Tongxiao
Urban township From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Urban township From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tongxiao Township[1] is an urban township in southern Miaoli County, Taiwan. It lies between the Taiwan Strait on the west and mountains on the east.
Tongxiao Township 通霄鎮 | |
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Location | Miaoli County, Taiwan |
Area | |
• Total | 107.85 km2 (41.64 sq mi) |
Population (January 2023) | |
• Total | 31,799 |
Website | www |
Tongxiao Township | |
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Chinese | 通霄鎮 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Tōngxiāo Zhèn |
Wade–Giles | T'ung1-hsiao1 Chen4 |
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ | Thûng-sêu-chṳ́n |
Hokkien POJ | Thong-siau-tìn |
The town was formerly called Thunsiau (Chinese: 吞霄; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thun-siau).[2]
The township comprises 24 villages: Baitung, Baixi, Chengbei, Chengnan, Fengshu, Fulong, Fuxing, Fuyuan, Meinan, Nanhe, Neidao, Neihu, Pingan, Pingding, Pingyuan, Tongnan, Tongtung, Tongwan, Tongxi, Wubei, Wumei, Wunan, Xinpu and Zuntou.
The township is part of Miaoli County Constituency I electoral district for Legislative Yuan.
Taiwan High Speed Rail passes through the central part of the township, but no station is currently planned.
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