Zhuangwei Township or Jhuangwei Township () is a rural township in eastern Yilan County,

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, the smallest in the county.

Geography

* Area: * Population: 24,492 (2014)

Politics and government

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 14 villages: * Dafu (), Fuxing/Fusing (), Gonglao (), Gujie (), Guoling (), Guting (), Jixiang/Jisiang (), Meicheng (), Meifu (), Donggang (), Xinnan/Sinnan (), Xinshe/Sinshe (), Yongzhen/Yongjhen () and Zhongxiao/Jhongsiao ().

Elections

The township participated in the

2018 Taiwanese municipal elections The 2018 Taiwanese municipal elections for both mayoral and magisterial candidates were held on 24 November 2018, as part of the larger 2018 Taiwanese local elections, local elections in Taiwan. 2018 municipal election candidate nominations Res ...

supporting the candidacy of

Lin Zi-miao Lin Zi-miao (; born 28 January 1952) is a Taiwanese politician. She is the Magistrate of Yilan County since 25 December 2018. Political career Lin was mayor of her home township Luodong until 2018. 2018 Yilan County magistrate election She be ...

(KMT).

Energy

The township government is currently constructing an organic refuse resource center to process 200 tons of refuse daily with a planned capacity of 400 kW.

Tourist attractions

* Wujian Ziyun Temple * Yongzhen Coast Park

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. On 21 October 2018, a train derailment occurred, killing 18 peopl ...

of Taiwan Railways, 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. Histo ...

Notable natives

Pan Wen-chung Pan Wen-chung (; born 28 November 1962) is a Taiwanese educator and politician. He first served as Minister of Education from May 2016 to April 2018 and returned to the post in January 2019. Education Pan obtained his teaching certificate from ...

, Minister of Education (2016-2018, 2019-) *

Tsai Ling-yi Tsai Ling-yi (; born 6 November 1952) was the Second Lady of the Republic of China from 2012 to 2016. She is the wife of Wu Den-yih, the former Vice President of the Republic of China. Born as Tsai Ying-tao (蔡櫻桃) in a fishing village in ...

, Second Lady of the Republic of China (2012–2016)

References

External links

* {{Townships in Taiwan Townships in Yilan County, Taiwan