Luzhu District

Luzhu District is a district in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, home to 165,914 people. The downtown district, known as Nankan, is now a high density, high-rise suburb for many who work in Taipei and Taoyuan City.

Places of Interest

Highlights include 南崁五福宮 and Shanbi.

南崁五福宮

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Shanbi

Metro station

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Shanbi is a station on the Taoyuan Airport MRT located in Luzhu District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The station opened for commercial service on 2 March 2017.

Kengkou

Metro station

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Kengkou is a station on the Taoyuan Airport MRT located in Luzhu District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The station opened for commercial service on 2 March 2017.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taoyuan Aerotropolis and Nankan New Town.

Taoyuan Aerotropolis

Suburb

Taoyuan Aerotropolis is a large urban planning development at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The 4,500 hectare development, centered around the existing airport, will include a districts for transportation, logistics… Taoyuan Aerotropolis is situated 4½ km west of Luzhu District.

Nankan New Town

Suburb

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Nankan New Town is a large residential development located at the border of Luzhu District and Guishan District in Taoyuan, Taiwan. It was first proposed as a new town in the 1980s.

Luzhu District

Type: Locality with 166,000 residents
Also known as: “Lu-chu”, “Lu-chu Hsiang”, “Lujhu Siang”, “Luzhu”, and “Luzhu Xiang”
Location: Taoyuan, Taiwan, Northern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

25.0667° or 25° 4′ north

Longitude

121.2833° or 121° 17′ east

Population

166,000

Elevation

46 metres (151 feet)

Open location code

7QQ3378M+M8

GeoNames ID

1672575

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Luzhu District” goes by many names.

Chinese: “蘆竹區”
Chinese: “蘆竹鄉”

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