Nan-t'ou

Nantou Nántóu English Etymology From en cmn-wadegiles - romanization of en cmn 南投 Nántóu Wade-Giles romanization: Nan²-tʻou². Proper noun 1 1 en Nantou. en 1978 Disaster! When Nature Strikes Back https://archive.org/details/disasterwhennatu00copy/ w:Bantam Books 0-553-12487-0 4651419 7817909M 367 https://archive.org/details/disasterwhennatu00copy/page/n368/ July 31Northern Taiwan. The second typhoon to lash Taiwan in a week struck the towns of Taipei, T'ao-yuan, and Nan-t'ou; at least 38 persons were killed. en 5 March 1993 30 November 1992 Article Explores KMT 'Vote Buying' JPRS Report: China https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015031540217&seq=271 w:United States Joint Publications Research Service TZULI WANPAO !93-015 1376642660 43 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015031540217&seq=317 1 https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA345417/page/n45/ Of these terms, “big fir” used at Nan-t'ou has a historic origin. The chief economic resource of the area in the early days was the timber from the fir forest growing on the central range which traverses the whole of Nan-t'ou County. Because of vote buying, the election process in Nan-t'ou County underwent a drastic change overnight. en 1995 The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia https://books.google.com/books?id=iI1WAAAAMAAJ 9780852296059 32056397 302 A freeway connects the town to T'ai-chung city, 13 miles (21 km) north, and Nan-t'ou city, 4 miles (6 km) south. en 1999 Murray A. Rubinstein Taiwan: A New History https://archive.org/details/taiwannewhistory0000unse/ w:M.E. Sharpe 1-56324-816-6 1120289635 8643066M ix https://archive.org/details/taiwannewhistory0000unse/page/n10/ Yuan-chu-min history, that of the island’s southern Min speaking Han Chinese, is in evidence farther east, in Nan-t'ou county. After reaching the heart of Nan-t'ou city, the county’s center of government and also home to Taiwan’s provincial government, one can board a bus to ascend the mountains that dominate much of the central and eastern landscape of the island. en May 13, 2011 Jeremy Thompson Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village https://web.archive.org/web/20201008000254/https://www.rollercoasterphilosophy.com/2011/formosan-aboriginal-village/ Roller Coaster Philosophy Blog Nan-t’ou County, Taiwan – Friday, May 13th, 2011“For some reason a lot of westerners get lost on their way here, but it’s easy for Taiwanese people to find,” my hostel host warned me as he jotted down some simple walking directions to the bus service to Sun Moon Lake. Translations Nantou Further reading Nan-t’ou, in Encyclopædia Britannica