花蓮

Hualien County (花蓮縣) is the largest and least populated county in Taiwan. On the east coast, it contains the island's largest port. It is the starting point of the Eastern Cross-Island Railway (東部縱貫鐵路), and finish point of Suao-Hualien Highway (蘇花公路) and the Central Cross-Island Highway (中部橫貫公路). It also contains part of Taroko National Park.

History

Hualien was one of the last places on Taiwan to be settled by the Han Chinese, because it is isolated in location. It was mostly modernized in the 1960s.

Subdivisions

Hanzi	Tongyong	Wade-Giles	Pinyin
花蓮市	Hualien	Hua-lien	Hualian
鳳林鎮	Fonglin	Feng-lin	Fenglin
玉里鎮	Yuli	Yü-li	Yuli
新城鄉	Sincheng	Hsin-ch'eng	Xincheng
吉安鄉	Ji-an	Chi-an	Ji'an
壽豐鄉	Shoufong	Shou-feng	Shoufeng
光復鄉	Guangfu	Kuang-fu	Guangfu
豐濱鄉	Fongbin	Feng-pin	Fengbin
瑞穗鄉	Rueisuei	Jui-sui	Ruisui
富里鄉	Fuli	Fu-li	Fuli
秀林鄉	Sioulin	Hsiu-lin	Xiulin
萬榮鄉	Wanrong	Wan-jung	Wanrong
卓溪鄉	Jhuosi	Chuo-hsi	Zhuoxi

External links

• Government website
  • In English
  • In traditional Chinese