Tongxiao Township is an urban township in southern Miaoli County,

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. It lies between the Taiwan Strait on the west and mountains on the east.

History

The town was formerly called ''Thunsiau'' ().

Geography

*Area: * Population: 35,389 (January 2017 estimate)

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 24 villages: Baitung, Baixi, Chengbei, Chengnan, Fengshu, Fulong, Fuxing, Fuyuan, Meinan, Nanhe, Neidao, Neihu, Pingan, Pingding, Pingyuan, Tongnan, Tongtung, Tongwan, Tongxi, Wubei, Wumei, Wunan, Xinpu and Zuntou.

Politics

The township is part of Miaoli County Constituency I electoral district for Legislative Yuan.

Tourist attractions

* Flying Cow Ranch * Gongtian Temple *

Taiyen Tongxiao Tourism Factory The Taiyen Tongxiao Tourism Factory () is an education center in Neidao Village, Tongxiao Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan, committed to promote education in salt and water technology. Attractions * Taiyen Museum * Salt Ancestor Statue * Ocean F ...

Tongxiao Beach Resort Tongxiao Township is an township (Taiwan), urban township in southern Miaoli County, Taiwan. It lies between the Taiwan Strait on the west and mountains on the east. History The town was formerly called ''Thunsiau'' (). Geography *Area: * Popu ...

* Tongxiao Electrodialysis Salt Factory * Tongxiao Jinja * Tongxiao Shrine *

Baishatun Mazu Pilgrimage The Baishatun Mazu Pilgrimage () is usually held annually between lunar January and April in the western plains of Taiwan, a major Taoist religious event since 1863. After every lunar new year, the Mazu statue of Gongtian Temple () at Baishatun ...

Transportation

* TRA

Baishatun Station Baishatun () is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) West Coast line (coastal) located in Tongxiao Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. History The station was opened on 11 October 1922. Around the station * Taiyen Tong ...

* TRA Tongxiao Station * TRA Xinpu Station

Taiwan High Speed Rail Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) is the high-speed railway of Taiwan consisting of one line that runs approximately along the west coast, from the capital Taipei to the southern city of Kaohsiung. With construction and operations managed by a pri ...

passes through the central part of the township, but no station is currently planned.

Notable natives

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, sculptor

References

External links

* {{coord, 24, 29, N, 120, 41, E, display=title, region:TW_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Townships in Miaoli County Taiwan placenames originating from Formosan languages