Maricowan Police Post

The Marikowan Police Post is located inside the Marikowan Hamlet in Ren’ai Township of Nantou County.

During the Qing period, there were originally four communities: Mklihan, Mkbubul, Mktata, and Mkbabo. However, during the early days of the Japanese occupation, the Government-General in Taiwan sent personnel to the hamlet and demanded the people to hand over firearms. The tribesmen stubbornly resisted, and so police forces were sent to suppress the people as well as burning down the Mklihan community.

In the post-war period, the National Government merged the four tribes into one Cuiluan community (Qalang Bubun). After the completion of the industrial road, some people moved to the roadside to form the Marikowan Hamlet.