# Kungliao
## English
### Etymology

From Mandarin 貢寮 (Gòngliáo), Wade–Giles romanization: Kung⁴-liao².

### Proper noun

Kungliao
* Alternative form of Gongliao.
** 1975, David M. Heer, Hsin-ying Wu, “The Effect of Infant and Child Mortality and Preference for Sons Upon Fertility and Family Planning Behavior”, in John F. Kantner, Lee Caffrey, editors, Population and Development in Southeast Asia‎, Lexington Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 257, 260:Interviews in the low-mortality community were conducted in Hsinchuang township and in the high-mortality community in Kungliao township. Both of these townships were located in Taipei county. […] Return travel in daylight hours was made necessary by the very poor, often extremely muddy, unpaved roads, particularly in Kungliao township.
** 1978, “Rural Taiwan and Urban Morocco”, in Samuel H. Preston, editor, The Effects of Infant and Child Mortality on Fertility‎, Academic Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 139:Much of Kungliao township is hilly or mountainous, and the large majority of the population lives directly on the seacoast or along the small river on which the town of Kungliao is located. Only a small portion of all land can be used for agriculture, and almost all of this is used for rice paddy. Because of the nature of the terrain, the roads within Kungliao are very poor. Hsinchuang township lies within the Taipei basin on the north side of the Tamshui River.
** 1981 October, “Like a Girl, Born with Beauty…”, in Taiwan Panorama‎, archived from the original on 2024-09-02, Around Taiwan:Like a country girl born with beauty, Kungliao, a small township situated in northern Taiwan, possesses exquisite landscape, and simple customs and practices. Picturesque beaches, azure sea water and the spray of breaking waves clothe the village in a serene, blue dreamland.
** 1998, John F. Copper, “Provincial, Metropolitan, and Recall Elections”, in Taiwan's Mid-1990s elections: Taking the Final Steps to Democracy‎, Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 189:Only 21.36 percent, the smallest percentage ever to vote in an important Taiwan election, cast ballots for or against retaining four Kuomintang legislators in an unprecedented recall election. The four defied an unofficial referendum in May by voters in Kungliao Township, Taipei County, who overwhelmingly opposed the construction of a nuclear power plant.
** 2000 October 24, Reuters‎, archived from the original on September 02, 2024:Two Taiwanese workers walk along the wall of Taiwan's fourth nuclear power plant under construction in Kungliao October 24, 2000. The nuclear power plant is one-third complete, but the anti-nuclear Democratic Progressive Party government wants to scrap it.
** 2000 October 24, Reuters‎, archived from the original on September 02, 2024:A view of Taiwan's fourth nuclear power plant under construction in Kungliao in this October 24, 2000 file photo. Taiwan Premier Chang Chun-hsiung announced on October 27, 2000 his cabinet had decided to stop construction of the island's fourth nuclear power plant and tried to assuage fears of a power shortage.
** 2008 February 19, “Group calls for referendum on fourth nuclear power plant”, in Focus Taiwan‎, archived from the original on September 02, 2024, Society‎:A civic group called Tuesday for a referendum to decide the fate of the fourth nuclear power plant under construction in Kungliao township, Taipei County.
** 2008 May 6, Rich Chang, “Woman loses most of her life savings to scam team”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 June 2008, Taiwan News, page 2‎:A woman from Kungliao Township (貢寮), Taipei County, has lost most of her life savings after being defrauded by a fake prosecutor.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kungliao.