Baoshan, Hsinchu County

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Baoshan Township (寶山鄉) is located in southwestern Hsinchu County, Taiwan. The name Baoshan means "Treasure Mountain" in Chinese. It is ostensibly a suburb of Hsinchu City to the north and west, and is also bounded by Zhudong City to the east, Beipu and Emei Towns to the south, and Miaoli County to the west.

The town is predominantly comprised of people of Hakka ethnicity, and is part of "the Greater Daai Area -- the largest Hakka area in northern Taiwan" along with Beipu and Emei. [1] However, recent suburbanization has probably led to a large increase in the proportion of non-Hakka people due to its proximity to Hsinchu City, which is mostly Minnan Taiwanese.

Baoshan is a hilly, semi-mountainous area with an urban and suburban part in the northern part nearest Hsinchu City. The rest of the town is predominantly agricultural, particularly plentiful in hillside orchards of tangerines and lychee nuts.

A large interchange called Hsinchu System located here, which is a junction between Freeway No.1 and No.3. Part of the Hsinchu Science Industrial Park is also located here. Baoshan Town is the location of Baoshan Reservoirs I and II, which supply drinking water to the city of Hsinchu.

• Area 64.8433 sq km
• Population 13,761 people