Yuanli Township is an urban township in southwestern Miaoli County,

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, occupying an area of , with a population of 43,923 in January 2023. Yuanli is known as "Miaoli's

Granary A granary is a storehouse or room in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed. Ancient or primitive granaries are most often made of pottery. Granaries are often built above the ground to keep the stored food away from mice and other animals ...

Economy

Earlier, the main activities of the township is the production of mats, hats and hand-made woven products. However, nowadays those industries have declined due to the abundance of equivalent cheap goods. Currently the main economic activities of the township is

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticat ...

cultivation, where 3,000 hectares of the township land is made up of rice fields. * Yuanli Tsai's Old House

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Taichung Irrigation Association
{{Townships in Taiwan Townships in Miaoli County Taiwan placenames originating from Formosan languages