Hsinchu Hills

Coordinates: 24°47′N 121°06′E / 24.783°N 121.100°E / 24.783; 121.100

Hsinchu Hills (Chinese: 新竹丘陵; pinyin: Xīnzhú Qiūlíng) is an area of hills stretching across the Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City of northern Taiwan. The hills lies on the south of Taoyuan Plateau and on the north of Miaoli Hills. It is extended from Hsuehshan Mountain Range as a part of foothills of the range, and adjoins the northwestern seacoast of Taiwan island. The main agricultural products in Hsinchu Hills are Tea plants and some fruits. Hakka people in this region are majority.

Topography of Taiwan

Mountain ranges	Alishan Range Jialishan Range Central Mountain Range (Chungyang Range) Hai′an Range (Coastal Range) Xueshan Range Yushan Range

Plateaus and hill lands	Hsinchu (Xinzhu) Hills Linkou Plateau Miaoli Hills Pakua (Bagua) Plateau Taoyuan Plateau Dadu Plateau

Plains	Changhua (Zhanghua) Plain Chianan (Jianan) Plain Huatung (Huadong) Valley Pingtung (Pingdong) Plain Yilan Plain

Basins	Puli Basins Taichung Basin Taipei Basin Taiyuan Basin

Volcano groups	Chilung (Jilong) Volcanoes Tatun Volcanoes

* The place names listed above are mainly romanized as Wade–Giles that used in most of academic articles.

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Hsinchu Hills

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