Hsinchu metropolitan area () is the metropolitan area of the city include Hsinchu in northern Taiwan. Set tsmc, national itri for main industry.

The population of the metro area in 2016 was around 1,000,000, and when including Zhunan and Toufen in neighboring Miaoli County was over 1.18 million.

Definition According to the definition of metropolitan areas formerly used by the Republic of China (Taiwan) government, Hsinchu metropolitan area includes the following areas:

Hsinchu City (core city)Hsinchu CountyEast District North District Xiangshan DistrictZhubei City Zhudong Township Guanxi Township Xinpu Township Hukou Township Xinfeng Township Baoshan Township Beipu Township Hengshan Township Qionglin Township

However, since 2010, the term is no longer in official usage.

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