Zhunan Township

Also known as Zhunan, Jhunan, Junan, Chunan

Zhunan Township is an urban township in northern Miaoli County, Taiwan. Its city centre forms a continuous urban area with Toufen.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Zhunan Township
Settlement.other_name: Jhunan
Settlement.settlement_type: Urban township
Settlement.image_skyline: 竹南高中操場.jpg
Settlement.image_map: JhunanTownship.png
Settlement.map_caption: Zhunan Township in Miaoli County
Settlement.subdivision_type: Location
Settlement.subdivision_name: Miaoli County, Taiwan
Settlement.area_total_km2: 37.56
Settlement.population_as_of: September 2023
Settlement.population_total: 89420
Chinese.title: Zhunan Township

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Name
Geography
Administrative divisions
Politics
Institutions
Sights and facilities
Infrastructures
Transportation
Notable natives
References
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Zhunan Township is an urban township in northern Miaoli County, Taiwan. Its city centre forms a continuous urban area with Toufen.

==Name== Literally, Zhúnán () means "bamboo south" but in this context, zhú is short for "Hsinchu". Thus, Zhunan lies south of Hsinchu (cf. Zhubei which lies north [běi] of Hsinchu). A previous name of the area was Tiong-káng (), literally "central port", a name preserved in Zhonggang (), one of the 25 constituent villages of Zhunan. The present name was adopted under Japanese rule in 1920.