In the 17th century, during the Dutch era, Favorolang was one of the largest and most powerful aboriginal villages in Taiwan.

[2] Its location was north of Tirosen (modern-day Chiayi), and the Favorlang river had been called by the Chinese How-boe-khe (Chinese: 吼尾溪) during the reign of the Qing Yongzheng Emperor (ca.

[3][4] The name Favorlang is said to have derived from the ethnonym Babuza,[5] a tribe of the Taiwanese Plains Aborigines.

During this era, the town earned the nickname of "Sugar Capital" (糖都).

There are 29 villages:[6] The township houses the Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) Yunlin Station.