Maokong
Maokong is an area located in Wenshan District of Taipei, Taiwan. The area used to be the biggest tea growing area of Taipei. There are many intertwining footpaths which have been used to transport tea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: tea ceremony and night view resort in the southernmost area of Taipei City
- Also known as: “Bâ-khang”, “Mao-k’ung”, and “Niau-khang”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maokong gondola station and 天恩宮.
Maokong gondola station
Photo: Jason22, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maokong Station is the terminal station of the Maokong Gondola of the Taipei Rapid Transit System, located in Wenshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It provides access to the town of Maokong, which the station is named after.
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 Shenkeng.
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.
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.
Jingmei District
Suburb
Jingmei is a neighborhood in Taipei City. Formerly an administrative district, in 1990 it merged with Muzha District, becoming the western part of the newly created Wenshan District. Jingmei District is situated 5 km northwest of Maokong.
Maokong
- Categories: place and locality
- Location: Zhinan Village, Wenshan, Taipei City, Taiwan Province, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
24.96735° or 24° 58′ 2″ northLongitude
121.58682° or 121° 35′ 13″ eastElevation
316 metres (1,037 feet)Open location code
7QP3XH8P+WPOpenStreetMap ID
node 2636658149OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Maokong” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ماوكونغ”
- Chinese: “Bâ-khang”
- Chinese: “壺穴”
- Chinese: “木柵觀光茶園”
- Chinese: “猫空”
- Chinese: “皺空”
- Chinese: “貓空”
- Chinese: “貓面”
- French: “Maokong”
- German: “Maokong”
- Japanese: “バ―カン”
- Japanese: “猫空”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bâ-bīn”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bâ-khang”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Jiâu-khang”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Liâu-khang”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Niau-bīn”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Niau-khang”
- Vietnamese: “Miêu Không”
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