Wulai
Wulai is a small town in New Taipei, Taiwan, famous for its hot springs and aboriginal culture. The name of the town derives from the Atayal phrase kirofu ulai meaning "hot and poisonous".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 6,210 residents
- Description: A special municipal mountain indigenous district in New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Also known as: “Ulay”, “Wu-la-she”, “Wu-lai”, “Wu-lai-hsiang”, “Wu-lai-she”, “Wulai District”, and “烏來 Ulay”
- Neighbors: Datong Township, Jiaoxi, Pinglin, Sanxia, Shiding, Xindian, and Yuanshan
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wulai Waterfall and Wulai Atayal Museum.
Wulai Waterfall
Waterfall
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The Wulai Waterfall or Kuân-tsuí in Taiwanese Hokkien, is a waterfall in Wulai District, New Taipei, Taiwan.
Wulai Atayal Museum
Museum
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The Wulai Atayal Museum is a museum about local aboriginal culture on Wulai Old Street in Wulai District, New Taipei, Taiwan.
Yun Hsien Resort
Theme park
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The Yun Hsien Resort is a resort in Wulai District, New Taipei, Taiwan.
Wulai
- Categories: mountain indigenous district and locality
- Location: New Taipei, Taipei, Northern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.864° or 24° 51′ 50″ northLongitude
121.5513° or 121° 33′ 5″ eastPopulation
6,210Elevation
127 metres (417 feet)Open location code
7QP3VH72+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 60655710OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1665813Wikidata ID
Q32728
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amis to Yue Chinese—“Wulai” goes by many names.
- Amis: “Wulai”
- Arabic: “ناحية وولاي”
- Atayal: “Ulay”
- Atayal: “Wulai”
- Catalan: “Wulai”
- Chinese: “U-lai-khu”
- Chinese: “Wūlái Qū”
- Chinese: “乌来”
- Chinese: “乌来区”
- Chinese: “烏來”
- Chinese: “烏來區”
- Chinese: “烏來鄉”
- Dutch: “Wulai District”
- French: “District de Wulai”
- French: “Ulay”
- French: “Wulai”
- German: “Wulai”
- Hakka Chinese: “Vû-lòi-hiông”
- Hakka Chinese: “Vû-lòi-khî”
- Hebrew: “מחוז וולאי”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Wulai”
- Italian: “distretto di Wulai”
- Italian: “Distretto di Wulai”
- Italian: “Ulay”
- Italian: “Wulai”
- Japanese: “うらい-く”
- Japanese: “烏来”
- Japanese: “烏来区”
- Japanese: “烏来郷”
- Korean: “우라이 향”
- Korean: “우라이구”
- Literary Chinese: “烏來區”
- Lithuanian: “Vulajus”
- Min Nan Chinese: “U-lai-hiang”
- Min Nan Chinese: “U-lai-hiong”
- Min Nan Chinese: “U-lai-khu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “U-lâi-khu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “U-lai”
- Min Nan Chinese: “U-lâi”
- Paiwan: “Ulay”
- Paiwan: “Wulai”
- Polish: “Wulai”
- Russian: “Улай”
- Saisiyat: “Olay”
- Sakizaya: “Wulai”
- Taroko: “Wulai”
- Ukrainian: “Улай”
- Vietnamese: “Ô Lai”
- Yue Chinese: “烏來區”
- “烏來”
- “烏來區”
- “烏來鄉”
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