Xinyi (Taipei)
Xinyi 信義 區 |
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Location of Xinyis in Taipei |
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State : | Republic of China (Taiwan) | |
Coordinates : | 25 ° 2 ' N , 121 ° 34' E | |
Area : | 11.2077 km² | |
Residents : | 225,753 (Dec 2017) | |
Population density : | 20,143 inhabitants per km² | |
Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | |
Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 2 | |
Postal code : | 116 | |
ISO 3166-2 : | TW-TPE | |
Community type : | Taipei City District | |
Structure : | 41 districts (里, Li ) 904 neighborhoods (鄰, Lín ) |
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Xinyi ( Chinese 信義 區 , Pinyin Xìnyì Qū ) is a district in the center of Taipei . It has about 227,000 inhabitants on an area of 11 km². Xinyi is home to Taipei City Hall, Taipei 101 , Taipei World Trade Center , Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, and other buildings. This makes Xinyi a center for politics and business.
history
Xinyi originally belonged to the Songshan District , which was founded in 1920. The hamlets of Zhongpo, Wufenpu, Sanzhangli and Xingya were located in today's area of Xinyi. In 1938, Songshan Village was incorporated into Taipei City. Since the Songshan district with over 450,000 inhabitants already housed a fifth of the population of Taipei at the end of the 1980s, Xinyi was detached from the southern half of the district in 1990.
traffic
Rail transport
Xinyi can be reached using Taipei Metro on the Blue Nangang Line , Red Xinyi Line, and Brown Wenshan Line .
- Blue Line: Yongchun, Taipei City Hall, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
- Brown line: Liuzhangli, Linguang
- Red line: Taipei 101 / World Trade Center, Xiangshan.
The Taiwan Railroad's Songshan Station is located on the border between Xinyi and neighboring Songshan District.
Road traffic
The PH 5 provincial road from Taipei to Keelung runs through Xinyi as Zhongxiao East Rd., Sections 4 and 5.
Near Taipei City Hall is Taipei City Hall Bus Station , where long-distance buses run.
Attractions
- Taipei 101
- Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
- Xiangshan (a mountain range)
- Taipei Railway Workshop
- An old tobacco factory from Japanese colonial times
- Hexing Mine and Dexing Mine (historical coal mines from the Japanese colonial era)