Northern Taiwan
Taiwan Province
Hsinchu County

Zhudong

Zhudong is a township of 96,000 people near Hsinchu City in . It's quite a dingy run-down place, but has a nice view of the mountains and a friendly Taiwanese feel.
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  • Type: Town with 96,500 residents
  • Description: urban township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan
  • Also known as: “Chu-tung”, “Chu-tung-chuang”, “Chutung”, “Jhudong”, “Judung”, “Shu-ch’i-lin”, and “Zhudong Township”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zhudong and Ronghua.

Railway station
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railway station is a railway station located in Township, , . It is located on the Neiwan line and is operated by the .

Railway stop
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railway station is a railway station located in Zhudong, , . It is located on the Neiwan line and is operated by the .

Railway stop
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is a railway station located in , , . It is located on the Neiwan line and is operated by Taiwan Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beipu and Qionglin Township.

Photo: Yuriy kosygin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Township is a rural township in , . is well known in Taiwan as a center of Hakka culture, especially for production of dongfang meiren tea and its special Hakkanese blends of tea and nuts called lei cha.

Town
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is a rural township in central , . Its population was estimated at 20,224 in March 2023. is situated 4½ km north of Zhudong.

Town
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Township is a rural township in , . It had an estimated population of 12,208 as of March 2023. is situated 6 km southeast of Zhudong.

Zhudong

Latitude
24.7362° or 24° 44′ 11″ north
Longitude
121.0911° or 121° 5′ 28″ east
Population
96,500
Elevation
129 metres (423 feet)
Open location code
7QP3P3PR+FC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60655702
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1677053
Wiki­data ID
Q713780
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Zhudong” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Zhudong Zhen”
  • Chinese: “Tek-tang-tìn”
  • Chinese: “樹杞林”
  • Chinese: “橡棋林”
  • Chinese: “竹东镇”
  • Chinese: “竹東”
  • Chinese: “竹東鎮”
  • German: “Zhudong”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Chuk-tûng-chṳ́n”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Tsuk-tûng-tsṳ́n”
  • Japanese: “竹東”
  • Japanese: “竹東鎮”
  • Korean: “주둥진”
  • Ladin: “Zhudong”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tek-tang-tìn”
  • Russian: “Чжудун”
  • Thai: “จู๋ตง”
  • Vietnamese: “Trúc Đông, Tân Trúc”
  • Vietnamese: “Trúc Đông”
  • Yue Chinese: “竹東鎮”
  • “竹東鎮”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Zhudong”. Photo: Yuriy kosygin, CC BY-SA 4.0.