Hua-lien

The government-operated railway system, also developed originally by the Japanese, extends for 608 mi. (979 km.), chiefly on the western plain; most trackage is Cape-gauge (three feet six inches), but the 109-mi. (176 km.) east-coast line between T'ai-tung and Hua-lien is two feet six inches gauge.

1968, N. S. G., “FORMOSA”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 9, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 630, column 1

East of the Chung-yang is narrow valley, created by a geological fault and running from Hua-lien to Tai-tung in the south.

1983, Charles Sheffield, Man on Earth, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 104

On March 2, in Hua-lien city on the east coast, the district chief, Chang Wen-ch’eng, notified all organ heads and local leaders to meet at 2:00 P.M. to discuss how to prevent an uprising.

1991, Tse-han Lai, Ramon H. Myers, Wei Wou, “The Uprising”, in A Tragic Beginning: The Taiwan Uprising of February 28, 1947, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 131

This is the least inhabited part of Taiwan, with the exception of two cities along the coast: Hua-lien, in the north, and T'ai-tung, in the south.

2001, Robert Green, Taiwan, Lucent Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 14

As for controversial public works, such as the highway between Su-ao and Hua-lien, he promised to respect the results of environmental reports.

2017, Shing-yuan Sheng, Hsiao-chuan (Mandy) Liao, “Issues, Political Cleavages, and Party Competition”, in Christopher H. Achen, T. Y. Wang, editors, The Taiwan Voter, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 112