Toufen
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Toufen
| native_name = {{lower|0.1em|{{nobold|{{lang|zh-hant|頭份市}}}}}}
| official_name = Toufen City
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| settlement_type = County-administered city
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| image_skyline = 頭份鎮一景.jpg
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| image_map = ToufenTownship.png
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| map_caption = Toufen within Miaoli County
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Toufen in Taiwan
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Republic of China (Taiwan)
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Taiwan Province
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Miaoli
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| area_total_km2 = 53.3205
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| population_as_of = September 2023
| population_total = 106310
| population_density_km2 = 1971
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| timezone1 = CST
| utc_offset1 = +8
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 5
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| other_name = Tōfun
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Toufen (Hakka PFS: Thèu-fun; Hokkien POJ: Thâu-hūn) is a county-administered city in northern Miaoli County, Taiwan. Its city centre forms a continuous urban area with Zhunan.
History
In 2007, there was a revitalization project for the community houses in the city which was funded by Council of Cultural Affairs and private sectors which turned the buildings into a museum of chronicling life in the 1950s and 1960s.{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/10/17/2003630276|date=17 October 2015|title=Renovated cluster of Miaoli houses bring tourists, jobs|publisher=Taipei Times|accessdate=11 May 2017}} On 5 October 2015, Toufen was upgraded from an urban township to a county-administered city.{{citation|url=http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/1381240|publisher=Liberty Times|author=鄭鴻達|date=2015-07-16|script-title=zh:苗栗頭份改制縣轄市 鎮代表會落槌通過|language=Chinese}}
Geography
Toufen has an area of {{convert|53.3029|km2|abbr=on}}. Surrounding the city are Miaoli County's Zhunan, Zaoqiao and Sanwan townships to the northwest/west, southwest and southeast, respectively, and Hsinchu County to the northeast and east.{{cite web
| url =http://www.toufen.gov.tw/toufen/1-2.php
| script-title =zh:地理環境
| trans-title =Geography & environment
| language =Chinese
| website =toufen.gov.tw
| publisher =Toufen City Office
| access-date =6 February 2017
| quote = }} As of September 2023, its total population was estimated at 106,310, including 53,449 males and 52,861 females.{{cite web
| url =https://mlhr.miaoli.gov.tw/tables2.php?unit=22&y=112&m=9
| script-title =zh:112年9月份人口統計下載區
| trans-title=September 2023 Population Statistic Downloads
| language=zh
| date =September 2023
| website =mlhr.miaoli.gov.tw
| publisher =Miaoli County Government Household Registration Service
| access-date =2023-10-31}}
Administrative divisions
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.{{cite web
| url =http://www.toufen.gov.tw/toufen/1-7.php
| script-title =zh:行政區域
| trans-title =Administrative areas
| language =Chinese
| website =toufen.gov.tw
| publisher =Toufen City Office
| access-date =6 February 2017
| quote = }}
Tourist attractions
- Toufen Backyard Garden
- Shang Shun Mall
- Luzhunan Historical House
- Toufen Jianguo Night Market
Transportation
Toufen is accessible by Zhunan Station of the Taiwan Railways Administration located in the neighboring Zhunan Township. The Taiwan High Speed Rail passes through the central part of the city, but no station is currently planned.
Toufen is also served by Freeway 1, Provincial Highways 1, 1B, 3, 13, 13A, and County Routes 124, 124A, and 124C.
Notable natives
- Hsieh Chin-ting, Magistrate of Miaoli County (1981–1989)
- Hsu Yao-chang, Magistrate of Miaoli County
Climate
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Toufen (Zhunan) (2008–2020 normals, extremes 2008–present)
|Jan record high C = 29.8
|Feb record high C = 32.2
|Mar record high C = 32.5
|Apr record high C = 34.6
|May record high C = 35.0
|Jun record high C = 36.7
|Jul record high C = 37.9
|Aug record high C = 37.6
|Sep record high C = 36.4
|Oct record high C = 36.4
|Nov record high C = 32.4
|Dec record high C = 28.6
|Jan record low C = 3.5
|Feb record low C = 4.2
|Mar record low C = 7.9
|Apr record low C = 9.0
|May record low C = 15.2
|Jun record low C = 17.9
|Jul record low C = 20.2
|Aug record low C = 20.9
|Sep record low C = 19.7
|Oct record low C = 15.0
|Nov record low C = 6.2
|Dec record low C = 6.1
|Jan high C = 19.3
|Feb high C = 19.4
|Mar high C = 21.7
|Apr high C = 25.6
|May high C = 28.7
|Jun high C = 31.5
|Jul high C = 32.8
|Aug high C = 32.4
|Sep high C = 31.2
|Oct high C = 28.4
|Nov high C = 25.3
|Dec high C = 20.8
| year high C =
|Jan mean C = 15.6
|Feb mean C = 15.7
|Mar mean C = 17.9
|Apr mean C = 21.7
|May mean C = 25.2
|Jun mean C = 28.0
|Jul mean C = 29.2
|Aug mean C = 28.7
|Sep mean C = 27.4
|Oct mean C = 24.5
|Nov mean C = 21.5
|Dec mean C = 17.2
| year mean C =
|Jan low C = 12.7
|Feb low C = 13.0
|Mar low C = 14.8
|Apr low C = 18.5
|May low C = 22.2
|Jun low C = 25.2
|Jul low C = 26.2
|Aug low C = 25.7
|Sep low C = 24.3
|Oct low C = 21.6
|Nov low C = 18.5
|Dec low C = 14.2
| year low C =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 61.3
|Feb precipitation mm = 110.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 138.1
|Apr precipitation mm = 150.9
|May precipitation mm = 235.5
|Jun precipitation mm = 267.3
|Jul precipitation mm = 124.7
|Aug precipitation mm = 178.9
|Sep precipitation mm = 138.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 35.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 39.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 48.6
|year precipitation mm =
| Jan precipitation days = 8.0
| Feb precipitation days = 9.3
| Mar precipitation days = 11.6
| Apr precipitation days = 11.7
| May precipitation days = 10.7
| Jun precipitation days = 10.1
| Jul precipitation days = 7.1
| Aug precipitation days = 9.9
| Sep precipitation days = 7.5
| Oct precipitation days = 3.8
| Nov precipitation days = 4.4
| Dec precipitation days = 5.9
| year precipitation days =
| Jan humidity = 79.3
| Feb humidity = 82.5
| Mar humidity = 80.9
| Apr humidity = 79.9
| May humidity = 81.3
| Jun humidity = 78.6
| Jul humidity = 74.7
| Aug humidity = 78.0
| Sep humidity = 76.2
| Oct humidity = 73.8
| Nov humidity = 78.1
| Dec humidity = 77.3
| year humidity =
|source 1 = Central Weather Administration{{cite web
|url = https://codis.cwa.gov.tw/StationData
| title = 月報表(逐日資料) : 竹南 (C0E420)
| publisher= Central Weather Administration
|access-date = 28 September 2024 }}
|source 2 = Atmospheric Science Research and Application Databank (precipitation 1991–2020, precipitation days and humidity 2000–2024){{cite web |url = https://asrad.pccu.edu.tw/catalog/clim/
| title = 中央氣象署 測站氣候資料 : C0E420 苗栗竹南
| publisher= Atmospheric Science Research and Application Databank
|access-date = 28 September 2024 }}
}}
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