Hualien County
Hualien is a county on the east coast of Taiwan. It is Taiwan's largest county by area, yet due to its mountainous terrain, has one of the lowest populations in the country.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Hualien and Taroko Gorge.
Hualien
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Hualien is a county-administered city and the county seat of Hualien County, Taiwan. It is located on the east coast of Taiwan on the Pacific Ocean, and has a population of 99,458 inhabitants.
Taroko Gorge
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Taroko Gorge is a deep, rocky, tree-lined canyon with a boulder-strewn, blue-green river at the bottom. Its magnificent scenery makes it an incredible place for hiking, and it welcomes visitors with trails ranging from flat and leisurely to strenuous and heart-pumping.
Yuli
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Yuli is a township in central Huatung Valley in Hualien County. It is home to the Yushan National Park, one of Taiwan's nine national parks.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Ruisui and Guangfu.
Ruisui
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Ruisui is a rural township located in southern Hualien County, famous for its Hot Springs and the Siouguluan River Basin.
Guangfu
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Guangfu Township is a rural township located in the mid-Huatung Valley of Hualien County, Taiwan. The indigenous Amis people make up about half of the population. The main economic activity is agriculture.
Fengbin
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Fengbin Township is a rural township located in Hualien County, Taiwan, bordering Taitung County. The Pacific Ocean lies to the east and the Hai'an Range to the west.
Hualien County
- Type: County with 319,000 residents
- Description: county in Taiwan
- Also known as: “Fâ-lièn County”, “Hoa-liân County”, “Hua-lien”, “Hua-lien Hsien”, “Hualian County”, “Hualian Sian”, “Hualian Xian”, and “洄瀾”
- Neighbors: Kaohsiung, Nantou County, Taichung, Taitung County, and Yilan County
- Categories: county of Taiwan and locality
- Location: Taiwan Province, Eastern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
23.9913° or 23° 59′ 29″ northLongitude of center
121.6197° or 121° 37′ 11″ eastPopulation
319,000Elevation
1,296 metres (4,252 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 60655818OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Hualien County” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هوالين”
- Armenian: “Հուալյան շրջան”
- Asturian: “Condau Hualien”
- Basque: “Hualien konderria”
- Belarusian: “Хуалянь”
- Bengali: “হুয়ালিয়েন কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Хуалян (графство)”
- Bulgarian: “Хуалян”
- Catalan: “comarca de Hualien”
- Catalan: “Comarca de Hualien”
- Catalan: “comtat de Hualien”
- Catalan: “Hualien”
- Cebuano: “Hualien (lalawigan sa Republika sa Tsina)”
- Cebuano: “Hualien”
- Chinese: “Hoa-liân-koān”
- Chinese: “Huɑ̄liɑ́n Xiɑ̀n”
- Chinese: “花莲”
- Chinese: “花莲县”
- Chinese: “花蓮”
- Chinese: “花蓮縣”
- Czech: “okres Chua-lien”
- Czech: “Okres Chua-lien”
- Danish: “Hualien County”
- Dutch: “Hualien (xian)”
- Dutch: “Hualien”
- Finnish: “Hualienin piirikunta”
- French: “comté d’Hualien”
- French: “comté de Hualien”
- French: “Comté de Hualien”
- French: “Hualian xian”
- German: “Landkreis Hualien”
- Greek: “Χουάλιεν”
- Gujarati: “હુઆલિયન કાઉન્ટી”
- Hakka Chinese: “Fâ-lièn-yen”
- Hebrew: “חוואליין (מחוז)”
- Hebrew: “חוואליין”
- Hindi: “हुअलिएन काउंटी”
- Indonesian: “Kabupaten Hualien”
- Italian: “Contea di Hualien”
- Japanese: “花蓮県”
- Kannada: “ಹುಲ್ಲಿಯನ್ ಕೌಂಟಿ”
- Korean: “화롄 현”
- Korean: “화롄현”
- Latvian: “Hualiaņas apriņķis”
- Literary Chinese: “花蓮縣”
- Lithuanian: “Hualiano apskritis”
- Malay: “Hualien County”
- Malayalam: “ഹുവാലിയെൻ കൗണ്ടി”
- Marathi: “हुअलिएन काउंटी”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Huă-lièng”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hoa-liân-koān”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hoa-liân”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hua-liân-kuān”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hua-lian”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hua-liân”
- Min Nan Chinese: “花蓮”
- Min Nan Chinese: “花蓮縣”
- Mongolian: “Хуалянь”
- Northern Frisian: “Hualien”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hualien Fylke”
- Paiwan: “kalinku king”
- Paiwan: “Kalinku king”
- Persian: “هوالاین”
- Polish: “Hualian”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Hualien”
- Russian: “уезд Хуалянь”
- Russian: “Хуалянь”
- Sakizaya: “Nabakuan a kuwan”
- Sinhala: “හුආලියන් ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Hualien”
- Spanish: “Condado de Hualien”
- Swedish: “Hualien (län)”
- Swedish: “Hualien”
- Tajik: “воҳиди Ҳуалиен”
- Tamil: “ஹப்களின் கவுண்டி”
- Telugu: “హువాలియెన్ కౌంటీ”
- Thai: “เทศมณฑลฮวาเหลียน”
- Thai: “ฮวาเหลียน คันทรี่”
- Thai: “ฮวาเหลียน”
- Turkish: “Hualien ilçesi”
- Turkish: “Hualien”
- Ukrainian: “Хуалянь”
- Urdu: “ہوالیئن کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Hoa Liên”
- Welsh: “Sir Hualien”
- Yue Chinese: “花蓮縣”
- “花蓮”
- “花蓮縣”
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