Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

🇹🇼 Zhongli District is a district in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Zhongli is spelled variously as Jungli, Jongli, Jhongli or Chungli on railway, bus stop and road signs. Historically, the city is the site of the Zhongli Incident of 1977, the most significant event of the democratization movement prior to the 1980s. Ethnically, it is considered a kind of capital city for Hakka Taiwanese, who live in great numbers here and in surrounding areas; many elderly persons can speak Hakka in addition to Mandarin and Taiwanese Hokkien. In recent years many foreign workers have also settled in and around the city due to the heavy industry in the suburbs of the city, making it a centre for foreign laborers. The city of Zhongli has three large parks and over 70 green reserves.

Economy Department Store and Shops Zhongli TRA Station is surrounded by shops on the street, and Zhongli also has a SOGO-branched department store. Zhongli Night Market opens daily, usually from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. In addition, there are two shopping districts: Ta-tung (大同商圈) and Jung-ping (中平商圈), both within half an hour's walk from the Zhongli train station.

Industry The Zhongli–Neili Industrial Park was established in December 1976. This is a combined multipurpose industrial park, controlled by Taiwan's Economic Bureau, with a total area of 433 sq. yards. There are currently 480 companies that have built either factories or offices here, belonging to electronic, metal, chemical, mechanical, food, textile and plastic manufacturers.

Education Library • Zhongli District Library, four floors of books, allowed to be borrowed for a month • Neili Library • Longgang Library

Universities • National Central University • Chung Yuan Christian University • Yuan Ze University • Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology • Vanung University • Nanya Institute of Technology • Sheng-te Christian College

Academies and institutes • Yuan Kwang Buddhist Academy • Army Academy R.O.C.