77.8

|Jun humidity = 77.8

|Jul humidity = 76.0

|Aug humidity = 78.4

|Sep humidity = 74.4

|Oct humidity = 73.2

|Nov humidity = 74.8

|Dec humidity = 73.6

|source 1 = Central Weather Administration{{cite web

|url = https://agr.cwa.gov.tw/NAGR/history/station_day

| title = 農業氣象觀測網監測系統 : 口湖工作站(12J990)

| publisher= Central Weather Administration

|access-date = 20 April 2024 }}

|source 2 = Atmospheric Science Research and Application Databank (precipitation 2016–2023){{cite web |url = https://asrad.pccu.edu.tw/catalog/clim/

| title = 中央氣象署 測站氣候資料 : 雲林口湖 C1K540

| publisher= Atmospheric Science Research and Application Databank

|access-date = 20 April 2024 }}

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• List of Taiwanese superlatives

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{{commons category|Kouhu Township, Yunlin County}}

• [http://www.kouhu.gov.tw/ Kouhu Township Office, Yunlin County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315195407/http://www.kouhu.gov.tw/ |date=2007-03-15 }} {{in lang|zh}}

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