Tongxiao Township^[1] is an urban township in southern Miaoli County, Taiwan. It lies between the Taiwan Strait on the west and mountains on the east.

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Tongxiao Township 通霄鎮
Urban township
Tongxiao Township in Miaoli County
Location	Miaoli County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	107.85 km2 (41.64 sq mi)
Population  (January 2023)
• Total	31,799
Website	www.tungshiau.gov.tw (in Chinese)

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The town was formerly called Thunsiau (Chinese: 吞霄; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thun-siau).^[2]

• Area: 107.85 square kilometres (41.64 sq mi)
• Population: 31,799 (January 2023 estimate)^[3]

The township comprises 24 villages: Baitung, Baixi, Chengbei, Chengnan, Fengshu, Fulong, Fuxing, Fuyuan, Meinan, Nanhe, Neidao, Neihu, Pingan, Pingding, Pingyuan, Tongnan, Tongtung, Tongwan, Tongxi, Wubei, Wumei, Wunan, Xinpu and Zuntou.

The township is part of Miaoli County Constituency I electoral district for Legislative Yuan.

• Flying Cow Ranch
• Gongtian Temple
• Taiyen Tongxiao Tourism Factory^[4]
• Tongxiao Beach Resort^[5]
• Tongxiao Electrodialysis Salt Factory
• Tongxiao Jinja
• Tongxiao Shrine
• Baishatun Mazu Pilgrimage

• TRA Baishatun Station
• TRA Tongxiao Station
• TRA Xinpu Station

Taiwan High Speed Rail passes through the central part of the township, but no station is currently planned.

• Ju Ming, sculptor