Official Name: | Yuanli Township 苑裡鎮 |
Settlement Type: | Urban township |
Subdivision Type: | Location |
Subdivision Name: | Miaoli County, Taiwan |
Area Total Km2: | 68.25 |
Population As Of: | January 2023 |
Population Total: | 43923 |
Other Name: | Enri |
Yuanli Township | |
C: | 苑裡鎮 |
P: | Yuànlǐ Zhèn |
W: | Yüan4-li3 Chen4 |
Poj: | Oán-lí-tìn |
Phfs: | Yen-lî-chṳ́n |
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Yuanli Township[1] is an urban township in southwestern Miaoli County, Taiwan, occupying an area of, with a population of 43,923 in January 2023.[2] Yuanli is known as "Miaoli's Granary."
Earlier, the main activities of the township is the production of mats, hats and hand-made woven products.[3] However, nowadays those industries have declined due to the abundance of equivalent cheap goods.
Currently the main economic activities of the township is rice cultivation, where 3,000 hectares of the township land is made up of rice fields.[4]