Xinzhuang District

Xinzhuang
新莊區
District
Xinzhuang District

Xinzhuang District in New Taipei City
Coordinates: 25°02′N 121°27′E / 25.033°N 121.450°E / 25.033; 121.450Coordinates: 25°02′N 121°27′E / 25.033°N 121.450°E / 25.033; 121.450
Country Taiwan
Region Northern Taiwan
Special municipality New Taipei
Area
 • Total 19.74 km2 (7.62 sq mi)
Population (January 2016)
 • Total 413,443
 • Density 9,678.14/km2 (25,066.3/sq mi)
Time zone CST (UTC+8)
Postal code 242
Website http://web.archive.org/web/20120126062951/ http://www.xinzhuang.tpc.gov.tw:80/
Xinzhuang District
Chinese 新莊區
Xinzhuang District office

Xinzhuang District (Chinese: 新莊區; Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnzhuāng Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Sinjhuang Cyu) is an inner city district in the western part of New Taipei in northern Taiwan. It has an area of 19.74 km2 (7.62 sq mi) and a population of 413,443 people (2016).

History

A former name of the area is Pulauan (Chinese: 武溜灣; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bú-liu-oan).[1] On 15 January 1980, Xinzhuang was upgraded from an urban township to be a county-controlled city of Taipei County. On 25 December 2010, Taipei County was upgraded to New Taipei City, and Xinzhuang City was upgraded to a district.Between the Qing dynasty in Taiwan，Liu Mingchuan has already set the train station at Sinjhung town named 海山口. With the Dadaocheng boating trading, Sinjhung has be called Thousands of boats in the Sinjhuang Port,Thousands of people with lighting in the shop.

Overview

The district is bordered by Wugu and Taishan to the north, Sanchong to the east, Banqiao and Shulin to the south, and Taoyuan City to the west.

Government agencies

Educational institutions

Colleges

Senior High Schools

Tourist attractions

Transportation

Xinzhuang Station

Notable natives

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xinzhuang District, New Taipei.

References

  1. ↑ "Entry #40111 (武溜灣)". 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Hokkien). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.