Houkeng

Houkeng is a hamlet in Taiping Village, Linkou, Taipei. Houkeng is situated nearby to the hamlet Taipingling, as well as near Touqiancuo.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bali Refuse Incineration Plant and Xiaguzi Fishing Port.

Bali Refuse Incineration Plant

Power station

Photo: Taiwankengo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Bali Refuse Incineration Plant is an incinerator in Bali District, New Taipei, Taiwan. The chimney of the incineration plant is 150 m tall.

Xiaguzi Fishing Port

Marina

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Xiaguzi Fishing Port is a marina, which is situated 3 km north of Houkeng.

Liao Tianding Temple

Place of worship

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Liao Tianding Temple is a place of worship, which is situated 4 km northeast of Houkeng.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bali District and Wugu.

Bali District

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Bali is a suburban district in northwestern New Taipei, Taiwan. In Taiwanese Hokkien, it was known as Pat-lí-hun during the rule of the Qing dynasty.

Wugu

Photo: Taiwankengo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wugu District is a suburban district in the western part of New Taipei City in northern Taiwan. It has an area of 34.86 km2 and a population of 90,465 people.

Taishan District

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Taishan District is a district home to 77,169 people in New Taipei, Taiwan.

Houkeng

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Hou-k’eng”
Category: locality
Location: Taiping Village, Linkou, New Taipei, Taipei, Northern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

25.11872° or 25° 7′ 7″ north

Longitude

121.37032° or 121° 22′ 13″ east

Elevation

154 metres (505 feet)

Open location code

7QQ3499C+F4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5056759582

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

6749176

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In Other Languages

“Houkeng” goes by many names.

Chinese: “後坑”

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