Houlong
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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Houlong Township
後龍鎮
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| other_name = Houlung
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| settlement_type = Urban township
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| image_map = Heu-liùng - Āulâng - (Houlong, Miaoli County).svg
| map_caption = Houlong Township in Miaoli County
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| subdivision_name = Miaoli County, Taiwan
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| population_total = 34355
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{{Infobox Chinese |title=Houlong Township |c=後龍鎮|p=Hòulóng Zhèn|w=Hou4-lung2 Chen4|poj=Āu-lâng-tìn|phfs=Heu-liùng-chṳ́n|hide=no}}
Houlong Township[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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809231115/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 |date=2017-08-09 }} Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. Ministry of the Interior. 26 March Minguo 104 (2015). Retrieved 1 July 2018. {{in lang|zh}} is an urban township in western Miaoli County, Taiwan. It is bordered by the Taiwan Strait on the west and Zaoqiao Township on the east.http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140801000136&cid=1103{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It lies at the mouth of the Houlong River. Miaoli HSR station is located in Houlong.
Name
The township's name originates from that of a Taiwanese Plains Aborigines settlement. During the Kingdom of Tungning, the area was called Aulangsia ({{zh|c=後壠社|poj=}}). Other variants of Aulang existed (e.g., {{zh|c=凹浪/後壟|poj=Āu-lâng}}).{{holodict|40129}} In 1920, during Japanese rule, the place was renamed {{nihongo|Kōryū Village|後龍庄|lead=yes}}, under {{nihongo4|Chikunan District|竹南郡}}, Shinchiku Prefecture. This name closely matched the Japanese pronunciation of the previous names but with different kanji (Chinese characters). This written form was retained after the Kuomintang takeover of Taiwan in 1945; the characters are pronounced Hòulóng in Mandarin Chinese. The Taiwanese Hokkien pronunciation remains Āu-lâng, based on the pre-1920 name.
Geography
File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-6550512-hakushaton-2220-iv.jpg
- Area: {{convert|75.81|km2}}
- Population: 34,355 (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
| archive-date =2017-02-26
| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170226212657/http://mlhr.miaoli.gov.tw/xlsgetfile_10601m.php
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It lies at the mouth of the Houlong River.
Administrative divisions
The township comprises 23 villages: Beilong, Dashan, Dazhuang, Dongming, Fengfu, Funing, Fuxing, Haibao, Haipu, Jiaoyi, Longjin, Longkeng, Nangang, Nanlong, Puding, Shuiwei, Waipu, Wanbao, Xinmin, Xiushui, Xizhou, Zhonghe and Zhonglong.
Politics
The township is part of Miaoli County Constituency I electoral district for Legislative Yuan.
Education
Tourist attractions
Transportation
File:TRA HouLong Station.jpg]]
Houlong Township is accessible from Dashan Station, Houlong Station, Longgang Station and Fengfu Station of the Taiwan Railways. Taiwan High Speed Rail has one station in the township, which is Miaoli Station.
Notable natives
- Liu Cheng-hung, Magistrate of Miaoli County (2005–2014)
References
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External links
{{commons category|Houlong Township, Miaoli County}}
- {{official website}} {{in lang|zh}}
{{Taiwan Miaoli divisions}}
{{Townships in Taiwan}}
Category:Townships in Miaoli County
Category:Taiwan placenames originating from Formosan languages