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Hsinchu

Hsinchu, officially Hsinchu City, is a city located in northwestern . It is the most populous city in Taiwan that is not a special municipality, with estimated 450,655 inhabitants.
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  • Type: City with 453,000 residents
  • Description: city in northern Taiwan
  • Also known as: “Chuchien”, “Hsin-chu”, “Hsin-chu-hsien”, “Hsin-chu-shih”, “Hsin-Chuan City”, “Hsin-Chung”, “Hsinchu City”, “Jhucian”, “Sin-tek City”, “Sîn-tsuk City”, “Sinjhushih”, “Tik-tshàm”, “Xinzhushi”, “Zhuqian”, and “Zug-qiam”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hsin-chu Station and North Hsinchu.

Railway station
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Hsinchu is a railway station in , Hsinchu City, , served by Taiwan Railway. Hsinchu Station is a major station on the West Coast line and the western terminus of the Neiwan line.

Railway station
Photo: 克勞棣, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station on Taiwan Railway West Coast line and Neiwan line located in , Hsinchu City, .

Zoo
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The is a zoo in East District, Hsinchu City, . Established in 1936, it is Taiwan's oldest zoo to continuously operate at the same location.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include E. District and North District.

Town
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East District is a district in east Hsinchu City, . It is the second largest of the three districts in Hsinchu City. The East District is home to the Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park.

Town
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is a district in north Hsinchu City, . is the city seat of Hsinchu City. It is the smallest of the three districts in Hsinchu City.

Town
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Xiangshan or Siangshan District is a district in southwest Hsinchu City, . It is the largest of the three districts in Hsinchu City.

Hsinchu

Latitude
24.8066° or 24° 48′ 24″ north
Longitude
120.9687° or 120° 58′ 7″ east
Population
453,000
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
IATA airport code
HSZ
United Nations Location Code
TW HSZ
Open location code
7QP2RX49+MF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60656019
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1675151
Wiki­data ID
Q249994
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zhuang—“Hsinchu” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Hsinchu”
  • Arabic: “سين شو”
  • Armenian: “Սինչժու”
  • Asturian: “Hsinchu”
  • Balinese: “Kota Hsinchu”
  • Basque: “Hsinchu”
  • Belarusian: “Сіньчжу”
  • Bengali: “সিনচু”
  • Bengali: “সিনসো”
  • Catalan: “Hsinchu”
  • Catalan: “Xintxu”
  • Cebuano: “Hsinchu (kapital sa lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Hsinchu (lalawigan sa Republika sa Tsina, lat 24,81, long 120,97)”
  • Cebuano: “Hsinchu”
  • Chinese: “Sin-tek-chhī”
  • Chinese: “Xīnzhú ShÌ”
  • Chinese: “新竹”
  • Chinese: “新竹市”
  • Chinese: “竹塹”
  • Chinese: “風城”
  • Czech: “Sin-ču”
  • Danish: “Hsinchu”
  • Dutch: “Hsinchu (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Hsinchu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سين شو”
  • Esperanto: “Hsinĉu”
  • Finnish: “Hsinchu”
  • French: “Hsinchu”
  • German: “Hsinchu”
  • Greek: “Σιντσού”
  • Greek: “Χσιντσού”
  • Greek: “Χσίντσου”
  • Gujarati: “સિન્ચુ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sîn-chuk-sṳ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sîn-tsuk-sṳ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “zhuˊ ciam^”
  • Hakka Chinese: “zhug ciamˇ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “zhug^ ciamˋ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “zhugˋ camˋ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “zugˋ qiam”
  • Hausa: “Hsinchu”
  • Hebrew: “שינג’ו”
  • Hindi: “शिन्चू”
  • Hindi: “सिंचु”
  • Hungarian: “Hszincsu”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Hsinchu”
  • Irish: “Hsinchu”
  • Italian: “Hsinchu”
  • Japanese: “新竹市”
  • Kannada: “ಶಿಂಚು”
  • Kannada: “ಹಂಸು”
  • Kazakh: “Синьчжу”
  • Korean: “신주 시”
  • Korean: “신주시”
  • Latvian: “Sindžu”
  • Latvian: “Sjiņdžu”
  • Literary Chinese: “新竹市”
  • Lithuanian: “Sindžu”
  • Malay: “Hsinchu”
  • Maltese: “Hsinchu”
  • Marathi: “सिंचू”
  • Marathi: “ह्सिंचु”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Sĭng-dé̤ṳk”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sin-tek-chhī”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sin-tik-tshī”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tek-chhàm”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tik-tshàm”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tuck Cham”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “新竹市”
  • Mongolian: “Шиньжү”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hsinchu”
  • Norwegian: “Hsinchu”
  • Persian: “سینچو”
  • Polish: “Xinzhu”
  • Portuguese: “Hsinchu”
  • Russian: “Синьчжу”
  • Sakizaya: “Sin-cu a tuse”
  • Scots: “Hsinchu”
  • Sinhala: “සින්චු”
  • Sinhala: “හ්සින්චු”
  • Slovenian: “Hsinču”
  • Spanish: “Hsinchu”
  • Swedish: “Hsinchu”
  • Tamil: “சிஞ்சு”
  • Tamil: “ஹெசின்ச்சூ”
  • Telugu: “శించు”
  • Thai: “ซินจู๋”
  • Thai: “นครซินจู๋”
  • Tibetan: “ཞིག་ཀྲུའུ།”
  • Turkish: “Hsinchu”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіньчжу”
  • Urdu: “ہسینچو”
  • Venetian: “Hsinchu”
  • Vietnamese: “Tân Trúc”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hsinchu”
  • Welsh: “Hsinchu”
  • Wu Chinese: “新竹市”
  • Yue Chinese: “新竹市”
  • Zhuang: “Sinhcuz”
  • “新竹市”

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