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Alishan

Alishan National Scenic Area is a national park in , southern . Located high up in Taiwan's mountainous spine, Alishan — "Mount Ali" — is Taiwan's most-visited national park.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 500 residents
  • Description: mountain resort and nature reserve in Taiwan
  • Also known as: “A-li-shan”, “Ālǐshān Guójiā Fēngjǐng Qū”, “Alishan National Scenic Area”, and “Chao-p’ing”

Places of Interest

Highlights include A-li-shan Station and Zhaoping.

Railway station
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Alishan station is a railway station on the Forestry Bureau Alishan Forest Railway line located in township, , . There is a commemorative stamp at the service counter.

Railway station
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station is a railway station on the Alishan Forest Railway line located in , , . There is a commemorative stamp at the counter.

Railway station
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Chushan station is a railway station on the Alishan Forest Railway line located in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alishan Township.

Town
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is a mountain indigenous township in , Taiwan. The Alishan National Scenic Area covers most, but not all, of the township and also parts of neighboring townships.

Alishan

Latitude
23.5153° or 23° 30′ 55″ north
Longitude
120.8103° or 120° 48′ 37″ east
Population
500
Elevation
2,221 metres (7,287 feet)
Open location code
7QM2GR86+44
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4178268551
Geo­Names ID
1679029
Wiki­data ID
Q707585
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Spanish—“Alishan” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Alişan dağları”
  • Chinese: “A-lí-san Kok-ka Hong-kéng-khu”
  • Chinese: “阿里山”
  • Chinese: “阿里山国家风景区”
  • Chinese: “阿里山國家風景區”
  • Dutch: “Alishan National Scenic Area”
  • Dutch: “Alishan”
  • French: “Ālǐshān Guójiā Fēngjǐng Qū”
  • German: “Alishan Goujia Fengjing Qu”
  • German: “Ālǐshān Guójiā Fēngjǐng Qū”
  • German: “Alishan National Scenic Area”
  • German: “Alishan”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Â-lî-sân Koet-kâ Sêm-lìm Yù-lo̍k-khî”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Â-lî-sân”
  • Italian: “parco nazionale Alishan”
  • Italian: “parco nazionale di Alishan”
  • Japanese: “アリ山”
  • Japanese: “阿里山”
  • Japanese: “阿里山国家風景区”
  • Ladin: “Raion Naziunel de Cuntreda Pituresca de Alishan”
  • Malayalam: “അലിഷാൻ നാഷണൽ സീനിക് ഏരിയ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “A-lí-san Kok-ka Hong-kéng-khu”
  • Portuguese: “Alishan”
  • Russian: “Алишань”
  • Spanish: “Alishan”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Alishan”. Photo: Hughon-zxl, CC BY-SA 3.0.