Luodong Township
Sign in to saveLuodong Township (), sometimes spelled Lotung or Lotong, is an urban township in the central part of Yilan County, Taiwan. Luodong is the smallest township in the county by area.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Luodong Township羅東鎮
- Settlement.other_name
- Ratō, Lotung
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Urban township
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Luodong Township 01.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Lotong.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Luodong Township in Yilan County
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Location
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Yilan County, Taiwan
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 11
- Settlement.population_as_of
- September 2023
- Settlement.population_total
- 70002
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Luodong Township (), sometimes spelled Lotung or Lotong, is an urban township in the central part of Yilan County, Taiwan. Luodong is the smallest township in the county by area.
==Toponym== Its name and former name () derive from the Kavalan word rutung, meaning "monkey", referring to a large population of monkeys there half century ago.