Luzhou (New Taipei)
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Luzhou 蘆洲 區 |
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 Location Luzhous in New Taipei |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| Coordinates : | 25 ° 5 ' N , 121 ° 28' E | ||
| Area : | 7.4351 km² | ||
| Residents : | 199,491 (November 2013) | ||
| Population density : | 26,831 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 2 | ||
| Postal code : | 247 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-NWT | ||
| Community type : | New Taipei City District | ||
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Luzhou ( Chinese 蘆洲 區 , Pinyin Lúzhōu Qū , Pe̍h-ōe-jī Lô • -chiu ) is a district of the city of New Taipei in northern Taiwan , Republic of China . With an area of about 7.4 km² it is the second smallest district in the city, at the same time the densely built-up Luzhou is the district with the second highest population density in New Taipei.
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Luzhou is a centrally located district on the banks of the Tamsui River . It is bounded to the west and south by the neighboring districts of Wugu and Sanchong and to the north and east by the Shilin district of Taipei City across the river . Due to their low riverside location, Luzhou and its neighboring district of Sanchong have been regularly hit by floods in the past, especially during typhoons , a situation that has improved considerably after the construction of a flood relief channel on the western edge of the districts in 1984. Since the completion of the canal, the districts of Luzhou and Sanchong have now been located on an "island" surrounded by this and the Tamsui River.
Luzhou is connected to the Taipei subway network.
History and sights
Due to the sedimentation resulting from regular flooding by the Tamsui River, fertile soil suitable for arable farming was created. After the area was cleared by Chinese settlers in the 18th and 19th centuries, Luzhou was therefore rural for a long time. With the transformation of Taipei into a big city and the onset of industrialization of Taiwan during Japanese rule , the character of the neighboring Luzhous also changed. Factories, office buildings and multi-storey residential buildings were built, and Luzhou was increasingly becoming a commuter-inhabited satellite settlement in the capital Taipei. At the end of the 20th century, the population had grown to such an extent that Luzhou was given the status of a city within Taipei County . In 2010, the place was converted into a district of the New Taipei City that emerged from Taipei County.
In addition to some Buddhist and Daoist temples from the 19th century, the main attractions of Luzhou include the Li family's property, built in traditional Chinese style in 1903 , which is now a listed building and is open to the public for inspection.
