Yuanshan Township () is a rural township in the western part of Yilan County,

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Geography

* Area: * Population: 32,099 (September 2023)

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 16 villages: * Hubei (湖北村), Huihao (惠好村), Hudong/Hutung (湖東村), Huxi (湖西村), Neicheng (內城村), Qixian (七賢村), Shangde (尚德村), Shengou (深溝村), Tongle (同樂村), Toufen (頭分村), Yixian (逸仙村), Yonghe (永和村), Yuanshan (員山村), Zhenshan (枕山村), Zhenxiang (蓁巷村) and Zhonghua (中華村).

Tourist attractions

Fushan Botanical Garden The Fushan Botanical Garden () is a botanical garden in Yuanshan Township, Yilan County and Wulai District, New Taipei in Taiwan. It is managed by Taiwan Forestry Research Institute. History The area used to be inhabited by the Atayal peopl ...

Jim and Dad's Brewery The Jim and Dad's Brewing Company () is a brewery in Yuanshan Township, Yilan County, Taiwan. History The brewery was founded in 2013 by Jim Sung and his father. After winning the championship in the 2013 Taiwan Brew Beer Contest, Sung starte ...

Kavalan Distillery Kavalan Distillery () is a Taiwanese whisky distillery. It is owned by the King Car Group and is located at Yuanshan Township, Yilan County, Taiwan. History The distillery is named after the old name of Yilan County. The distillery was com ...

Yuanshan Park Yuanshan may refer to these locations: Taiwan *Yuanshan, Yilan (員山鄉), a township of Yilan County * Yuanshan metro station (圓山站), a metro station of the Taipei Metro People's Republic of China Towns * Yuanshan, Guangdong (元善), in Li ...

Transportation

The nearest train station to the township is

Yilan Station Yilan () is a railway station of Yilan line of the Taiwan Railways Administration located at Yilan City, Yilan County, Taiwan. History The station was opened on 24 March 1919. Structure There is one island platform and one side platform A ...

of the

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, located in

Yilan City Yilan City (Taiwanese Mandarin, Mandarin pinyin: ''Yílán Shì''; Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī, POJ: ''Gî-lân-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Yilan County, Taiwan, Yilan County, Taiwan. The city lies on the north side o ...

. *Highway ** TW PHW7

Provincial Highway 7:Northern Cross-Country Highway *** TW PHW7d

Prov 7d *Bus **List of bus routes in Yilan ***Kamalan Bus Inc. ****751 Yilan Transfer Station - Baomin Temple ****752 Yilan Transfer Station - Taipei Veterans General Hospital Yuanshan Branch ****753 Yilan Transfer Station - Shuanglian Pond ****755 Yilan Transfer Station - Wanglongpo *** Kuo-Kuang Motor Transportation ****G12 Yilan Transfer Station - Songluo ****G15 Yilan Transfer Station - Da Jiao Xi ****1785 Yilan Transfer Station - Waiyuanshan - Zuntou ****1786 Yilan Transfer Station - Shengou - Neicheng ****1789 Yilan Transfer Station - Zhensha - Dajiaoxi

Notable natives

Yang Li-hua Yang Li-hua () is a Taiwanese opera performer. During her career, she performed in nearly 170 productions on TTV. Unusually for Chinese opera, she played a wide variety of male roles. Early life Yang was born in Yuanshan, Yilan, Yuanshan, Yi ...

, opera performer * Lin Yun-ju, table tennis player

References

External links

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Yuanshan Veterans Hospital
Townships in Yilan County, Taiwan {{taiwan-geo-stub