Luzhou District () is an inner city

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in northwestern

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. It is the second smallest district in New Taipei City after

Yonghe District Yonghe District () is an urban area in the southern part of New Taipei, Taiwan. Yonghe District is the smallest district in New Taipei City. It is primarily a mixed residential and commercial area. With around 38,000 inhabitants per square kilom ...

History

Historically the area was called ''Lō·-chiu'' (鷺州) and ''Hê-siūⁿ-chiu'' (和尙州). On 6 October 1997, Luzhou was upgraded from a rural township to a

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(; postal: Loochow) in the former

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. On 25 December 2010, Taipei County was upgraded to New Taipei City, subsequently Luzhou was upgraded into a district.

Geography

It has an area of 7.4351 km² and a population of 199,964 people in 74,056 households as of May 2022. Luzhou has the second highest

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in Taiwan (after Yonghe) and 13th in the world,

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with over 26,600 people per km².

Education

National Open University National Open University (NOU; ) is an open university in Luzhou District, New Taipei, Taiwan. History National Open University was established on 1 August 1986. The opening ceremony and first year courses started in November 1986. Although the ...

* St. Ignatius High School * Sanmin Senior High School

Tourist attractions

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(紫禁城博物館) *The Luzhou Lee Family Historic Estate (蘆洲李宅) * St. Ignatius Plaza (徐匯廣場) *Luzhou Night Market *Yong-Lian Temple

Transportation

The Orange Line of the

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serves Luzhou with via St. Ignatius High School metro station,

Sanmin Senior High School metro station The Taipei Metro Sanmin Senior High School station is a station on the Luzhou Line located in Luzhou, New Taipei, Taiwan. Station overview The two-level, underground station is located at the intersection of Sanmin Rd. and Fuxing Rd. and opened ...

, and

Luzhou metro station The Taipei Metro Luzhou station is the terminal station on the Luzhou Line, located in Luzhou, New Taipei, Taiwan. Station overview This two-level, underground station is located at the intersection of Sanmin Road and Zhongzheng Road and opened ...

. The Yellow Line will serve Luzhou in the future.

Notable natives

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, singer * Holger Chen, Internet celebrity *

Lin Rong-san Lin Rong-san (; 27 May 1939 – 28 November 2015) was a Taiwanese politician, publisher and businessman. He was the founder of Union Bank of Taiwan, and the publisher of ''Liberty Times'' and ''Taipei Times''. Career He won election to the Legis ...

, founder of ''

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'' *

Lin Yu-lin Lin Yu-lin (; 6 October 1936 – 9 June 2018) was a Taiwanese billionaire real estate developer, brother of fellow billionaire and politician Lin Rong-San. Biography Lin Yu-lin was born in 1936. He was a real estate mogul, owner of the commerc ...

, real estate developer *

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, singer, actress and model

References

External links

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Luzhou City Household Registration Office
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