New Taipei City
New Taipei, while officially a city, is more like a region surrounding the cities of Taipei and Keelung in Northern Taiwan. It is considered a part of the Taipei Metropolitan Area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Taipei Zoo and Zhinan Temple.
Taipei Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Yu tptw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Taipei Zoo, sometimes referred to as the Muzha Zoo, is a public zoological garden in Wenshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is the most famous zoological garden in Taiwan and a leader in conservation, research and education, and recreation. Taipei Zoo is situated 5 km north of New Taipei City.
Zhinan Temple
Place of worship
Photo: KasugaHuang, CC BY 2.5.
Zhinan Temple is a Taoist temple on the slopes of Houshan in Wenshan District of Taipei, Taiwan. It was founded in 1882. The temple's main deity is Lü Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xindian and Wenshan.
Xindian
Photo: Yuriy kosygin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xindian, also known by its historical spelling Hsintien and alternative spelling Sindian, is a district in New Taipei where the apartment complexes of the Taipei metropolitan area meet the northern end of the Central Mountain Range.
Wenshan
Wenshan District is a district in Taipei, Taiwan. It is the southernmost district of the twelve districts in Taipei. Wenshan previously referred to the region south of the Taipei Basin.
Shenkeng
Photo: lienyuan lee, CC BY 3.0.
Shenkeng District is a rural district in central New Taipei City in northern Taiwan. Formerly an agricultural and mining town, it is now famous for its numerous tofu restaurants and vendors.
New Taipei City
- Also known as: “New Taipei”, “T’ai-wan”, “T’ai-wan Sheng”, “Taiwan Sheng”, and “Xīnběi Shì”
- Historically known as: “T’ai-pei Hsien”, “Taibei Sian”, and “Taibei Xian”
- Location: Taipei, Northern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Slovenian—“New Taipei City” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تايبيه الجديدة”
- Chinese: “新北市”
- Chinese: “臺北縣” (historical)
- Chinese: “臺灣省”
- Croatian: “Novi Taipei”
- French: “Nouveau Taipei”
- German: “Neu-Taipeh”
- Russian: “Новый Тайбэй”
- Slovenian: “Novi Tajpej”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sishifen Qiao and Liufenshan.
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