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Houhu
Chiayi Cityvillage
Demographic figures from DGBAS Taiwan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Houhu, a village in Chiayi City, Taiwan, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Coordinates of 23.506°, 120.452° situate Houhu in the subtropical zone of the northern hemisphere. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. The latitude suggests hot summers and mild winters typical of the subtropics. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,595 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 62% of daylight hours. The remainder of this page draws on open public data to describe the area's demographics, climate, environment and nearby amenities.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves18,460
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves15,489
- Swinhoe's White-eyeZosterops simplex Swinhoe, 1861 · Aves12,954
- Javan MynaAcridotheres javanicus Cabanis, 1851 · Aves12,008
- Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves11,965
- Red Collared-DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica (Hermann, 1804) · Aves10,048
- Taiwan BarbetPsilopogon nuchalis (Gould, 1863) · Aves9,047
- Spotted doveSpilopelia chinensis (Scopoli, 1786) · Aves8,795
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.4 — 2026-05-177 km NNW of Puli, Taiwan
- M 4.4 — 2026-03-2050 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan
- M 3.9 — 2026-03-0615 km NW of Taichung, Taiwan
- M 4.1 — 2026-03-038 km NNE of Yujing, Taiwan
- M 4.8 — 2026-03-038 km N of Yujing, Taiwan
- M 4.3 — 2025-12-1117 km E of Yujing, Taiwan
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Chiayi City
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
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Sources
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org