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

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Geography

* Area: * Population: 32,377 (2014)

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 * Jim and Dad's Brewery *

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 indigenous Kavalan people, who originally inhabi ...

* Yuanshan Park

Transportation

The nearest train station to the township is

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of the

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, located in

Yilan City Yilan City ( Mandarin pinyin: ''Yílán Shì''; Hokkien POJ: ''Gî-lân-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Yilan County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China. The city lies on the north side of the Lanyang River. H ...

. *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 ***

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****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 (), a Taiwanese opera performer is a star in Taiwan. She had many viewers on local television. People were fascinated by her performances. She played the male lead character so well in one of her performances that viewers were not a ...

, opera performer *

Lin Yun-ju Lin Yun-Ju ( born 17 August 2001) is a Taiwanese table tennis player.

, table tennis player

References

External links

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