Yingge
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Yingge 鶯歌 區 |
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 Location Yingges in New Taipei |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| Coordinates : | 24 ° 57 ' N , 121 ° 21' E | ||
| Area : | 21.1248 km² | ||
| Residents : | 88,607 (October 2013) | ||
| Population density : | 4,194 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 2 | ||
| Postal code : | 239 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-NWT | ||
| Community type : | New Taipei City District | ||
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Yingge ( Chinese 鶯歌 區 , Pinyin Yīnggē Qū , Pe̍h-ōe-jī Eng-ko ) is a district of the city of New Taipei in northern Taiwan , Republic of China .
location
The predominantly hilly Yingge lies on the western edge of New Taipei and borders the neighboring districts of Shulin and Sanxia in the east and south and the city of Taoyuan in the north and west . Yingge is on the Dahan River .
History and meaning
The name of the district comes from the "oriole rock" (Chinese: 鶯 哥 石Yingge Shi ) located here, the shape of which is reminiscent of the shape of an oriole . In the current name of the district, the character 哥 ( Pinyin : gē ) has been replaced by the same character 歌.
Yingge has been settled by Chinese immigrants since the 18th century and is famous for its more than 200-year-old pottery tradition, the origin of which is due to the occurrence of good clay . The ceramics museum , which opened in 2000, gives an overview of the past and present of the local pottery trade. The Yinggeer pottery is now a tourist attraction; Especially in the old " Töpferstrasse " there are many ceramic, porcelain and other craft shops.
Web links
The Yingge Rock
The "Pottery Street"
Yingge Earthenware
