Wanhua
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- Type: Suburb with 194,000 residents
- Description: A district in Taipei City, Taiwan
- Also known as: “Meng-chia”, “Wan-hua”, “Wanhua District”, and “Wanhwa”
- Neighbors: Banqiao, Old Taipei, Sanchong, Yonghe, Zhonghe, and Zhongzheng
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wanhua railway station and Wanhua Lin Mansion.
Wanhua railway station
Railway station
Photo: Solomon203, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wanhua is a station in Wanhua District, Taipei, Taiwan, served by Taiwan Railways Administration.
Wanhua Lin Mansion
Historic building
Photo: 寺人孟子, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wanhua Lin Mansion is a historic mansion in Wanhua District, Taipei, Taiwan.
Lungshan Temple
Place of worship
Photo: Goranq, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bangka Lungshan Temple is a Taiwanese folk temple in Wanhua District, Taipei, Taiwan. The temple was built in Taipei in 1738 by settlers from Fujian during Qing rule in honor of Guanyin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nanhai Academy and Ximending.
Nanhai Academy
Locality
Photo: Yu tptw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Nanhai Academy is a collection of cultural and educational facilities located on Nanhai Road in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan.
Ximending
Village
Photo: Volksabstimmung, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ximending is a neighborhood and shopping district in the Wanhua District of Taipei, Taiwan. The Ximending Pedestrian Area was the first pedestrian zone constructed in Taipei and remains the largest in Taiwan.
Bo’ai Special Zone
Hamlet
The Bo'ai Special Zone is a restricted zone in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan, for the protection of the Presidential Office Building. It is in the historic center of Taipei and includes other government office buildings and historic sites.
Wanhua
- Categories: district of Taiwan and locality
- Location: Taipei, Northern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.03193° or 25° 1′ 55″ northLongitude
121.49933° or 121° 29′ 58″ eastPopulation
194,000Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
7QQ32FJX+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 60655948OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1666154Wikidata ID
Q271134
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Wanhua” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վանհուա”
- Chinese: “Bān-hôa-khu”
- Chinese: “万华区”
- Chinese: “萬華”
- Chinese: “萬華區”
- Chinese: “艋舺”
- Czech: “Wan-chua”
- Czech: “Wanhua”
- Dutch: “Wanhua District”
- French: “district de Wanhua”
- French: “District de Wanhua”
- French: “Wanhua”
- German: “Wanhua”
- Hakka Chinese: “Van-fà-khî”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Wanhua”
- Italian: “Distretto di Wanhua”
- Japanese: “万華区 (台北市)”
- Japanese: “万華区”
- Korean: “완화구”
- Lithuanian: “Vanhua”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bān-huâ-khu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Báng-kah-khu”
- Polish: “Wanhua”
- Russian: “Ваньхуа”
- Ukrainian: “Ваньхуа”
- Vietnamese: “Vạn Hoa”
- Yue Chinese: “萬華區”
- “萬華區”
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