Jiaoxi, Yilan

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Jiaoxi Township 礁溪鄉 Shōkei
Rural township
Jiaoxi Township in Yilan County
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
County	Yilan
Rural villages (村)	18[1]
Government
• Leader (鄉長)	Chang Yung-Te (張永德)
Area [1][2]
• Total	101.4278 km2 (39.1615 sq mi)
Population  (September 2023)[1]
• Total	34,932
• Density	340/km2 (890/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (National Standard Time)
Postal code	262
Website	jiaosi.e-land.gov.tw (in Chinese)

Jiaoxi Township (Chinese: 礁溪鄉; Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo xī xiāng^[2]; Tongyong Pinyin: Jiaosi Siang; Wade–Giles: Chiao¹-hsi¹ Hsiang¹; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ta-khe-hiong, Taⁿ-khe-hiong, Taⁿ-kheⁿ-hiong^[3]) or Chiaohsi Township is a rural township in the northern section of Yilan County, Taiwan.^[4]

• Area: 101.43 km²
• Population: 34,932 people (September 2023)

The township includes eighteen rural villages:^[1][5]

• Baiyun (白雲村), Yushi (Yushih;^[6] 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).

• Fo Guang University
• Tamkang University Lanyang Campus

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.^[7]

In March 2012, it was named one of the Top 10 Small Tourist Towns by the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan.^[8]

Other notable points of interests include:

• Wufengqi Waterfall

• Jiaoxi Hot Spring Festival^[9]

Jiaoxi is served by Jiaoxi Station on the Yilan Line run by the Taiwan Railways Administration. 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. Archived 2014-02-23 at the Wayback Machine and Capital Star (首都之星). The Provincial Highway 9 also serves the township.

• 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jiaoxi Township, Yilan County.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Jiaoxi.

• Official website (in Chinese)
• 2019 礁溪溫泉盃櫻花陵園馬拉松宣傳影片 ('2019 Jiaoxi Hot Springs Cup, Cherry Memorial Park Marathon Publicity Clip') (in Chinese)

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