Wangxian

Wangxian is a hamlet in Haibao Village, Houlong Township, Taiwan. Wangxian is situated nearby to the hamlet Xincuo, as well as near Daluxi.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dashan railway station and T’an-wen Station.

Dashan railway station

Railway station

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Dashan is a railway station on Taiwan Railway West Coast line located in Houlong Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. Dashan railway station is situated 3 km southwest of Wangxian.

T’an-wen Station

Railway station

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Tanwen is a railway station on Taiwan Railway West Coast line located in Zaoqiao Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. T’an-wen Station is situated 3½ km east of Wangxian.

Longsheng Lake

Lake

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Longsheng Lake is situated 3½ km south of Wangxian.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zaoqiao and Zhunan.

Zaoqiao

Town

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Zaoqiao Township / Zaociao Township is a rural township in northern Miaoli County, Taiwan. Zaoqiao is situated 5 km southeast of Wangxian.

Zhunan

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Zhunan is an urban township in Miaoli County, Taiwan; its city centre forms a continuous urban area with Toufen.

Houlong Township 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. It lies at the mouth of the Houlong River. Miaoli HSR station is located in Houlong. Houlong is situated 7 km southwest of Wangxian.

Wangxian

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Kang-hsien”, “Kang-hsüan”, “Wang-hsien”, “Wang-hsüan”, and “Wangsian”
Category: locality
Location: Haibao Village, Houlong Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan, Central Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

24.66436° or 24° 39′ 52″ north

Longitude

120.82403° or 120° 49′ 27″ east

Elevation

11 metres (36 feet)

Open location code

7QP2MR7F+PJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4157596147

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

1673990

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In Other Languages

“Wangxian” goes by many names.

Chinese: “網弦”

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