Nantou City 南投市

Nantou City (Chinese:南投市) is a county-controlled city located in the northwest of Nantou County, ******. It lies between the Bagua Mountains and the Maoluo River and is the county seat of Nantou County. Freeway No. 3 serves Nantou City. Its name is a transliteration of the Hoanya word Ramtau with the characters 南投 chosen to complement 北投 (Beitou), a district in ******, even though there is no relation between the aboriginal words.