Toufen
24°41′00″N 120°54′26″E / 24.683209°N 120.907234°E
Toufen
頭份市 Tōfun | |
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| Toufen City | |
Toufen within Miaoli County | |
| Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Province | Taiwan Province |
| County | Miaoli |
| Area | |
• Total | 53.3205 km2 (20.5872 sq mi) |
| Population (September 2023) | |
• Total | 106,310 |
| • Density | 1,971/km2 (5,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 5 |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 頭份市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 头份市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Toufen (Hakka PFS: Thèu-fun; Hokkien POJ: Thâu-hūn) is a county-administered city in northern Miaoli County Taiwan, formerly known as "Toufen Township". Its city centre forms a continuous urban area with Zhunan.
With a population of approximately 107,000, it is the most populous administrative division in Miaoli County. The majority of the residents are of Hakka ethnicity, accounting for about 90% of the population. Based on a sampling survey using the "multiple identification" method, the estimated ratio of Hakka to Hoklo residents is around 8:2.