Mailiao Explained

23.75°N 135°W

Official Name:	Mailiao Township 麥寮鄕
Settlement Type:	Rural township
Subdivision Type:	Location
Subdivision Name:	Yunlin County, Taiwan
Area Total Km2:	80
Population As Of:	February 2023
Population Total:	49298
Population Density Km2:	auto

Mailiao Township is a rural township in northwestern Yunlin County, Taiwan.^[1]

Geography

With a population of 49,298 people as of February 2023,^[2] Mailiao has an area of 80.1668 km².

Administrative divisions

Maifong, Maijin, Wayao, Xinghua, Haifeng, Houan, Zhongxing, Sancheng, Lunhou, Qiaotou, Xinji, Shicuo and Leicuo Village.

Economy

The township's chief industry is the Formosa Mailiao Refinery, an oil refinery that processes 400000oilbbl of crude oil per day. The refinery exports it goods via the township's harbor.

Infrastructure

• Mailiao Power Plant
• Mailiao Refinery

Tourist attractions

• Gongfan Temple
• Yong'an Temple

Notable natives

• Hsu Li-ming, acting Mayor of Kaohsiung (2018)

External links

• Mailiao Township Office, Yunlin County

Notes and References

1. Web site: Talking About Mailiao. Mailiao Township Office, Yunlin. County.. 31 May 2016. 6 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221230046/http://www.mlvillage.gov.tw/english/content/index.asp?m=1&m1=12&m2=41&gp=40. 21 February 2014. dead.
2. Web site: 雲林縣戶政入口資訊網-統計資訊-鄉鎮市人口數 . 17 October 2022 . Household Registration Services of Yunlin County.