Shilin District is a district of Taipei. The central command center of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) is located in Shilin.
Yangmingshan National Park is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan,located in both Taipei and New Taipei City. The districts that are partially in the park include Taipei's Beitou and Shilin Districts;and New Taipei's Wanli,Jinshan,Sanzhi and Tamsui Districts. The national park is known for its cherry blossoms,hot springs,sulfur deposits,fumaroles,venomous snakes,and hiking trails,including Taiwan's tallest dormant volcano,Qixing Mountain rising to 1,120 m (3,675 ft).
Taiwan is part of the collision zone between the Yangtze Plate and Philippine Sea Plate. Eastern and southern Taiwan are the northern end of the Philippine Mobile Belt.
Tianmu is a neighborhood located in Shilin District,Taipei,Taiwan. Located on the northern border of the district,Tianmu borders the neighboring district of Beitou and Yangmingshan National Park.
Yangmingshan Administrative Bureau was a county level administrative body in Republic of China's Taiwan Province between 1949 and 1973.
The Beitou Cable Car Link Project is the second cable car line in Taipei after the Maokong Gondola. It is one of the major campaign platforms of Ma Ying-jeou,the former Taipei mayor. The proposed 4.9km Beitou cable car line to ferry tourists between Xinbeitou Station and the Yangmingshan National Park would have four stops,the first of which would be built near the skating rink at Chingshui Park. It would continue to Lungfeng Valley on Yangmingshan,the first parking lot in Yangmingshan National Park,and terminate at the second parking lot.
The Taipei Metro Beitou station is a station on the Tamsui–Xinyi line and Xinbeitou branch line),located in Beitou District,Taipei,Taiwan. The location of station can be traced back the same name station of the now-defunct TRA Tamsui line.
Zhongshan Road,named after Sun Yat-sen,is a major arterial road in Taipei,Taiwan connecting the Zhongzheng District in the south with the Datong,Shilin and Beitou districts in the north. Throughout the route,it is divided into express and local lanes,with landscaped medians in between.
The Taipei Metro Xinbeitou station is the terminal station on the Xinbeitou branch line located in Beitou District,Taipei,Taiwan. The location of the station used to be the terminal station for the now-defunct TRA Xinbeitou Line.
Jinshan District is a rural district on the coast in northern New Taipei,Taiwan. The district draws many visitors each year because of its hot springs and its proximity to Chin Pao San and the Ju Ming Museum. The district is home to the Dharma Drum Buddhist College,an institution of higher learning founded by Dharma Drum Mountain monastics devoted to the principles of Zen Buddhism.
The Beitou Hot Spring Museum is a museum about hot spring in Beitou Park,Beitou District,Taipei,Taiwan.
The Beitou Museum or sometimes called Taiwan Folk Arts Museum is a museum in Beitou District,Taipei,Taiwan.
The Ketagalan Culture Center is a cultural center in Beitou District,Taipei,Taiwan. The cultural center is dedicated to introduce the various plains indigenous cultures,including the Ketagalan tribes cultures.
Hokutolite is the only mineral named after a Taiwanese place among the more than 4,000 naturally occurring minerals in the world. Hokutolite is a rare mineral containing radioactive radium elements generated by the hot spring environment,and is currently found only in Beitou Hot Spring in Taipei City,and Tamagawa Hot Spring in Akita Prefecture,Japan. In Japan,the Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science,and Technology has designated it as a "Special Natural Monument". In Taiwan,it is designated as a "Natural Cultural Landscape",and the Taipei City Government has designated a natural reserve in the Beitou River upstream of the Beitou Hot Spring Museum.
The Beitou Refuse Incineration Plant is an incinerator in Zhoumei Borough,Beitou District,Taipei,Taiwan.
The Thermal Valley is a valley located on the foothill of Yangmingshan National Park in Beitou District,Taipei,Taiwan. This makes Thermal Valley one of the sources of acidic sulfur hot spring in the area. Locals also sometimes refer to it as Hell Valley. The formula of this mineral water contains Plaster,Alunite,Jarosite,Realgar,Sulfur,and Radium. pH value is between 1.4~1.6,the highest temperature could be reached to 90 Celsius. It was one of the eight attractions and twelve scenic spots in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period.
The Beitou Park is a park in Beitou District,Taipei,Taiwan.
The Beitou-Shilin Technology Park is an industrial park located in the Zhoumei area on the south side of Beitou District,Taipei City,Taiwan.
