Suao

alternative Su-ao · alternative Su'ao

1. An urban township in Yilan County, Taiwan.

   The port town of Suao in Ilan County is the gateway to the east coast of Taiwan.

   2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 128

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   To build a railroad between Suao and Hualien is not easy. The distance, only 81 kilometers (49 miles), is not long, but the terrain poses forbiddingly difficult problems.

   Free China Weekly

   1973 June 3, “Railroad of Prosperity”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XIV, number 21, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2

   The Suao harbor is being built to accommodate industry and commerce in the northeast and to complement Keelung.

   1978, Kung-Ping Wang, E. Chin, Mineral Economics and Basic Industries in Asia, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 310

   Suao has a large harbour with an entrance surrounded by fences and a police checkpoint.

   1994 July, Robert Storey, “North Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 196, column 2

   On to Suao A quarter-hour south of Ilan lies the international seaport of Suao 17, though by no means on the same scale as Keelung or Kaohsiung. It’s worth a stop for two reasons: its famous cold springs and the nearby fishing port of Nanfang Ao.

   2003, Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 175

   Heavy waves endangered ports at Hualien and Suao, about 70 kilometers (44 miles) to the north, and flooding threatened low-lying areas along the coast.

   2005 July 18, “Typhoon Haitang lashes northeastern Taiwan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2023, ASIA PACIFIC