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Hsinchu County. Type: County with 582,000 residents. Description: county in Taiwan. Neighbors: Hsinchu, Miaoli County, Taichung and Taoyuan. Categories: county of Taiwan, geographic location and locality. Location: Taiwan Province, Northern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia. View on OpenStreetMap.
Hsinchu is a coastal city bordering the Taiwan Strait to the west, Hsinchu County to the north and east, and Miaoli County to the south. Hsinchu is nicknamed the Windy City for its strong northeastern monsoon during the autumn and winter seasons.
Geography. Hsinchu County is located at the northwest part of Taiwan Island. The county borders Taoyuan City to the north, Miaoli County to the south, the Taiwan Strait to the west, and the Xueshan & Dabajian mountains to the east.
Description: city in northern Taiwan; Neighbors: Hsinchu County and Miaoli County
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- Mawudu Discovery Forest
- Neiwan Branch Line
- Jianshi Township
- Xiangshan District
- Hsinchu City
- Zhubei City
First, a clarification. Hsinchu City is officially separate from Hsinchu County, but for our travel purposes here, when I said “region” above and say “Hsinchu” hereafter I mean county and city together. Coastal Hsinchu City has a population of about 450,000. Next-door coastal neighbor Zhubei City, inside Hsinchu County, has about 200,000. The two a...
This scenic area is in a heavily forested high-hills region in the county’s northeast sector, east of the town of Guanxi, one of Hsinchu’s most tourist-rewarding Hakka settlements. It is about an hour’s drive from Hsinchu City, and is located about a kilometer down along a side road off Hsinchu County Route 118. The paved dead-end side road, just w...
The Neiwan Branch Line, a long-time favorite with Hsinchu County day-trippers, takes you on a clackety-clack rollicking fun tour southeast from Hsinchu City up into the hills and the heart of Hsinchu County. You’ll enjoy a far deeper experience, however, if you overnight in the hills and come back next day. The terminus settlement for the short lin...
Head further inland past Neiwan, along winding, scenic County Route 120, and you enter large Jianshi Township, which takes up the county’s full eastern region. Here, you transition from high-hills country to mountain country. Despite its size, the township’s population is only about 9,500 hardy souls, the majority Atayal tribal members. The much-ph...
And now for something completely different. After time in a space with mountain peaks seen all about, time for a close-up look at the Taiwan Strait coast. The destination is Xiangshan, the largest of Hsinchu City’s three districts, taking up its southwest sector. Largely rural, its two main developed areas are along the coast and in its north, the ...
Founded in the early 1700s, Hsinchu City today has a population of about half a million. Its popular nickname is “Windy City.” Check the Google Map satellite view and you’ll see why. The land it’s on juts out into the Taiwan Strait, and the city is laid out on coast-side rising land and up onto a plateau. In yesteryear times its particular enviro-c...
Zhubei is one of Taiwan’s fastest-growing urban centers. Key reasons are the location of the Hsinchu High-Speed Rail Station here, and convenient transport access to the Hsinchu Science Park and two younger zones in Zhubei, a biomedical science park and high-tech industrial park A historical side foray – the “chu/zhu” in “Hsinchu” and “Zhubei” mean...
- Rick Charette
Sep 26, 2024 · We’ve made the ultimate tourist map of Hsinchu, Taiwan for travelers! Check out Hsinchu’s top things to do, attractions, restaurants, and major transportation hubs all in one interactive map. Visiting Hsinchu? See our Hsinchu Trip Planner. How to use the map. Use this interactive map to plan your trip before and while in Hsinchu.
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Aug 5, 2023 · A detailed travel guide to Hsinchu City and Hsinchu county, including famous & off-the-beaten-track sights, how to get to them, what to eat, and more!
