Tongluo Township is a
rural township in
Miaoli County
Miaoli County (Mandarin Pinyin: ''miáo lì xiàn''; Hakka PFS: ''Mèu-li̍t-yen''; Hokkien POJ: ''Biâu-le̍k-koān'' or ''Miâu-le̍k-koān'') is a county in western Taiwan. Miaoli is adjacent with Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City to the nort ...
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Taiwan
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Geography
* Area:
* Population: 18,433 (January 2017)
Administrative divisions
The township comprises 10 villages: Chenglong, Fuxing, Jiuhu, Tongluo, Xinglong, Xinlong, Zhangshu, Zhaoyang, Zhongping and Zhusen.
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Politics
The township is part of Miaoli County Constituency I electoral district
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for Legislative Yuan
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Economy
The township is the main producer of chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemums (), sometimes called mums or chrysanths, are flowering plants of the genus ''Chrysanthemum'' in the family Asteraceae. They are native to East Asia and northeastern Europe. Most species originate from East Asia and the center ...
s in Taiwan.
Tourist attractions
* Hakka Yard
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...
* Miaoli Park
The Miaoli Park () is a cultural center in Tongluo Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan about Hakka people.
History
The center was opened on 12 May 2012.
Architecture
The center spans over an area of 4.32 hectares.
Exhibitions
The permanent exhibi ...
* Ramune Soda Factory
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Transportation
* Tongluo Station
Notable natives
* Yeh Chu-lan
Yeh Chu-lan (; born 1949) is a Taiwanese politician. She served as acting mayor of Kaohsiung and Vice Premier of the Republic of China.
Career
Yeh worked in advertising for seventeen years prior to entering politics after her husband, Cheng Na ...
, Vice Premier (2004-2005)
References
External links
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Townships in Miaoli County
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