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2 unusual facts about Miaoli County


Matthew Lien

In 2009, Lien married Ms. Liu Kuan-yu (English name: "Daisy"), a Taiwanese national from a well-connected family in Miaoli County.

Miaoli

Miaoli County (苗栗縣), a county located in central Taiwan, Republic of China


Dongshi District

The township is bounded by (clockwise from the north) Zhuolan Township (Miaoli County), Heping Rural Township, Xinshe Rural Township, Shigang Rural Township, Fengyuan City, Houli Rural Township, and Sanyi Rural Township (Miaoli County).

Hakka Chinese

The popular The Little Prince has also been translated into Hakka (2000), specifically the Miaoli dialect of Taiwan (itself a variant of the Sixian dialect).

Pazeh people

The Pazeh (or Pazih; 巴則海 or 巴宰) people, including the Kaxabu, are the descendants of the Tsouic Pazeh speaking indigenous people from the central Taiwanese areas of Taichung and Miaoli.

THSR Miaoli Station

The THSR Miaoli Station (高鐵苗栗站) is a planned station of the Taiwan High Speed Rail to be located in Houlong Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan.

Zhuolan, Miaoli

Provincial Highway 3 passes by Zhuolan, and makes it linking with Dahu, Miaoli County to the north, with Dongshi District, Taichung City to the south.


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Liu Cheng-hung

On 18 September 2013, a shoe was thrown at him when he attempted to offer his condolences to the family of a man found dead in a water channel under a bridge at Dapu, Zhunan, Miaoli County.