Jiaoxi, Yilan

Jiaoxi Township (Chinese: 礁溪鄉; Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo xī xiāng[2]; Tongyong Pinyin: Jiaosi Siang; Wade–Giles: Chiao1-hsi1 Hsiang1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ta-khe-hiong, Taⁿ-khe-hiong, Taⁿ-kheⁿ-hiong[3]) or Chiaohsi Township is a rural township in the northern section of Yilan County, Taiwan.

[4] The township includes eighteen rural villages:[1][5] Jiaoxi is famous for its hot springs.

[7] In March 2012, it was named one of the Top 10 Small Tourist Towns by the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan.

Another convenient way of transportation to/from Taipei and further to Yilan City is by bus route that uses the National Freeway 5 and passes through the Snow Mountain Tunnel.

It is operated by Kamalan Bus Inc. Archived 2014-02-23 at the Wayback Machine and Capital Star (首都之星).

Jiaoxi Township in Yilan from above with Turtle Island 龜山島, Taiwan's one active Volcano, sitting on the horizon in the middle of the frame.
Jiaoxi Aerial Panorama with Jiaoxi Train Station in the middle of the frame. December 2022.
Map including Jiaoxi (labeled as Shōkei) (1944)
Map including Jiaoxi (labeled as Chiao-chʻi (Shōkei) 礁溪 ) (1954)
Aerial panorama of Jiaoxi rural township. December 2022.
Aerial panorama of Jiaoxi Township
Aerial panorama of Jiaoxi Township - another perspective. December 2022.
Aerial panorama of the Jiaoxi countryside. December 2022.
Aerial perspective of a fish farm in Jiaoxi Township in Yilan county. December 2022.
Jiaoxi hot spring
Jiaoxi Station