Zaoqiao Township (造橋鄉) is a majority Hakka township in northern Miaoli County with approximately 11,600 residents across 48 square kilometers. The area is historically significant for Taiwan’s petroleum industry, home to the Jinshui Oilfield, which was the second oilfield developed in Miaoli and operated as a major mining complex and company town until 1990.
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Jinshui Oilfield (錦水礦場), Jinshui Oilfield Dorms (錦水礦場員工宿舍), Jinshui Shinto Shrine (錦水神社), Zaoqiao Daping Theater (造橋大坪戲院), Zaoqiao Zheng Han Monument (鄭漢紀念碑), Zaoqiao Tanwen Railway Station Embankment (談文湖鐵道砌石邊坡), Jinshui Oilfield Auditorium (錦水礦場大禮堂), and Zaoqiao Fenghu Elementary School (苗栗縣造橋鄉豐湖國民小學).