Get to know Zhuolan Township
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- Administrative area
- Township · 鎮
- Part of
- Miaoli County
- Chinese name
- 卓蘭鎮
- Local areas
- Township guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 76.33 km²
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
The Lixiping terrace
Lixiping Leisure Agriculture Area (壢西坪休閒農業區) lies north of the town centre, on a long river terrace about 430–470 metres above sea level. Its Hakka (客語) name means a flat terrace west of a deep valley. Settlement and cultivation developed after 1889 through a land-reclamation enterprise.
Changing orchards
Fruit-tree cultivation at Lixiping began in the 1970s, initially with oranges. Disease and declining orange prices encouraged growers to switch to pears, later adding flowers, guavas and starfruit. Across Zhuolan, orchards also produce grapes, citrus and Hengshan pears (橫山梨). Some farms combine cultivation with fruit-picking and other agricultural visitor activities.
Sources for this guide
卓蘭鎮>苗栗文化觀光旅遊網 · Miaoli County Culture and Tourism Bureau
壢西坪休閒農業區>苗栗文化觀光旅遊網 · Miaoli County Culture and Tourism Bureau
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-27.
Explore Zhuolan Township
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Zhuolan Township 卓蘭鎮
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Getting there
Zhuolan Township is about 25 km in a straight line from central Miaoli County. Search for 卓蘭鎮 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
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