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Houziwa Destination Guide

Touring Houziwa in Taiwan

Houziwa in the region of Taiwan is located in Taiwan - some 128 mi or ( 206 km ) South-West of Taipei , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Houziwa

Time in Houziwa is now 06:02 PM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Taipei " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Douliu, Shitoucuo, Yuzhenkeng, Yeziliao, and Minsheng. Being here already, consider visiting Douliu . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Houziwa ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Honda Hornet 250 - Jiasien-Namasia Tour (Part 3/3)

11:46 min by HardcoreCafe
Views: 996 Rating: 5.00

Riding my Honda Hornet 250 on a little tour from Kaohsiung City to Chiayi County and back (total about 250km). Partially there were badly damaged roads due to typhoons and torrential rainfall, which a ..

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7:48 min by laoshu505000
Views: 969 Rating: 5.00

Recorded on 十二月14, 2009 using a Flip Video camcorder. ..


2010.03.06 21:00場主燈+煙火秀(強辯樂團轉轉轉運歌版)

8:47 min by mhsien
Views: 689 Rating: 5.00

2010台灣燈會在嘉義市2010 Taiwan Lantern Festival @ Chiay City 2010.03.06 21:00場主燈+煙火秀(強辯樂團轉轉轉運歌版) 請將時間軸快轉至"0:40" ..

National Highway 3 - southwards

17:54 min by HardcoreCafe
Views: 272 Rating: 3.00

Riding my Honda Hornet 250 on Taiwan's National Highway number 3 from near kilometer mark 296 in Chiayi county to kilometer marker 332 at the far end of Zengwen Reservoir in Tainan county. This road u ..


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Interesting facts about this location

1941 Chungpu earthquake

The 1941 Chungpu earthquake was a magnitude 7.1 earthquake which occurred on December 17, 1941 and was centred on the town of Chungpu, Taiwan. It was the fourth-deadliest earthquake of the 20th century in Taiwan, claiming 358 lives.

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Located at 23.40 120.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: 1941 earthquakes, 1941 in Taiwan

Chiayi County

Chiayi County is a county in southwestern Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City. Its historical name in Taiwanese Hokkien derives from Tsirosen in the Formosan languages. It is home to one of Taiwan's most outstanding research universities, National Chung Cheng University.

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Located at 23.50 120.64 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Chiayi County, Counties of Taiwan

Guanziling Hot Spring

Guanziling (關子嶺) in Tainan is one of the most famous hot spring sites in Taiwan. This rare spring releases methane, which has been burning constantly for around three centuries.

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Located at 23.33 120.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Hot springs of Taiwan

National Chiayi University

National Chiayi University, abbreviated NCYU, is a public university located in Chiayi, Taiwan. It was formed in 2000 by merging National Chiayi Institute of Technology and National Chiayi Teachers College . The University has six colleges, which include seven doctoral programs, 42 full-time master's degree programs, twelve part-time master's degree programs, and 38 undergraduate programs now . NCYU is one of the oldest and largest universities in southern Taiwan.

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Located at 23.46 120.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Chiayi County, Universities and colleges in Taiwan

Kagi Shrine

Kagi Shrine was a Shinto shrine located in Chiayi Park, in Chiayi city The shrine was built on October 28, 1915 facing south but later altered in 1942 to face west. The shrine was originally categorized as a prefectural shrine in 1917 but elevated to small shrine rank in 1944. Prince Yoshihisa, Ōkunitama no Mikoto (大国魂命), Ōnamuchi no Mikoto (大己貴命), Sukunahikona no Mikoto (少彦名命) and Amaterasu were enshrined as deities.

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Located at 23.48 120.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Historic sites in Taiwan, Shinto shrines in Taiwan