Feicui Dam
Feicui Dam is a double curvature concrete arch dam on the Beishi River in Shiding District, New Taipei, Taiwan, forming Feicui Reservoir. The dam is located in Shiding District, New Taipei City, and is usually misunderstood as the principal water source for the Greater Taipei area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Shiding, New Taipei, Taiwan
- Also known as: “Fei-ts’ui Shui-k’u Ta-pa”, “Feicuei Shueiku Daba”, “Feicui Shuiku Daba”, and “Feitsui Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lee Shih-ke Temple and Garden City.
Lee Shih-ke Temple
Place of worship
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Lee Shih-ke Temple is a place of worship, which is situated 3 km northwest of Feicui Dam.
Garden City
Residential area
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Garden City is a residential area, which is situated 4 km northwest of Feicui Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wulai and Bitan.
Wulai
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Wulai is a small town in New Taipei, Taiwan, famous for its hot springs and aboriginal culture. The name of the town derives from the Atayal phrase kirofu ulai meaning "hot and poisonous".
Bitan
Hamlet
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Bitan, historically called Shi-Bitan, is a tourist spot in Xindian District, New Taipei, Taiwan. "Bitan" literally means "green lake", referring to where the Xindian River widens to form the lake. Bitan is situated 7 km northwest of Feicui Dam.
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.
Feicui Dam
- Category: double curvature arch dam
- Location: Quchi Village, Xindian, New Taipei, Taipei, Northern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Feicui Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Feicui Shuiku Daba”
- Chinese: “翡翠水壩”
- Chinese: “翡翠水庫大壩”
- German: “Feicui-Talsperre”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Húi-chhùi Chúi-khò͘”
- Persian: “سد فیکوی”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Gueishan”
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