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Hualien County
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county in Taiwan
Key facts
- Country
- Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Region
- Eastern Taiwan
- Seat
- Hualien City
- Largest city
- Hualien City
- Boroughs
- 1 cities, 12 (2 urban, 10 rural) townships
- County magistrate
- Hsu Chen-wei ( KMT )
- Total
- 4,628.5714 km (1,787.1014 sq mi)
- Rank
- 1 of 22
- Density
- 68.8627/km (178.354/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( National Standard Time )
- Iso 3166 code
- TW-HUA
- Website
- www .hl .gov .tw
- Bird
- Maroon Oriole ( Oriolus traillii )
- Flower
- Lotus ( Nymphaeaceae )
- Tree
- Peepul ( Ficus religiosa )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county of Taiwan
- Country
- Taiwan
- Located in
- Taiwan
- Contains
- Ji'an Township
- Capital
- Hualien City
- Population
- 313433
- Area
- 4628.5714
- Time zone
- Taiwan time
- Shares border with
- Kaohsiung County
- Image
- Hualien County Montage.png
- Households
- 133445
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- topic's main category
- Category:Hualien County
- Commons category
- Hualien County
- executive body
- Hualien County Government
- language used
- Taiwanese Hakka
- replaces
- Karenkō Prefecture
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hualien County
- native label
- 花蓮縣
- inception
- 1946-01-09
- male population
- 157047
- female population
- 156386
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Encyclopedic overview
Hualien (Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien²) 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. The county seat and largest city is Hualien City. Hualien County is located in the eastern part of Taiwan—the Pacific Ocean lies to its east and the Central Mountain Range lies to its west. Narrow and long, Hualien is the largest county in Taiwan in terms of area.
Most of its population resides in the Huadong Valley, which runs north to south between the Central and Hai'an mountain ranges. Hualien's natural environment attracts many visitors and some of its natural attractions include Taroko Gorge, Qingshui Cliff, and Qixingtan Beach.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hualien County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.