Banqiao
Banqiao, also known by its historical spelling Panchiao and its alternative spelling Banciao, is a district and administrative capital of New Taipei, Taiwan.- Type: Suburb with 552,000 residents
- Description: district in New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Also known as: “Ban Ciao”, “Ban Ciao City”, “Banchiao”, “Banchiau”, “Banchyau”, “Banciao”, “Banciao District”, “Banqiao District”, “Fang-ch’iao”, “Itabashi”, “Pái-chih”, “Paijtsie”, “Pan-ch’iao”, “Pán-khièu”, “Pang-kiô”, “Pang-kiô-thâu”, “Pangkio”, “Pankhieu”, “Pattai”, “Peitsie”, “San-kuang”, “San-kuang-li”, “ปั่นเฉียว”, “ป่านเฉียว”, “擺折社”, “擺接社”, “板橋区 (台湾)”, “板橋区 (新北市)”, “板橋區 (台灣)”, “板橋區 (新北市)”, “板橋市”, and “板橋鎮”
- Neighbors: Sanchong, Shulin, Tucheng, Xinzhuang, and Zhonghe
Places of Interest
Highlights: Pan-ch’iao Station and New Taipei City Library.
New Taipei City Library
Library
The New Taipei City Main Public Library is the central library of New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xinzhuang and Zhonghe.
Banqiao
- Categories: district of Taiwan and locality
- Location: New Taipei, Taipei, Northern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.0097° or 25° 0′ 35″ north
Longitude
121.4591° or 121° 27′ 33″ east
Population
552,000
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
7QQ32F55+VJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Banqiao” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Banqiao”
- Chinese: “Bǎnqiáo Qū”
- Chinese: “板桥区”
- Chinese: “板橋”
- Chinese: “板橋區”
- Chinese: “枋橋” (historical)
- Czech: “Pan-čchiao”
- Dutch: “Banqiao”
- Esperanto: “Panĉiao”
- Finnish: “Banqiao”
- French: “Banqiao”
- French: “Panchiao”
- German: “Banqiao”
- Hakka Chinese: “Pán-khièu-khî”
- Hakka Chinese: “Piông-khièu-khî”
- Italian: “distretto di Banqiao”
- Italian: “Distretto di Banqiao”
- Japanese: “いたはし-く”
- Japanese: “板橋区”
- Korean: “반차오구”
- Literary Chinese: “板橋區”
- Lithuanian: “Bančiao”
- Maltese: “Panchiao”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pang-kiô-khu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Panchiao”
- Norwegian: “Panchiao”
- Polish: “Banqiao”
- Russian: “Баньцяо”
- Scots: “Banqiao Destrict”
- Spanish: “Panch’iao”
- Thai: “เขตป่านเฉียว”
- Turkish: “Banqiao”
- Ukrainian: “Баньцяо”
- Vietnamese: “Bản Kiều”
- Waray (Philippines): “Banqiao, Taiwan”
- Waray (Philippines): “Banqiao”
- Yue Chinese: “板橋區 (臺灣)”
- Yue Chinese: “板橋區”
- “板橋區”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: 枋橋 and Houbu.
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