Jiaoxi Township (Chinese: 礁溪鄉; Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo xī xiāng; Tongyong Pinyin: Jiaosi Siang; Wade–Giles: Chiao1-hsi1 Hsiang1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ta-khe-hiong, Taⁿ-khe-hiong, Taⁿ-kheⁿ-hiong) or Chiaohsi Township is a rural township in the northern section of Yilan County, Taiwan.
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Geography
Area: 101.43 km2
Population: 35,399 (December 2024)
Administrative divisions
The township includes eighteen villages:
Baiyun (白雲村), Yushi (Yushih; 玉石村), Deyang (德陽村), Dazhong (大忠村), Dayi (大義村), Liujie (六結村), Erlong (二龍村), Shichao (時潮村), Yutian (玉田村), Sanmin (三民村), Linmei (林美村), Baie (白鵝村), Yuguang (玉光村), Guangwu (光武村), Wusha (吳沙村), Longtan (龍潭村), Paolun (匏崙村) and Erjie Village (二結村).
Education
As of 2024, about 24% of the population had a bachelor's degree. Jiaoxi has five elementary and two junior high schools. It is home to two universities as listed below.
Fo Guang University
Tamkang University Lanyang Campus
Tourist attractions
Jiaoxi is famous for its hot springs. The industry, as well as associated industries like hospitality, experience noticeable increases in revenue on weekends and holidays during the hot spring season in winter.
In March 2012, it was named one of the Top 10 Small Tourist Towns by the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan.
Other notable points of interests include:
Wufengqi Waterfall
Events
Jiaoxi Hot Spring Festival
Transportation
Jiaoxi is served by Jiaoxi Station on the Yilan Line run by Taiwan Railway. Another convenient way of transportation to/from Taipei and further to Yilan City is by bus route that uses the National Freeway 5 and passes through the Snow Mountain Tunnel. It is operated by Kamalan Bus Inc. and Capital Star (首都之星). The Provincial Highway 9 also serves the township.
Notable natives
Chang Chuan-tien, member of Legislative Yuan (1999–2006)
Lai In-jaw, President of Control Yuan (2007–2010)
Wu Tze-cheng, Minister of Public Construction Commission