Luodong Township
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Luodong Township (), sometimes spelled Lotung or Lotong, is an urban township in the central part of Yilan County, Taiwan. Luodong is the smallest township in the county by area.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Luodong Township羅東鎮
- Settlement.other_name
- Ratō, Lotung
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Urban township
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Luodong Township 01.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Lotong.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Luodong Township in Yilan County
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Location
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Yilan County, Taiwan
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 11
- Settlement.population_as_of
- September 2023
- Settlement.population_total
- 70002
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Taiwan
- Located in
- Yilan County
- Population
- 69093
- Area
- 11
- Elevation
- 7
- Time zone
- Taiwan time
- Shares border with
- Wujie Township
- Official website
- www.lotong.gov.tw
- Image
- Luodong Township 01.jpg
- Households
- 28893
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- Commons category
- Luodong Township, Yilan
- postal code
- 265
- external data available at URL
- photo.ardswc.gov.tw/wikidataset/Q706261
- male population
- 32570
- female population
- 36523
- number of viewers/listeners
- 566975
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Toponym
- History
- Qing dynasty
- Japanese Empire
- Geography
- Administrative divisions
- Tourist attractions
- Transportation
- Rail
- Road
- Notable natives
- Sister cities
- References
- External links
Luodong Township (), sometimes spelled Lotung or Lotong, is an urban township in the central part of Yilan County, Taiwan. Luodong is the smallest township in the county by area.
==Toponym== Its name and former name () derive from the Kavalan word rutung, meaning "monkey", referring to a large population of monkeys there half century ago.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Luodong Township” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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