Wulai District

Wulai District (Chinese: 烏來區; pinyin: Wūlái Qū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: U-lai-khu) is a mountain indigenous district in southern New Taipei City in northern Republic of China (Taiwan). It sits near the border with Taipei and is famous for its hot springs. It is the largest district in New Taipei, as well as the most mountainous, and was formerly classified as "Savage Land" under Taihoku Prefecture during Japanese rule.

Name

The name of the town derives from the Atayal phrase kilux ulay meaning "hot and poisonous" when an Atayal aborigine was hunting by a stream and saw mist coming from the stream.

History

In August 2015, Wulai was devastated by Typhoon Soudelor, wiping out several hotels and destroying hot springs in the region. Course of the Nanshi River that passes through the district has changed and the riverbank was eroded heavily by surging water. Heavy landslides were attributed to the overdevelopment of the mountain areas around the river which damaged the soil and watershed along the slope lands.

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Weygan-Alan: Wulai of Taiwan

Sun Star 17 Jun 2018

DURING our trip to Taipei, we added a tour to Wulai ... Wulai is a small town in New Taipei, Taiwan and derives its name from kirufo ulai which means hot springs of the native language of the Indigenous peoples, the Atayal tribe ... It was a long steep walk which gives a picturesque view and some Wulai statue where we took some photos....

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Off the Beaten Track: A Ramble to Wulai Waterfall

Taipei Times 15 Mar 2018

The hot-springs-and-waterfalls resort of Wulai (烏來), in the mountains south of Taipei, is one of those places that just about every visitor to Taiwan gets to at some point in their stay ... As I said, there’s plenty of magnificent countryside to explore in the Wulai area....

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Wulai railway reopens

Taipei Times 26 Aug 2017

A 90-year-old railway in New Taipei City’s Wulai District (烏來) was reopened yesterday after nearly two years of reconstruction following Typhoon Soudelor. The train’s three carriages transport passengers 1.5km between Wulai Station and Waterfall Station ... a museum by Wulai Station....

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S Korean suspect in DPP office theft caught in Wulai

Taipei Times 06 Aug 2017

A South Korean man wanted in connection with the theft of property from the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) headquarters on Tuesday, who briefly managed to flee the country, was apprehended yesterday in Wulai District (烏來), New Taipei City police said....