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Douliu, Yunlin

Douliu
斗六市
County-controlled city
Douliu City
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Douliu is located in Taiwan
Douliu
Douliu
Location in the Republic of China
Coordinates: 23°42′27″N 120°32′38″E / 23.70750°N 120.54389°E / 23.70750; 120.54389
Country Taiwan
Province Taiwan Province
County Yunlin County
Government
 • Mayor Hsieh Shu-ya (謝淑亞)
Area
 • Total 93.7151 km2 (36.1836 sq mi)
Population (December 2014)
 • Total 108,098
 • Density 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Households 34,273
Divisions 38 villages, 747 neighborhoods
Postal code 640
Website www.dl.gov.tw
Douliu
Chinese 斗六市

Douliu City (also Douliou City) (Chinese: 斗六市) is a county-controlled city and the county seat of Yunlin County, Taiwan. It is also the political and economic center of the county. Douliu City is served by National Highway No. 3.

Its former name (Chinese: 斗六門; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Táu-la̍k-mn̂g) came from a language of the Hoanya people, a tribe of the Taiwanese plains aborigines.

In 1901, during Japanese rule, Toroku Chō (斗六廳?) was one of twenty local administrative offices established. In 1909, part of Toroku was merged into Nanto Chō (南投廳), while the remainder was merged with Kagi Chō (嘉義廳). In 1920, Toroku Town (斗六街) was established and governed under Toroku District (斗六郡), Tainan Prefecture. Toroku Town covered modern-day Douliu and Linnei Township.

On 25 December 1981, Douliu was upgraded from an urban township to county-controlled city.


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