Shalu District
Coordinates: 24°14′21.9″N 120°33′43.6″E / 24.239417°N 120.562111°E
Shalu District (Chinese: 沙鹿區; pinyin: Shālù Qū) is a suburban district in central Taichung City, Taiwan.
Originally a settlement of the Papora people, of various Chinese names (沙轆/沙轆社/社口番地), perhaps referring to sand blown by the wind. During the Kingdom of Tungning (1662－1683), the Taiwanese Plains Aborigines were driven away or sinicized, and the area became a Han settlement. In 1731 during Qing rule, Tamsui Subprefecture (淡水廳) extended from the Tai-kah River northward up to Kelang (雞籠; Keelung).
In 1920, during Japanese rule, the written name (Chinese: 沙轆; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Soa-la̍k; literally: "sand wheel") was changed (沙鹿; Soa-lo̍k; "sand deer"); in Japanese, both names are read as Sharoku. Administratively, Sharoku Village (Japanese: 沙鹿庄?) was under Taikō District (大甲郡), Taichū Prefecture. In Taiwanese Hokkien, the old name (Soa-la̍k) is still used.
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