Miaoli City
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Miaoli 苗栗市 |
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| Country | Taiwan |
| County | Miaoli County |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Chiu Ping-kun (邱炳坤) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 37.8872 km2 (14.6283 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2014) | |
| • Total | 90,963 |
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| Chinese | 苗栗市 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Miáolì Shì |
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| Hokkien POJ | Biâu-le̍k-chhī |
Coordinates: 24°34′12″N 120°49′12″E / 24.57000°N 120.82000°E
Miaoli City (Chinese: 苗栗市) is a county-controlled city and the county seat of Miaoli County, Taiwan. Its name Miaoli was coined using two Hakka words, cat (貓) and city (裡), which phonetically approximate Pali (Bari) from the Taokas language. Miaoli has a relatively high percentage of Hakka people. It had the second highest residential price and the highest commercial price for land in Miaoli County as of 2004, at NT$28,601 per square meter and NT$63,317 per square meter, respectively.
Miaoli Hsien was at first eliminated under Japanese rule. Bioritsu Cho (苗栗廳 Byōritsu Chō?) was established in 1901. It was then divided over Shinchiku Chō (新竹廳) and Taichū Chō (臺中廳) in 1909. From 1920 to 1945, Byōritsu Town (苗栗街), Enri Town (苑裡街) and six villages were under the jurisdiction of Byōritsu District (苗栗郡), under Shinchiku Prefecture.
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