Dulan, Taiwan
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Dulan or Tulan, transliterated from the Ami name A'tolan, Mandarin: 都蘭, pinyin: Dōulán) is a village in the Donghe Township of Taitung County, Taiwan. It is located between the Pacific Ocean and Dulan Mountain in Dulan National Forest (都蘭林場) on Taiwan's southeast coast. Due to the rise in tourism, many Han people have moved to Dulan. However, the Dulan tribe still preserve many customs of the Ami. Local venue Sintung Sugar Factory Culture Parka (a repurposed sugar mill) hosts frequent art fairs and live music nights in which many varied art forms of the First Taiwanese are displayed. The town's name is easily mispronounced by foreigners as 都爛 (dōulàn), which is slang for "crappy".
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