Tongxiao

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title: "Tongxiao" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["townships-in-miaoli-county", "taiwan-placenames-originating-from-formosan-languages"] topic_path: "linguistics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongxiao" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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official_nameTongxiao Township
通霄鎮
settlement_typeUrban township
image_skylineTungshiauStreet.jpg
image_mapMl ts.png
map_captionTongxiao Township in Miaoli County
subdivision_typeLocation
subdivision_nameMiaoli County, Taiwan
area_total_km2107.85
population_as_ofJanuary 2023
population_total31,799
website
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Tongxiao Township is an urban township in southern Miaoli County, Taiwan. It lies between the Taiwan Strait on the west and mountains on the east.

History

The town was formerly called Thunsiau ().

Geography

  • Area: 107.85 km2
  • Population: 31,799 (January 2023 estimate){{cite web | url =http://mlhr.miaoli.gov.tw/xlsgetfile_10601m.php | script-title =zh:106年一月份人口統計下載區 | trans-title=January 2017 Population Statistic Downloads | language=zh | date =January 2017 | website =mlhr.miaoli.gov.tw | publisher =Miaoli County Government Household Registration Service | access-date =2017-02-25}}

Administrative divisions

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.

Politics

The township is part of Miaoli County Constituency I electoral district for Legislative Yuan.

Tourist attractions

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Transportation

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Notable natives

References

References

  1. [http://gn.moi.gov.tw/GeoNames/DataFile/%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E5%9C%B0%E5%8D%80%E9%84%89%E9%8E%AE%E5%B8%82%E5%8D%80%E7%B4%9A%E4%BB%A5%E4%B8%8A%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%8D%80%E5%9F%9F%E5%90%8D%E7%A8%B1%E4%B8%AD%E8%8B%B1%E5%B0%8D%E7%85%A7%E8%A1%A8.pdf 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表] Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. Ministry of the Interior. 26 March ''[[Minguo calendar. Minguo]]'' 104 (2015). Retrieved 1 July 2018. {{in lang. zh
  2. {{holodict. 40089
  3. "Welcome to Taiyen Tongxiao Tourism Campus". tybio.com.tw.
  4. "eco-seaworld.com.tw".

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