Douliu | |
Official Name: | Douliu City [1] |
Other Name: | Douliou, Touliu, Toroku |
Settlement Type: | County-administered city |
Subdivision Type: | Location |
Subdivision Name: | Yunlin County, Taiwan |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Hsieh Shu-ya (謝淑亞) |
Area Total Km2: | 93.7151 |
Population As Of: | February 2023 |
Population Total: | 107924 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Website: | www.dl.gov.tw |
Blank Name Sec2: | Households |
Blank Info Sec2: | 40,251 |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Divisions |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | 38 villages, 747 neighborhoods |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | Postal code |
Blank2 Info Sec2: | 640 |
Pushpin Map: | Taiwan |
Coordinates: | 23.7075°N 120.5439°W |
Douliu City | |
Hp: | Dǒuliù Shì |
Tp: | Dǒuliòu Shìh |
Gr: | Doouliow Shyh |
Mps: | Dǒuliòu Shr̀ |
Myr: | Dǒulyòu Shr̀ |
W: | Tou³-liu⁴ Shih⁴ |
Bpmf: | ㄉㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ |
Phfs: | Téu-liuk-sṳ |
Poj: | Táu-la̍k-chhī |
Tl: | Táu-la̍k-tshī |
Showflag: | ppoj |
Douliu (Hokkien POJ: Táu-la̍k) is a county-administered city and the county seat of Yunlin County, Taiwan. It is also the political and economic center of the county. Douliu City is served by National Highway No. 3.
Its former name came from a language of the Hoanya people, a tribe of the Taiwanese plains aborigines.
In 1901, during Japanese rule, was one of twenty local administrative offices established. In 1909, part of Toroku was merged into, while the remainder was merged with . In 1920, was established and governed under, Tainan Prefecture. Toroku Town covered modern-day Douliu and Linnei Township.
On 25 December 1981, Douliu was upgraded from an urban township to county-administered city.
Xinyi, Siwei, Taiping, Zhonghe, Guangxing, Zengxi, Zengtung, Sanping, Mingde, Zengbei, Gongcheng, Zhongxiao, Renai, Bade, Gongzheng, Zhongguang, Lintou, Chenggong, Zengnan, Shekou, Longtan, Jiatung, Lunfeng, Gouju, Jiangcuo, Sanguang, Jiuan, Huxi, Baozhuang, Zhangping, Liuzhong, Liubei, Liunan, Meilin, Hushan, Zhangan, Xizhou and Shisan Village.
Douliu is home to the Douliu Industrial Park and the Yunlin Science Industrial Park.
Douliu Baseball Stadium occasionally holds regular CPBL games and was also the venue for 2007 Baseball World Cup and Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics' Final Qualifying Tournament.
Douliu is served through Douliu Station and Shiliu Station by Taiwan Railway. Douliu Railway Station opened in 1904,[2] and Shiliu in 1905. It is also served via Yunlin HSR station by Taiwan High Speed Rail, located In Huwei Township. Currently, there is no rail connection from the HSR station to Douliu Railway Station.