Linkou

Linkou District is a district in the northwestern part of in northern . The name "Linkou" translates to "forest mouth"; in fact, for much of its history, Linkou remained a relatively rural and undeveloped district.
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  • Type: Suburb with 103,000 residents
  • Description: A district in New Taipei City, Taiwan
  • Also known as: “Hsi-lin”, “Hsi-lin-ts’un”, “Lin-k’ou”, “Lin-k’ou-ts’un”, “Linkou District”, and “Shu-lin-k’ou”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Zhulinshan Guanyin Temple.

Hospital
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The Linkou also known as or "Chang Gung Hospital", is a large district general hospital located in , , .

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple.

School
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New Taipei Municipal Lin-kou Senior High School, previously National Linkou High School, is a high school in Linkou District, New Taipei, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taishan District and Wugu.

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is a district home to 77,169 people in New Taipei, .

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District is a suburban district in the western part of in northern . It has an area of 34.86 km2 and a population of 90,465 people.

Suburb
is a national-level rezoning area located on the west side of and the north side of . With a total area of about 100 hectares, was designated as the new prime central business district, administration center, and transport hub of New Taipei City. is situated 6 km east of Linkou.

Linkou

Latitude
25.0775° or 25° 4′ 39″ north
Longitude
121.3916° or 121° 23′ 30″ east
Population
103,000
Elevation
251 metres (823 feet)
Open location code
7QQ339HR+2J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60655798
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1672882
Wiki­data ID
Q570112
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Linkou” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Linkou Xiang”
  • Cebuano: “Linkou”
  • Chinese: “Línkǒu Qū”
  • Chinese: “Nâ-kháu-khu”
  • Chinese: “林仔口”
  • Chinese: “林口”
  • Chinese: “林口区”
  • Chinese: “林口區”
  • Chinese: “林口鄉”
  • Chinese: “樹林口”
  • French: “Linkou”
  • German: “Linkou”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Nà-khiéu-khî”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Linkou”
  • Japanese: “りんこう-く”
  • Japanese: “林口区”
  • Korean: “린커우 구”
  • Korean: “린커우구”
  • Lithuanian: “Linkou”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nâ-á-kháu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nâ-kháu-khu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nâ-kháu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “林口區”
  • Polish: “Linkou”
  • Russian: “Линькоу”
  • Swedish: “Linkou”
  • Ukrainian: “Лінькоу”
  • Urdu: “لنکو ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâm Khẩu, Tân Bắc”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâm Khẩu”
  • Yue Chinese: “林口區”
  • “林口”
  • “林口區”
  • “林口鄉”
  • “樹林口”

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