Luzhou District, New Taipei


Luzhou District is an inner city district in northwestern New Taipei City, Taiwan. It is the second smallest district in New Taipei City after Yonghe District.

History

Historically the area was called Lō·-chiu and Hê-siūⁿ-chiu. It was originally a county-administered city in the former Taipei County. On 25 December 2010, Taipei County was upgraded to New Taipei City, subsequently Luzhou was upgraded into a district.

Geography

It has an area of 7.4351 km² and a population of 199,750 people in 68,922 households. Luzhou has the second highest population density in Taiwan and 13th in the world, with over 26,600 people per km².

Education

The Orange Line of the Taipei Metro serves Luzhou with three stations in the district.
The Yellow Line will service Luzhou in the future.
The Wu-Gu Light Rail are still planning.

Notable natives