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<div style="float: right; margin-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 1ex; width: 300px;"> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" width="300px" style="border-bottom:3px solid gray; border-left:3px solid gray; border-top:3px solid gray; border-right:3px solid gray;"> <caption><font size="+1">Songshan District <br>松山區</td></tr> </font></caption> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;">Image:Songshan_seal.png<br><small>Songshan District seal</small> </td> </tr> <tr><td align="center" colspan=2 style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;"><font size="-1"> Old name: Xikou (錫口) </font></td></tr> <tr><td>Region </td><td>Eastern Taipei</td></tr> <tr><td>Director</td><td>Chen Qi-yong(陳其墉)</td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:3px solid gray;"> Area </td> <td style="border-top:3px solid gray;"> List of districts of Taipei by area|Ranked 9 of 12 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> - Total </td> <td> 9.2878 1 E9 m2|km² </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:3px solid gray;"> Population </td> <td style="border-top:3px solid gray;"> List of districts of Taipei by population|Ranked 8 of 12 </td> <tr> <td> - Total<br> - Density </td> <td> 205,828<br> 22,161/km² </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:3px solid gray;">Villages(里,Li):</td> <td style="border-top:3px solid gray;">33</td> </tr> <tr><td>Neighborhoods(鄰,Lin):</td><td>756</td></tr> <tr><td align="center" colspan=2 style="border-top:3px solid gray;">Image:Songshan_location.jpg </table> </div> Sōngshān (Hanyu Pinyin) (Chinese language|Chinese: 松山, WG: Sung-shan, Tongyong Pinyin: Songshan) is a district of Taipei. The Sungshan Domestic Airport|Songshan Domestic Airport is located here. Originally named Sikou (錫口), which is the Taiwanese language pronunciation of what a lowland Ketagalan word meaning "Where the river twists". In 1920, the place became Songshan Village (松山庄), named after Matsuyama, Ehime| Matsuyama City (松山市) in Japan. It was a part of Qixing (Cising) District, Taipei Prefecture (Japanese Rule)| Taipei Prefecture (台北州七星郡). Songshan was merged into Taipei City in 1938. In 1946, it became a district with 26 municipal villages (里). In 1990, the southern half of Songshan District became Xinyi (Sinyi) District. Its boundary was altered in May 1994, when Keelung River was artificially moved south slightly. Songshan is divided into 4 regions (地區), or secondary district (次分區), which in turn are divided into 34 municipal villages. They following placenames are romanized in Tongyong Pinyin, with Hanyu Pinyin in parentheses where they differ:
The airport locates in Dongshe Region, mostly in Jinjhong Village.
In addition, there are two regular high schools (Sisong and Jhunglun), six middle schools, eight elementary schools, and 28 kindergartens in Songshan.
TaipeiDistricts category: Taipei City This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Songshan".
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