Zhongli District is a
district in
Taoyuan City,
Taiwan. Zhongli is not always spelt consistently throughout the railway, bus stop or road plates, thus it can be quite confusing for English-only readers. Historically, the city is the stage of the
Jungli Incident () of 1977, the most significant event of the democratization movements of
Taiwan prior to the 1980s. Ethnically, it is considered a kind of capital city for the
Hakka people, who live in great numbers here and in surrounding areas; a lot of the elderly could speak Hakka in addition to Mandarin and Taiwanese. In recent years a large number of foreign workers (mainly from the
Philippines and
Thailand) have also settled in and around the city due to the heavy industries in the suburbs of the city, making it a center for foreign laborers. The city of Zhongli has 3 large parks and over 70 green reserves in the city for residents of Zhongli to enjoy.