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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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.

Politics

The township is part of Miaoli County Constituency I

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for

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Economy

The township is the main producer of

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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 () is a Japanese carbonated soft drink. It was introduced in 1884 in Kobe by the British pharmacist Alexander Cameron Sim. Like Banta, an Indian lemon drink, is available in a Codd-neck bottle, a heavy glass bottle whose mouth is sealed by a ...

Transportation

* Tongluo Station

Notable natives

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, Vice Premier (2004-2005)

References

External links

* Townships in Miaoli County {{Taiwan-geo-stub