peitou

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1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Beidou (in Changhua County, Taiwan).

   “Besides, the educational demonstration programs for rural youths in two selected townships, namely, Peitou in Changhua county and Erlun in Yunlin county, being strengthened to develop future farm operators and rural leadership.”

   “In 1973, a flower extension center was established at Peitou in Changhua county jointly by the Changhua County Farmers' Association, PDAF and JCRR.”

   “During the summer months it was possible to use bamboo rafts on the northernmost channel of the Ch'o-Shui, which ran from the market town of Peitou, and on the southernmost branch, the Huwei, the rafts then proceeding up the coast to Lukang.”

   “We thank Dr Ching-Chung Chen for helping to collect calla lily samples from Peitou, Changhua County and Dr Yung-An Lee for critically reviewing the manuscript.”

2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Beitou (in Taipei, Taiwan).

   “Twenty minutes by taxi from Taipei is Peitou, a hot-sulphur spa with some 75 hotels, among which one of the most rewarding is the Literary Inn.”

   “A colorful competition under way at the Kuantu Temple in suburban Peitou as part of the Lantern Festival.”

   “Residence of a low-income respondent, behind his store on Chung Yang South Road, Section 1, in Peitou district of Taipei. Many homes on this old street were built during the period of Japanese occupation.”

   “The Taipei City Government's latest bid to build a cable car system in the Peitou District has sparked an uproar from local residents and environmentalists, who have been fighting against the project for years.”

   “Models pose in a hot spring at a hotel in Peitou, Taipei, October 26, 2006. Taiwan's hot springs operators have asked the government to let their customers claim soaks in the therapeutic mineral waters on health insurance.”