The lack of access to the outside world has profoundly affected the development of the area. While the region occupies one-third of Taoyuan County, it accounts for only one percent of the total population.
鄉內山巒起伏，地廣人稀，面積三五一平方公里，為桃園縣的三分之一；人口僅一萬兩千多人，不到桃園縣的 1％。