Huwei Township
虎尾鎮
Kobi
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Street view in Huwei
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Huwei Township in Yunlin County
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| Location | Yunlin County, Taiwan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 69 km2 (27 sq mi) |
| Population
(February 2023)
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| • Total | 70,300 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
Huwei Township (Chinese: 虎尾鎮; pinyin: Hǔwěi Zhèn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hó͘-bóe-tìn or Hó͘-bé-tìn) is an urban townshipinYunlin County, Taiwan. It has a population of about 70,300.
In the 17th century, during the Dutch era, Favorolang was one of the largest and most powerful aboriginal villages in Taiwan.[1] The name has also been spelled Favorlang, Favorlangh, and Vovorollang.[2] Its location was north of Tirosen (modern-day Chiayi), and the Favorlang river had been called by the Chinese How-boe-khe (Chinese: 吼尾溪) during the reign of the Qing Yongzheng Emperor (ca. 1722 – 1735). The Chinese name for the area (Chinese: 大崙腳庄) was later changed to Go-keng-chhu (Chinese: 五間厝庄; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gō͘ -keng-chhù-chng).[3][4]
The name Favorlang is said to have derived from the ethnonym Babuza,[5] a tribe of the Taiwanese Plains Aborigines.
In 1920, during Taiwan's Japanese era, the town was administered as Kobi Town (Japanese: 虎尾庄), under Kobi District (虎尾郡), Tainan Prefecture. During this era, the town earned the nickname of "Sugar Capital" (糖都).
There are 29 villages:[6]
The township houses the Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) Yunlin Station.
Ōma, Aomori Prefecture, Japan[8]