What is Zhongli District?
{{Chinese|title=Zhongli District|t={{linktext|中壢|區}}|s={{linktext|中坜|区}}|bpmf=ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌ一ˋ ㄑㄩ|w=Chung<sup>1</sup>-li<sup>4</sup> Chʻü<sup>1</sup>|p=Zhōnglì Qū|tp=Jhonglì Cyu|mps=Jūnglì Chiū|gr=Jonglih Chiu|poj=Tiong-le̍k Khu|tl=Tiong-li̍k Khu|phfs=Chûng-lak Khî}}'''Zhongli District''' ({{zh|c=中壢區|p=Zhōnglì Qū}}) is a [[:en:District (Taiwan)|district]] in [[Taoyuan City]], [[Taiwan]]. Zhongli is spelled variously as ''Jungli, Jongli, Jhongli'' or ''Chungli'' on railway, bus stop and road signs. Historically, the city is the site of the [[:en:Jungli Incident|Jungli Incident]] of 1977, the most significant event of the democratization movement prior to the 1980s. Ethnically, it is considered a kind of capital city for the [[:en:Hakka Taiwanese|Hakka Taiwanese]], who live in great numbers here and nearby; a lot of the elderly could speak [[:en:Hakka Chinese|Hakka]] in addition to [[:en:Standard Chinese|Mandarin]] and [[:en:Taiwanese Hokkien|Taiwanese Hokkien]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hakka.gov.tw/dl.asp?fileName%3D8491111571.pdf|language=zh|script-title=zh:總計畫：客家紮根研究|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325190313/http://www.hakka.gov.tw/dl.asp?fileName=8491111571.pdf|archive-date=March 25, 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=January 8, 2014}}</ref> Recently many foreign workers (mainly from the [[:en:Overseas Filipino Worker|Philippines]] and [[Thailand]]) have also settled in and around the city because of the heavy industries in the suburbs of the city. It is a center for foreign laborers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moeaidb.gov.tw/iphw/jhongli/|script-title=zh:經濟部工業局中壢工業區服務中心--首頁|access-date=2019-07-29|archive-date=2010-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312101016/http://www.moeaidb.gov.tw/iphw/jhongli/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city of Zhongli has 3 large parks and over 70 green reserves in the city for residents of Zhongli to enjoy. ==References== {{reflist}} {{commonscat|Zhongli District, Taoyuan}} {{Authority control}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Settlements in Taiwan]] [[Category: