Houli District

Houli 后里區
District
Houli District
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Houli District in Taichung City Houli District in Taichung City
Coordinates:
Country	Republic of China
Special municipality	Taichung
Established (District)	2010
Area
• Total	58.9439 km2 (22.7584 sq mi)
Population (December 2014)
• Total	54,106
• Density	920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	CST (UTC+8)
Website	www.houli.taichung.gov.tw

Houli District (Chinese: 后里區; pinyin: Hòulǐ Qū) is a rural district in northwestern Taichung City, Taiwan.

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Houli District office

History

Houli District used to be a rural township of Taichung County before it was upgraded to a district of Taichung City on 25 December 2010.

Administrative divisions

Guangfu Village, Renli Village, Yili Village, Yide Village, Houli Village, Houli Village, Duntung Village, Dunxi Village, Dunnan Village, Dunbei Village, Zhonghe Village, Jiushe Village, Liange Village, Taiping Village, Meishan Village, Yuemei Village, Gongguan Village, Taian Village.

Local products

• Sugar cane
• grapes and wine
• soybean

Industrial products

• Iron plants
• Musical instrument manufacturing. Known locally for Saxophones.

Military stables

Military stables (后里馬場) were built in Houli in mid 50's and function until today. Stables' main stock includes some of the horses that were given to Taiwan as a gift from Arabia.

Tourist attractions

• Chang Lien-cheng Saxophone Museum
• Lihpao Land

Transportation

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Houli Station

• TRA Houli Station
• TRA Tai'an Station

See also

• Taichung

External links

• 臺中市后里區公所 (Chinese)