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Huwei, Yunlin

Field	Value
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->	official_name	Huwei Township
虎尾鎮
settlement_type	Urban township
image_skyline	虎尾合同廳舍2014.8.jpg
image_caption	Street view in Huwei
image_map	Huwei.png
map_caption	Huwei Township in Yunlin County
subdivision_type	Location
subdivision_name	Yunlin County, Taiwan
area_total_km2	69
population_as_of	February 2023
population_total	70300
population_density_km2	auto
other_name	Kobi

虎尾鎮

Huwei Township () is an urban township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. It has a population of about 70,300.

Name

In the 17th century, during the Dutch era, Favorolang was one of the largest and most powerful aboriginal villages in Taiwan. The name has also been spelled Favorlang, Favorlangh, and Vovorollang. Its location was north of Tirosen (modern-day Chiayi), and the Favorlang river had been called by the Chinese How-boe-khe () during the reign of the Qing Yongzheng Emperor (ca. 1722 – 1735). The Chinese name for the area () was later changed to Go-keng-chhu ().

The name Favorlang is said to have derived from the ethnonym Babuza, a tribe of the Taiwanese Plains Aborigines.

Map of Huwei (labeled as Kobi) and surrounding area (1944)

In 1920, during Taiwan's Japanese era, the town was administered as Kobi Town, under , Tainan Prefecture. During this era, the town earned the nickname of .

Government

Administrative divisions

There are 29 villages:

Anqing
Anxi
Beixi
Dexing
Dingxi
Dongren
Dongtun
Fangcao
Gong'an
Huilai
Jianguo
Juetou
Kendi
Lenei
Lianshi
Liren
Pinghe
Sanhe
Xi'an
Xiaxi
Xingnan
Xingzhong
Xinji
Xinxing
Xitun
Yanping
Yingchuan
Zhongshan
Zhongxi

Local government

Taiwan Yunlin District Court

Economy

Huwei Sugar Factory

Education

National Formosa University
National Huwei Senior High School

Tourist attractions

Huwei Sugar Factory Iron Bridge
SL Towel Industrial Tourism and Explore Factory
Tongxin Park
Yunlin Hand Puppet Museum
Yunlin Story House

Transportation

The township houses the Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) Yunlin Station.

Famous residents

Gilbertus Happart

Sister city relations

Japan Ōma, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Notable natives

Chen Po-chih, Minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development (2000–2002)
Frankie Huang, actor and television host

References

Andrade, Tonio. (2005). "How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century". Columbia University Press.
(1903). "Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary records, with explanatory notes and a bibliography of the island". Kegan Paul.
楊彥騏. (2003). 雲林縣政府文化局
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Li, Paul Jen-kuei. (2003). "English-Favorlang vocabulary". Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa.
(2010). "Welcome To Huwei". Huwei Township Office.
"Taiwan YunLin District Court".
"International Exchange". Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR).

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