Wujie Township () is a rural township in the eastern part of Yilan County,

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Geography

Aerial perspective of the bridge across Dongshan river

Area Area is the measure of a region's size on a surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an open surface or the boundary of a three-di ...

: 38.87 km² *

Population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...

: 40,984 people (September 2023)

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 15 villages: Chengxing, Daji, Erjie, Fuxing, Jinzhong, Jixin, Lize, Sanxing, Shangsi, Sijie, Wujie, Xiaowei, Xiehe, Zengan and Zhongxing.

Tourist attractions

Chung Hsing Cultural and Creative Park The Chung Hsing Cultural and Creative Park () is a multi-purpose park in Wujie Township, Yilan County, Taiwan. History The building was originally constructed in 1935 as a paper manufacturing company. They produced papers using silvergrass a ...

Dongshan River Water Park Dongshan River Water Park (), established in 1993, is a park located in Wujie Township, Yilan County, Taiwan, on the shores of the Dongshan River. Its slogan is "Near water, Have green" (親近水、擁有綠). It is one of Taiwan's most famous ...

Erjie Rice Barn The Erjie Rice Barn, also known as the Erjie Peasant Association Barn, () is a former barn in Wujie Township, Yilan County, Taiwan. History The Erjie Rice Barn was built in 1928, when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. In 1935, a large brick ...

* Lizejian Yong'an Temple *

National Center for Traditional Arts The National Center for Traditional Arts (NCFTA; zh, c=國立傳統藝術中心, p=Guólì Chuántǒng Yìshù Zhōngxīn) or also called Center for Traditional Arts is located by the river bank of Dongshan River in Wujie, Yilan, Wujie Township, ...

Festivals

Yilan International Children's Folklore and Folkgame Festival The Yilan International Children's Folklore and Folkgame Festival (YICFFF; ) is an artistic festival in Taiwan, which has taken place during the summer vacation each year at the Dongshan River Water Park in Yilan County since 1996. *The festiva ...

Transportation

The Erjie Station and Zhongli Station of Taiwan Railways is located in the township.

Notable natives

Lin Yi-hsiung Lin Yi-hsiung (; born 24 August 1941) is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer. He was a major leader of the Democracy, democratization movement in Taiwan. He was first exposed to politics in 1976 while serving as attorney for (1908–1985) who sue ...

, Chairperson of

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan. As the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political camps in Taiwan, the DPP is currently the ...

(1998–2000)

External links

* {{taiwan-geo-stub Townships in Yilan County, Taiwan