Luzhu | |
Other Name: | Lujhu, Luchu |
Settlement Type: | District |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Taiwan |
Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name1: | Taoyuan City |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Chu Chunlai |
Area Total Km2: | 75.5025 |
Population Total: | 167654 |
Population As Of: | February 2023 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Republic of China |
Coordinates: | 25.0333°N 138°W |
Luzhu District is a district in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, home to 165,914 people.
The downtown district, known as Nankan, is now a high density, high-rise suburb for many who work in Taipei and Taoyuan City. The first opened shopping center in Taiwan, Taimall, located in Nankan, is a weekend destination for many Taoyuan regional residents.[1] Taimall is located around north-northwest of the Nankan interchange, 25.0541°N 121.2884°W, on National Freeway 1.
Luzhu was upgraded to a county-administered city from the former rural township of Taoyuan County on 3 June 2014. On 25 December 2014, it was upgraded again to a district named Luzhu District of Taoyuan City.
The district is administered as 37 villages: Dazhu, Fuchang, Fulu, Fuxing, Fuzhu, Haihu, Hongzhu, Jinxing, Jinzhong, Jixiang, Kengkou, Kengzi, Luxing, Luzhu, Nankan, Nanrong, Nanxing, Neicuo, Shanbi, Shangxing, Shangzhu, Shanjiao, Shunxing, Waishe, Wayao, Wufu, Xiangchou, Xingrong, Xinxing, Xinzhuang, Yingfu, Yingpan, Zhangshou, Zhangxing, Zhongfu, Zhongshan and Zhongxing.
EVA Air maintains its headquarters in Luzhu.[4] [5] The headquarters of Evergreen Marine Corporation is also in Luzhu.[6]
Luzhu is located at kilometer 49 of the Highway no. 1 (English highway signs: 'Nankan interchange' or 'Taoyuan interchange').