Houlong River
The Houlong River is a river in northwestern Taiwan. It flows through Miaoli County for 58 kilometers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Taiwan
- Also known as: “Hou-lung Ch’i”, “Hou-lung Hsi”, and “Houlong Si”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Longgang railway station and Hou-lung Station.
Longgang railway station
Railway station
Photo: SElefant, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Longgang is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Houlong Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
Hou-lung Station
Railway station
Photo: SElefant, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Houlong is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Houlong Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. Hou-lung Station is situated 3 km east of Houlong River.
Shuntian Temple
Place of worship
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Shuntian Temple is a place of worship, which is situated 2½ km east of Houlong River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Houlong and Xihu.
Houlong
Town
Photo: Yuriy kosygin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 3½ km east of Houlong River.
Xihu
Town
Xihu Township is a rural township in Miaoli County, Taiwan. Xihu is situated 6 km south of Houlong River.
Miaoli
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Miaoli City is a county-administered city and the county seat of Miaoli County, Taiwan. Miaoli has a relatively high percentage of Hakka people. It had the second highest residential price and the highest commercial price for land in Miaoli County as of 2004, at NT$28,601 per square meter and NT$63,317 per square meter, respectively.
Houlong River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Taiwan Province, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amis to Welsh—“Houlong River” goes by many names.
- Amis: “Holong Saowac”
- Cebuano: “Houlong Xi (suba sa Republika sa Tsina, lat 24,61, long 120,76)”
- Cebuano: “Houlong Xi”
- Chinese: “後龍溪”
- French: “Houlong”
- Japanese: “後龍渓”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Āu-lâng-khe”
- Sakizaya: “Hou-long a sauwac”
- Welsh: “Afon Houlong”
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