Miaoli County — From Rugged Mountains Down to Rolling Foothills Onto Coastal Flatlands Text: Rick Charette; Photos: Ray Chang, Vision Miaoli County, in Taiwan’s northwest, is a region of very little flat land. It has a narrow strip of flat, fertile land along the coast, high mountains toward the island’s center, and a region of high hills and narrow valleys with ribbons of arable land in between. ith only one city to speak of, and a small one at that, these are the elements that make this region most distinctive: thriving small towns, indigenous and Hakka ethnic-group culture, recreational fruit farms,

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