Nangang (Taipei)
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Nangang 南港 區 |
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 Location of Nangang in Taipei |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| Coordinates : | 25 ° 3 ' N , 121 ° 36' E | ||
| Area : | 21.8424 km² | ||
| Residents : | 122,155 (Dec 2017) | ||
| Population density : | 5,593 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 2 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-TPE | ||
| Community type : | Taipei City District | ||
| Structure : | 20 Li (里), 443 Lín (鄰) | ||
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Nangang ( Chinese 南港 區 , Pinyin Nángǎng Qū ) is a municipality in the east of Taipei , Taiwan . It houses the Academia Sinica , the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall and the Nankang Software Park . It is the smallest of Taipei's 12 districts by population.
history
Nangang was settled by Fukinesen in 1735 , especially in what is now Nangang, Sanchong and Dongxin. Until the Japanese occupation, the place name was "Great Jia'na Fortress, Nangang Sanchong Harbor" ( 大 加 吶 堡 南港 三重 埔 , dà jiānabǎo nángǎng-sānchóng pǔ ). The name Nangang, literally "southern port", refers to its location on the Jilong River . After the Japanese rule over Taiwan ended , Nangang was administratively separated from the neighboring community of Neihu on July 6, 1946 and converted into a township (鎮, Zhèn). On July 1, 1968, it was incorporated as a district in Taipei.
traffic
The “blue line” of the Taipei Metro , which connects the district with the city center, ends in Nangang . The extension of the "brown line" opened in 2009 connects Nangang with the northern neighboring district of Neihu. Nangang Station has been the northern terminus of the Taiwan High Speed Rail leading to Kaohsiung since 2016 .
Attractions
In Japanese times, Nangang was known for its tea cultivation ( Baozhong tea ), which covered about 300 hectares. After the Second World War, Nangang turned into an industrial suburb and tea cultivation was finally stopped entirely. With the support of the Taipei City Government, he was resumed in 1982. Today a tea production demonstration facility can be visited in the village of Jiuzhuang (舊 莊里), which in 1991 covered 2.9 hectares.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Nangang Tea Production Demonstration Facility. Taipei City Government, accessed January 25, 2018 .
