Luzhou District, New Taipei

Luzhou District is an inner city district in northwestern New Taipei City, Taiwan. It is the second smallest district in New Taipei City after Yonghe District.

History
Historically the area was called Lō·-chiu (鷺州) and Hê-siūⁿ-chiu (和尙州). On 6 October 1997, Luzhou was upgraded from a rural township to a county-administered city (postal: Loochow) in the former Taipei County. On 25 December 2010, Taipei County was upgraded to New Taipei City, subsequently Luzhou was upgraded into a district.

Geography
It has an area of 7.4351 km2 and a population of 199,964 people in 74,056 households as of May 2022. Luzhou has the second highest population density in Taiwan (after Yonghe) and 13th in the world, with over 26,600 people per km2.

Administrative divisions
The district comprises 38 villages: Baohe (保和), Baoxin (保新), Baoyou (保佑), Changan (長安), Chenggong (成功), Deren (得仁), Desheng (得勝), Fuan (福安), Fuxing (復興), Guanghua (光華), Guangming (光明), Hengde (恆德), Jiouqiong (九芎), Loucuo (樓厝), Lujiang (鷺江), Minhe (民和), Nangang (南港), Ren’ai (仁愛), Rende (仁德), Renfu (仁復), Renyi (仁義), Shuihe (水河), Shuinan (水湳), Shude (樹德), Xiqian (溪墘), Xinyi (信義), Yanping (延平), Yongde (永德), Yongan (永安), Yongkang (永康), Yongle (永樂), Yuqing (玉清), Zhengyi (正義), Zhonghua (中華), Zhonglu (中路), Zhongxiao (忠孝), Zhongyi (忠義), Zhongyuan (中原).

Education

 * National Open University
 * St. Ignatius High School
 * Sanmin Senior High School

Tourist attractions

 * New Taipei Metropolitan Park
 * The Luzhou Lee Family Historic Estate (蘆洲李宅)
 * St. Ignatius Plaza (徐匯廣場)
 * Luzhou Night Market
 * Yong-Lian Temple
 * Forbidden City Museum (紫禁城博物館)

Transportation
The Orange Line of the Taipei Metro serves Luzhou with St. Ignatius High School metro station, Sanmin Senior High School metro station, and Luzhou metro station.

The Yellow Line will serve Luzhou in the future.

Notable natives

 * Cheer Chen, singer
 * Holger Chen, Internet celebrity
 * Lin Rong-san, founder of Liberty Times
 * Lin Yu-lin, real estate developer
 * Tia Lee, singer, actress and model