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Shilin

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Image:09-February-2004-Taipei-Shilin-Night-Market.jpg|thumb|center|290px|In an alley at the edge of the Shilin Night Market.</td></tr>
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Old name: Pattsiran(Bazhilan,八芝蘭)
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<tr><td>Region </td><td>Northern Taipei</td></tr>
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Area
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List of districts of Taipei by area|Ranked 1 of 12
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&nbsp;- Total
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62.3682 1 E9 m2|km&sup2;
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Population
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List of districts of Taipei by population|Ranked 2 of 12
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288,659<br>
4,628/km&sup2;
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<td style="border-top:3px solid gray;">51</td>
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<tr><td>Neighborhoods(鄰,Lin):</td><td>985</td></tr>
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Shilin District (Chinese language|Chinese: 士林區 Wade-Giles: Shih-lin Chu, Tongyong Pinyin: Shihlin Qu) is a district of Taipei, the largest city in Taiwan. It is home to one of the most famous Taiwan Night Markets as well as a large portion of the Taipei population.

Well known subdistricts of Shilin include Tianmu (天母) and Waishuangxi (外雙溪). A substantial portion of the Yangmingshan National Park is within the Shilin District.

A large foreign population lives in Tianmu and Yangmingshan. The Taipei American School and the Taipei Japanese School are located in Tianmu. The Taipei European School is located on Yangmingshan.

Shilin tourist attractions include the Shilin Night Market (士林夜市), the National Palace Museum, and Chiang Kai-shek's official residence and summer residence. Chiang Kai-shek's official residence has been converted into a miniature botanical garden.

Shilin was once famous for its cutting knives (士林名刀) and for scholars that passed the Chinese imperial civil service exams. In fact the name Shilin is literally translated as "Scholarly Woods."

The district has three universities: Ming Chuan University, Soochow University (Taiwan)|Soochow University, and the Chinese Culture University.



  • http://www.sld.gov.tw/english/index.htm Official Site in English


Image:Shihlin district taipei1.JPG|thumb|left|300px|Bird's eye view of Shilin District

Image:Shihlin district taipei2.JPG|thumb|left|300px|Another view



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category: Taipei City

zh:士林區

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Last Modified:   2005-04-13


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