Zaoqiao

Zaoqiao Township (造橋鄉) is a majority Hakka township in northern Miaoli County with approximately 11,600 residents across 48 square kilometers. The area is historically significant for Taiwan’s petroleum industry, home to the Jinshui Oilfield, which was the second oilfield developed in Miaoli and operated as a major mining complex and company town until 1990.