Luzhou District, New Taipei

Luzhou

蘆洲區
Roshū
Luzhou 蘆洲區 Roshū
District
	Luzhou District
	Luzhou District in New Taipei City
	Coordinates: 25°05′N 121°28′E / 25.083°N 121.467°ECoordinates: 25°05′N 121°28′E / 25.083°N 121.467°E
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Special municipality	New Taipei City
Population (January 2016)
• Total	200,055
Time zone	+8
Website	www.luzhou.ntpc.gov.tw (in Chinese)

Luzhou District (Chinese: 蘆洲區; Hanyu Pinyin: Lúzhōu Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Lújhou Cyu; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lô·-chiu-khu) 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 (鷺州) and Hê-siūⁿ-chiu (和尙州). On 6 October 1997, Luzhou was upgraded from a rural township to a county-administered city (Chinese: 蘆洲市; pinyin: Lúzhōu Shì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lô·-chiu Chhī; postal: Loochow) 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 (2013) and a population of 199,750 people in 68,922 households (December 2014). Luzhou has the second highest population density in Taiwan (after Yonghe) and 13th in the world,^[1] with over 26,600 people per km².