WebTamsui District (Hokkien POJ: Tām-chúi; Hokkien Tâi-lô: Tām-tsuí; Mandarin Pinyin: Dànshuǐ) is a seaside district in New Taipei, Taiwan.It is named after the Tamsui River; the name means "fresh water".The town is popular as a site for viewing the sun setting into the Taiwan Strait.Though modest in size (population 184,192), it has a large role in …

WebZuoying's Lotus Lake is one of the major tourist attractions of southern Taiwan. This beautiful man-made lake is situated between Gueishan (Turtle Mountain) and Panpingshan (Half-screen Mountain). The Spring and Autumn Pavilions, Dragon and Tiger Pagodas and Confucius Temple dot its shoreline. The Confucius Temple is the largest Confucius …

WebZhonghe is divided into 93 villages, which are further subdivided into lín (鄰; 'neighbourhoods'), of which there are 2,972 in total.Some administration is shared with neighbouring Yonghe District; due to both this and their proximity, they are sometimes collectively known as Shuanghe (雙和; 'Twin He').This is also reflected in the names of …

WebTaichung (/ ˌ t aɪ ˈ tʃ ʊ ŋ /, Wade–Giles: Tʻai²-chung¹, pinyin: Táizhōng), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan.Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Taiwan, as well as the most populous city in Central Taiwan.It serves as the core of the Taichung–Changhua …

WebKhanbaliq or Dadu of Yuan (Chinese: 元大都) was the winter capital of the Yuan dynasty of China in what is now Beijing, also the capital of the People's Republic of China today. It was located at the center of modern Beijing. The Secretariat directly administered the Central Region of the Yuan Empire (comprising present-day Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, …

WebNew Taipei City (status change in 2010 from the former Taipei County) is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan.The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, behind Kaohsiung.New Taipei City neighbours …

WebHsinchu (/ ˈ ʃ ɪ n ˈ dʒ uː /, Chinese: 新竹, Pinyin: Xīnzhú, Wade–Giles: Hsin¹-chu²) is a city located in northwestern Taiwan.It is the most populous city in Taiwan Province not among the special municipalities, with estimated 450,655 inhabitants. Hsinchu is a coastal city bordering the Taiwan Strait to the west, Hsinchu County to the north and east, and Miaoli …

WebTainan (/ ˈ t aɪ ˈ n ɑː n /), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" for its over 200 years of history as the capital of Taiwan under Koxinga and later Qing rule. Tainan's complex history of comebacks, …

WebDaan District (or Da-an District, Da'an District) is an important educational, commercial, residential and cultural district of Taipei City, Republic of China (Taiwan). The name of the district means "great safety" or "great peace". History. The district is named after Daiwan village (Chinese: ...

WebHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., trading as Hon Hai Technology Group in China and Taiwan and Foxconn internationally, is a Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturer established in 1974 with headquarters in Tucheng, New Taipei City, Taiwan.In 2021, the company's annual revenue reached 5.99 trillion New Taiwan dollars (US$175 …

WebTaipei Main Station (Chinese: 台北車站; pinyin: Táiběi chēzhàn) is a railway and metro station in Taipei, Taiwan, PRC. It is served by Taiwan High Speed Rail, the Taiwan Railways Administration, and the Taipei Metro.It is also connected through underground passageways to the terminal station of Taoyuan Airport MRT and the Taipei Bus Station.In 2017, it was …

WebThe Chinese Soviet Republic (CSR) was an East Asian proto-state within the territory of China's Jiangxi (Kiangsi) province and the predecessor to the People's Republic of China.The state was proclaimed on 7 November 1931 by future Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong and General Zhu De in the early stages of the Chinese Civil War.. …

WebTaipei (/ ˌ t aɪ ˈ p eɪ /), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city of Keelung.Most of the city rests on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed.

WebKaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: [káʊɕjʊ̌ŋ] (); Wade–Giles: Kao¹-hsiung²; Pinyin: Gāoxióng) is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan.. Since founding in the 17th century, Kaohsiung has grown from a small trading village into the political and economic centre of southern Taiwan, with key industries such as manufacturing, steel-making, oil …