Zhongli District (Chinese:中壢區;pinyin:Zhōnglì Qū) is adistrict inTaoyuan City,Taiwan. Zhongli is spelled variously asJungli, Jongli, Jhongli orChungli on railway, bus stop and road signs. Historically, the city is the site of theJungli Incident of 1977, the most significant event of the democratization movement prior to the 1980s. Ethnically, it is considered a kind of capital city for theHakka Taiwanese, who live in great numbers here and nearby; a lot of the elderly could speakHakka in addition toMandarin andTaiwanese Hokkien.^[1] Recently many foreign workers (mainly from thePhilippines andThailand) have also settled in and around the city because of the heavy industries in the suburbs of the city. It is a center for foreign laborers.^[2] The city of Zhongli has 3 large parks and over 70 green reserves in the city for residents of Zhongli to enjoy.