Pai-sha-chia Lighthouse
The Baishajia Lighthouse or Paisha Chia Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Guanyin District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.Photo: 寺人孟子, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Taiwankengo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: lighthouse in Taiwan
- Also known as: “Baishajia Dengta”, “Baishajia Lighthouse”, “Pai-sha-chia Chu-t’a”, “Pai-sha-chia Teng-t’a”, and “Pai-sha-chia Teng-t’ai”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ganquan Temple and Tatan Power Plant.
Ganquan Temple
Place of worship
Photo: Outlookxp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ganquan Temple is a place of worship, which is situated 720 metres southeast of Pai-sha-chia Lighthouse.
Tatan Power Plant
Power station
The Tatan Power Plant, Dah-Tarn Power Plant or Ta-Tan Power Plant is a gas-fired power plant in Guanyin District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. At the capacity of 4,384 MW, the plant is the world's largest gas turbine combined cycle power plant and Taiwan's largest gas-fired power plant. Tatan Power Plant is situated 4 km west of Pai-sha-chia Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guanyin District and Xinwu District.
Guanyin District
Town
Photo: Yuriy kosygin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Guanyin District is a rural, coastal district in western Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Guanyin is the name of a Buddhist boddhisattva.
Xinwu District
Town
Photo: Yuriy kosygin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xinwu or Sinwu District is a rural, coastal district in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, home to 49,046 people, most of whom are Hakka. Xinwu District is situated 8 km south of Pai-sha-chia Lighthouse.
Pai-sha-chia Lighthouse
- Categories: lighthouse, historic site, and historic building
- Location: Guanyin Village, Guanyin District, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Northern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
25.04131° or 25° 2′ 29″ northLongitude
121.07629° or 121° 4′ 35″ eastElevation
14 metres (46 feet)Inception
January 1901Open location code
7QQ323RG+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 708442772OpenStreetMap feature
building=serviceOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
1671130Wikidata ID
Q15914308
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Pai-sha-chia Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “白沙岬燈塔”
- French: “phare de Baishajia”
- French: “Phare de Baishajia”
- Japanese: “白沙岬灯台”
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