Taitou, Shandong

Taitou
台头镇
Town
Taitou

Location in Shandong

Coordinates: 37°01′48″N 118°38′10″E / 37.03000°N 118.63611°E / 37.03000; 118.63611Coordinates: 37°01′48″N 118°38′10″E / 37.03000°N 118.63611°E / 37.03000; 118.63611
Country China
Province Shandong
Prefecture-level city Weifang
County-level city Shouguang
Area[1]
  Total 142 km2 (55 sq mi)
Elevation 4.3 m (14 ft)
Population (2006)[1]
  Total 58,000
  Density 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Taitou (simplified Chinese: 台头镇; traditional Chinese: 台頭鎮; pinyin: Táitóu Zhèn) is a town of around 58,000 people in the north of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Located in the northwest of Weifang City, it is under the administration of the county-level city of Shouguang City, 23 kilometres (14 mi) to the southeast, and has an area of 142 square kilometres (55 sq mi). Within the town are 42 administrative villages.

In 1958, Taitou was created as a people's commune, then changed to a town in 1984. In 2000 it absorbed the town of Niutou (牛头镇).

Taitou was the site of Martin C. Yang's ethnography A Chinese Village: Taitou, Shantung Province (1945).

References

  1. 1 2 台头镇 (in Chinese). XZQH.org. Retrieved 2011-06-26.

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