Taipei,officially Taipei City,is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan,Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city of Keelung. Most of the city rests on the Taipei Basin,an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers,which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border.
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 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.
Shipai,Shihpai or Tsio̍h-pâi is a region in Beitou District,Taipei,Taiwan. It includes eight villages (里):Shipai (石牌),Wenlin (文林),Ronghua (榮華),Zhenhua (振華),Yumin (裕民),Fuxing (福興),Rongguang (榮光),and Jianmin (建民).
The Grass Mountain Chateau is a former residence of late President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek located in Beitou District,Taipei,Taiwan in Yangmingshan National Park.
Zhongshan Road,named after Sun Yat-sen,is a major arterial in Taipei,Taiwan connecting the Zhongzheng District in the south with the Datong,Shilin Districts and the Beitou District in the north. The road was built in Japanese rule period. It was called Chokushi kaidō,which was the road leading to Taiwan Grand Shrine. Zhongshan is notable as the commuting route of former ROC president Chiang Kai-shek between the Presidential Building and his Shilin District residence. Throughout the route,it is divided into express and local lanes,with landscaped medians in between. Notable landmarks located along Zhongshan Roads includes:
Qixing Mountain,also spelled Cising Mountain or Chihsing Mountain,is a mountain in Beitou District,Taipei,Taiwan. It is located on the Datun Volcano Group and is the highest mountain in the city,at the rim of Taipei Basin. It is also the highest (dormant) volcano in Taiwan. It is located in the center of Yangmingshan National Park;its main peak is 1,120 meters (3,670 ft) above sea level.
The Taipei Metro Mingde station is located in the Beitou District (北投區) of Taipei,Taiwan. The station is on the Tamsui Line,otherwise known as "the red line" by locals. It is also a minor bus transfer point for connections to Tianmu (天母) and Yangmingshan National Park (陽明山).
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 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.
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-Shilin Technology Park is an industrial park located in the Zhoumei area on the south side of Beitou District,Taipei City,Taiwan.
