Hsinchu County

The Hsinchu County (Chinese新竹 县, Pinyin Xinzhu Xiàn, Hsinchu Hsien W.-G. ) is a district of the Republic of China on Taiwan. He is in the northwest of the island of Taiwan. To the west of the county is the city of Hsinchu that does not belong as a county-level city to the district. Its capital is the north-east, bordering on Hsinchu City Zhubei.

Location

The Hsinchu County is located between the districts of Taoyuan and Miaoli to the northeast to the southwest. To the west it borders the city of Hsinchu, on the northwest by the Formosastraße and to the southeast by the Yilan County and the city Taizhong.

The landscape of the county is predominantly hilly and hochgebirgig in its southeastern part. He reaches into the to the central highlands of Taiwan belonging Xueshan mountain range and along its southern border Share on Sheipa National Park.

All the main roads between the Greater Taipei and the western cities of Taiwan traverse the Hsinchu County, the highways 1 and 3 and the main line of the Taiwan Railway. The Hsinchu Station of Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail located on the territory of the district in Zhubei.

Cities and Towns

Only large city (市, Shì ) of the county is the county seat Zhubei. In addition, there are three townships (镇, zhen ) and nine rural communities (乡, Xiang ).

Provinces: Fujian | Taiwan

Direct Government Cities: Kaohsiung | Tainan | Taipei | New Taipei City | Taichung

Counties in Fujian Province: Kinmen | Lienchiang ( Matsu Islands)

Counties in the province of Taiwan Hualien | Chiayi | Miaoli | Nantou | Penghu | Pingtung | Taitung | Taoyuan | Hsinchu | Yilan | Yunlin | Changhua

Independent cities in the province of Taiwan: Chiayi | Keelung | Hsinchu

• County ( Taiwan)
• Place in Taiwan