Suao

Suao is a city in Ilan County. It is famous for seafood and cold springs. Apart from that it's a rather small place and it doesn't seem to be frequented by western tourists. There is a large port and some industry.
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  • Type: Town with 40,500 residents
  • Description: urban township in Yilan County, Taiwan
  • Also known as: Sau-o”, “So͘-ò”, “Soo-ò”, “Su-ao4”, “Su’ao”, “Su’ao Township”, “Suao Township”, and “Suau
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Su-ao Station and Su-ao Station.

Railway station
Su-aoxin Station or Su-ao New is a railway station on the Yilan line located in Su'ao Township, , . It is an intersegmental station of Yilan line continued to Su'ao and the northern terminus of North-link line.

Railway station
Su'ao is a railway station on the Yilan line. It is located in Su'ao Township, , and is the southern terminus of the Yilan line. The station was opened on 24 March 1919. There is one side platform.

Museum
The is an automobile museum of taxis in Su'ao, , Taiwan. The museum was established in 2019, and it displays several taxis and more than 2,000 taxi-related exhibits. The is the first museum displays taxis in the world.

Suao

Latitude
24.5946° or 24° 35′ 41″ north
Longitude
121.8427° or 121° 50′ 34″ east
Population
40,500
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
United Nations Location Code
TW SUO
Open location code
7QP3HRVV+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60655956
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1668725
Wiki­data ID
Q701639
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Suao” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Su-ao
  • Catalan: Suao
  • Cebuano: Su’ao Zhen
  • Chinese: So͘-ò-tìn
  • Chinese: Sū​’ào Zhèn
  • Chinese: 施八坑
  • Chinese: 港口
  • Chinese: 苏澳镇
  • Chinese: 蘇澳
  • Chinese: 蘇澳鎮
  • Dutch: Su-ao
  • French: Sau-o
  • French: Su-ao
  • French: Su’ao
  • German: Su-ao Chen
  • German: Su-ào Jhen
  • German: Su-ao
  • German: Sū’ào Zhèn
  • German: Su’ao
  • Hakka Chinese: Sû-o-tsṳ́n
  • Hebrew: סואאו
  • Italian: Su-ao
  • Japanese: 蘇澳鎮 (台湾)
  • Japanese: 蘇澳鎮
  • Korean: 쑤아오진
  • Ladin: Su’ao
  • Min Nan Chinese: So͘-ò-tìn
  • Min Nan Chinese: So͘-ò
  • Min Nan Chinese: So·-ò-tìn
  • Min Nan Chinese: So·-ò
  • Polish: Su’ao
  • Russian: Суао
  • Spanish: Su ao Yilan
  • Spanish: Su ao
  • Spanish: Su-ao Yilan
  • Spanish: Su-ao
  • Spanish: Su’ao
  • Spanish: Suao
  • Ukrainian: Суао
  • Vietnamese: Tô Áo, Nghi Lan
  • Vietnamese: Tô Áo
  • Yue Chinese: 蘇澳鎮
  • 蘇澳鎮

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