Jinguashi
Jinguashi is a village in the Ruifang District of eastern New Taipei City, Taiwan. The area became famous for its gold mines, and is today considered a potential World Heritage Site by the Taiwan Bureau of Cultural Heritage.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Fred Hsu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: Historic mining town in northeastern Taiwan
- Also known as: “Chin-kua-shih”, “Chin-kwa-shih”, “Chinkuashih”, and “Jinguashih”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ōgon Shrine and Gold Museum.
Ōgon Shrine
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Koika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ōgon Shrine also known as the Jinguashi Shinto Shrine, Gold Temple or Spirits of the Mountain Shrine is a Shinto shrine located halfway up a mountain in the Gold Ecological Park in Jinguashi, Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Gold Museum
Museum
The New Taipei City Gold Museum, formerly known as the Gold Ecological Park, is a museum of the gold mining industry in Ruifang District, New Taipei, Taiwan.
Shengping Theater
Movie theater
Photo: Kwb, Public domain.
The Shengping Theater is a theater in Jiufen, Ruifang District, New Taipei, Taiwan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jiufen.
Jiufen
Photo: TianyinLee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jiufen or Jioufen, historically spelled Chiufen, is a small town in the Ruifang District of New Taipei City, in the hills overlooking the northeast coast of Taiwan.
Jinguashi
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Ruifang, New Taipei, Taipei, Northern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.1084° or 25° 6′ 30″ northLongitude
121.8561° or 121° 51′ 22″ eastElevation
254 metres (833 feet)Open location code
7QQ34V54+9COpenStreetMap ID
node 2760133809OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Korean—“Jinguashi” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Jinguashi”
- Chinese: “金瓜石”
- German: “Jinguashi”
- Indonesian: “Jinguashi”
- Japanese: “金瓜石”
- Japanese: “金瓜石鉱山”
- Korean: “진과스”
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