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Hualien County




  Chinesename 花蓮縣
  Emblem Hualien_County_emblemgif
  Abbreviation Hualien (花蓮)
  Map Hualien_County_location
  Capital Hualien City
  Region Eastern Taiwan
  Countymagistrate Hsieh Shen-shan (謝深山)
  Totalarea 4,62857141
  Arearank 1
  Percentwater 10
  Totalpop 350,468
  Poprank 14
  Density 76
  Citiesno 1
  Townshipno 12
  Countyflower Lotus (''Nymphaeaceae'')
  Countytree Peepul (''Ficus religiosa'')
  Countybird Maroon Oriole (''Oriolus traillii'')
  Website hlhggovtw (Chinese)


Hualien County (; in Taiwan . On the east coast, it contains the island's largest port. It is the starting point of the Eastern Cross-Island Railway (東部縱貫鐵路), and finish point of Suao -Hualien Highway (蘇花公路) and the Central Cross-Island Highway . It also contains part of Taroko National Park .


HISTORY

Hualien was one of the last places on Taiwan to be settled by the Han Chinese , because it is isolated in location. It was mostly modernized in the 1960s.


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