Gongguan, Miaoli

Coordinates: 24°30′19″N 120°50′41″E / 24.505269°N 120.844749°E / 24.505269; 120.844749

Gongguan Township in Miaoli County

Gongguan Township

Gongguan Township (Chinese: 公館鄉; pinyin: Gōngguǎn Xiāng) is a rural township near the center of Miaoli County, Taiwan. Its climate is sub-tropical, mild and very rainy. The yearly average humidity is 80%.

Geography

• Area: 71.4523 km².
• Household: 9,479 households
• Population: 34,847 people (December 2014)

Administrative divisions

Guanzhong Village, Guantung Village, Guannan Village, Zhongyi Village, Yuquan Village, Dakeng Village, Fuji Village, Fude Village, Fuxing Village, Shiqiang Village, Kaikuang Village, Wugu Village, Yugu Village, Hegang Village, Heshan Village, Jianshan Village, Renan Village, Nanhe Village and Beihe Village.

Economy

Oil and gas has been discovered and explored in the area since more than a century ago.^[1]

Transportation

• United Bus Gongguan Station
• Hsinchu Bus Gongguan Station
• Sun Yat-sen Freeway Miaoli Interchange
• Ta1 6 Line
• County Road 128：Tongsiao － Sihu Hsiang Shuijiapu － Tongluo Hsiang － Gongguan Hsiang
• Miao 26-2：Miaoli City Sindong Street—Sindong Bridge－Gongguan Hsiang Beihe—Siyi Tunnel—Shihtan Hsiang
• Tai 72：EXPRESSWAY Houlong - Wenshui
• County Road 119甲：Kesu Bridge—Gongguan Along Mountain Way

Tourist attractions

• Miaoli Pottery Museum
• Taiwan Oil Field Exhibition Hall
• Taiwan Seri-Apiculture and Entomology Education Park
• Wugu Culture Village^[2]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gongguan Township.

• Miaoli County

References

External links

• Gongguan Township Office (Chinese)

Cities and townships of Miaoli County
County seat: Miaoli
Cities	Miaoli Toufen
Urban townships	Houlong Tongxiao Yuanli Zhunan Zhuolan
Rural townships	Dahu Gongguan Nanzhuang Sanwan Sanyi Shitan Tongluo Touwu Xihu Zaoqiao
Mountain indigenous townships	Tai'an