Suao Township

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Chinese. (January 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Chinese Wikipedia article at [[:zh:蘇澳鎮]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|zh|蘇澳鎮}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Suao Township 蘇澳鎭 Suō, Su'ao, Su-ao
Urban township
Nanfang'ao Fishing Port in Suao Township
Location of Suao in Yilan
Coordinates: 24°35′46″N 121°51′04″E / 24.59611°N 121.85111°E / 24.59611; 121.85111
Country	Taiwan
County	Yilan
Area
• Total	89.01 km2 (34.37 sq mi)
Population  (September 2023)
• Total	37,602
Time zone	UTC+8 (Chungyuan Standard Time Zone)
Postal code	270
Website	www.suao.gov.tw (in Chinese)

Suao Township (Chinese: 蘇澳鎭; pinyin: Sū'ào Zhèn; Wade–Giles: Su¹-ao⁴ Chen⁴; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: So͘-ò), alternately romanized as Su-ao or Su'ao, is located in southern Yilan County, Taiwan, is an urban township that is famous for its seafood restaurants and cold springs.^[1] It is a terminus of National Highway No. 5, the Suao-Hualien Express Way, and the North-Link Line of the Taiwan Railway Administration. It also has two large harbors: Suao Port, a seaport that also houses a naval base, and Nanfang-ao Port, a major fishing port of Taiwan.

During Japanese rule, the area was established as Suō Town (蘇澳街), Suō District, Taihoku Prefecture.^[2] After World War II, the town was converted to a township under Taipei County. In 1950, the township was put under the newly established Yilan County.^[2]

As of September 2023, Suao had 14,533 households and a total population of 37,602, including 18,520 females and 19,082 males. The population of Suao Town has been decreasing on average since 1981.^[3]

The township comprises 26 villages: Aiding, Cunren, Dingliao, Gangbian, Longde, Nanan, Nancheng, Nanjian, Nanning, Nanqiang, Nanxing, Nanzheng, Shengai, Shenghu, Subei, Sunan, Sutung, Suxi, Tungao, Xincheng, Yongchun, Yongguang, Yongle, Yongrong, Zhangan and Zhaoyang.^[3]

This section is written like a travel guide. Please help improve the section by introducing an encyclopedic style or move the content to Wikivoyage. (January 2022)

• Nantian Temple
• Kailu Xianfengye Temple
• Baitul Muslimin Mosque
• Coral Museum
• Nanfang'ao Fishing Port
• Neipi Beach
• Su'ao Cold Spring
• Su'ao Fortress
• Tofu Cape
• Wulaokeng Scenic Area
• Zhu Dayu Culture Museum
• Bai Mi Wooden Clog Village

Suao has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Classification Cfa).

• TRA Nan'ao Station
• TRA Su'ao Station
• TRA Su'aoxin Station
• TRA Xinma Station
• TRA Yongle Station
• Port of Su'ao

• Chang Chen-yue, singer
• Cheng Jei-cheng, Minister of Education (2008-2009)
• Chang Yung-fa, founder of Evergreen Group

• 
  View of the Port of Suao
• 
  Port of Suao at night
• 
  Administrative building in the Port of Suao
• 
  Neipi Harbor
• 
  View of Neipi Beach

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Suao Township, Yilan.

Look up Suao or Su'ao in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Suao.

• Official website (in Chinese)