Beitou - Taiwan

March 8, 2014


		1 Introduction 2 History 3 Education 4 Attractions 5 External link

China Taiwan

Beitou

Wikipedia

zh:北投區
ja:北投区

**Beitou District**

**北投區**
Image:Beitou_seal.png Beitou District seal
Abbreviation: Beitou (北投)
Region	Northern Taipei
Director	Zhang Yi-fang(張義芳)
Area	List of districts of Taipei by area\|Ranked 2 of 12
- Total	56.8216 1 E9 m2\|km²
Population	List of districts of Taipei by population\|Ranked 5 of 12
- Total - Density	248,999 4,382/km²
Villages(里,Li):	42
Neighborhoods(鄰,Lin):	817
Image:Beitou_location.jpg

Beitou District (北投區, Wade-Giles: Pei-t'ou, Tongyong Pinyin: Beitou) is one of the twelve districts of Taipei City. Beitou means witch by Ketagalan people. Beitou is famous for hot springs. Residents of this district note that sulfuric fumes from the hot springs do ruin their electric appliances in the long term.

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History

Between 1920 and 1941, Beitou was a village (北投庄) in Qixing District (七星郡), Taipei Prefecture (Japanese Rule)|Taipei Prefecture (台北州). It was upgraded to a town (北投街) in 1941. After World War II, it was renamed as Beitou urban township (北投鎮), belonging to Taipei County. Beginning in 1949, Beitou and Shilin were admistered by the newly-formed Yangminshan Administrative Bureau. Both of them were merged into Taipei City in 1968.

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Education

There are two universities and two colleges in Beitou.

National Yang Ming University

Taipei National University of Arts

Kuang Wu Institute of Technology

National Taipei College of Nursing

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Attractions

Yangmingshan|Yangmingshan National Park

Guandu Natural Park: birding

Hot Springs in Xin Beitou and Xingyi Road

Museum of Hot Springs in Beitou

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External link

http://www.beitou.gov.tw/english/english.htm Official Site

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