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Banqiao

Banqiao, also known by its historical spelling Panchiao and its alternative spelling Banciao, is a district and administrative capital of , .
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  • 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”, “Pan-ch’iao”, “Panch’iao”, “San-kuang”, and “San-kuang-li”
  • Neighbors: , , , , and
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Pan-ch’iao Station and New Taipei City Library.

Railway station
Photo: Jimmy Yao, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Banqiao is a railway and metro station in New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan High Speed Rail, , Taipei Metro and New Taipei Metro. With the exception of the Circular Line, all other tracks and platforms in the station are located underground.

Library
Photo: Foxy1219, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The New Taipei City Main Public Library is the central library of , . It is the main library of the New Taipei City Public Library System and opened in May 2015.

Hospital
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The Far Eastern Memorial Hospital is a large for-profit teaching hospital in Banqiao District, New Taipei, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xinzhuang and Zhonghe.

Photo: Cjackh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
District is a district in the western part of New Taipei in northern . It has an area of 19.74 km2 and a population of 421,248 people.

Photo: lienyuan lee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Jhonghe is a district in . It is a wide district that spans between Banqiao on the west side and on the north side.

Photo: Taiwankengo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
District is an inner city district in southwestern , .

Banqiao

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
node 60655620
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1670029
Wiki­data ID
Q570090
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Banqiao” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Banqiao”
  • Chinese: “Bǎnqiáo Qū”
  • Chinese: “Pang-kiô-khu”
  • Chinese: “擺折社”
  • Chinese: “擺接社”
  • Chinese: “板桥区”
  • Chinese: “板橋”
  • Chinese: “板橋區”
  • Chinese: “板橋市”
  • Chinese: “板橋鎮”
  • Chinese: “枋橋” (historical)
  • Czech: “Pan-čchiao”
  • Dutch: “Banqiao”
  • Esperanto: “Panĉiao”
  • Finnish: “Banqiao”
  • French: “Banqiao”
  • French: “Panchiao”
  • German: “Banciao”
  • German: “Banqiao”
  • German: “Panchiao”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pán-khièu-khî”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Piông-khièu-khî”
  • Italian: “Banqiao”
  • Italian: “distretto di Banqiao”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Banqiao”
  • Japanese: “板橋”
  • Japanese: “板橋区 (台湾)”
  • Japanese: “板橋区”
  • Japanese: “板橋市”
  • Japanese: “枋橋”
  • Korean: “반차오구”
  • Literary Chinese: “板橋區”
  • Lithuanian: “Bančiao”
  • Maltese: “Panchiao”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pang-kiô-khu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pang-kiô-thâu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Panchiao”
  • Norwegian: “Panchiao”
  • Polish: “Banqiao”
  • Russian: “Баньцяо”
  • Scots: “Banqiao Destrict”
  • Spanish: “Panch’iao”
  • Thai: “เขตป่านเฉียว”
  • Thai: “ปั่นเฉียว”
  • Thai: “ป่านเฉียว”
  • Turkish: “Banqiao”
  • Ukrainian: “Баньцяо”
  • Vietnamese: “Bản Kiều”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Banqiao, Taiwan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Banqiao”
  • Yue Chinese: “板橋區 (臺灣)”
  • “板橋區”

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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 “Banqiao”. Photo: Yuriy kosygin, CC BY-SA 4.0.