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Ximending

Ximending is a neighborhood and shopping district in the of , . The Ximending Pedestrian Area was the first pedestrian zone constructed in Taipei and remains the largest in Taiwan.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: shopping district in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan
  • Also known as: “Hsi-men-ting”, “Nishimonchō”, “Se-mn̂g-ting”, “Seimonchō”, and “Shi-men-ting”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Red House and Taipei Tian Hou Temple.

Theater building
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0.
The Theater, often called Hong Lo Red Play House, Red Theater, Ximen Honglou or Ximen in English, is a historic theater in Ximending, , , . The theater is located at 10 Chengdu Road.

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Taipei Mazu Temple, formerly known as Monga Xinxing Temple, commonly known as Ximending Tianhou Temple and Ximending Mazu Temple, is a Mazu Temple located in , Taipei, Taiwan.

Arts center
Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a historic building which originally functioned as the Taipei City Public Auditorium. It is located at 98 Yanping South Road in the Ximending neighborhood of , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bo’ai Special Zone and Nanhai Academy.

Hamlet
The Bo'ai Special Zone is a restricted zone in , , , for the protection of the Presidential Office Building. It is in the historic center of Taipei and includes other government office buildings and historic sites.

Locality
Photo: Yu tptw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a collection of cultural and educational facilities located on Nanhai Road in the of , .

Suburb
Photo: Yuriy kosygin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
If you want to feel the real heartbeat of , one that is far removed from the skyscrapers and shopping malls of East Taipei, then Datong and in West Taipei are the places to go.

Ximending

Latitude
25.04347° or 25° 2′ 37″ north
Longitude
121.50719° or 121° 30′ 26″ east
Open location code
7QQ32GV4+9V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2774537348
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q63227
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Ximending” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “Se-mn̂g-teng”
  • Chinese: “西門商圈”
  • Chinese: “西門町”
  • Chinese: “西門町商圈”
  • Chinese: “西門町徒步區”
  • Chinese: “西门町”
  • French: “Ximending”
  • German: “Ximending”
  • Indonesian: “Ximending”
  • Japanese: “Seimonchō”
  • Japanese: “せいもんちょう”
  • Japanese: “西門町 (台北市)”
  • Japanese: “西門町”
  • Korean: “시먼딩”
  • Korean: “시먼띵”
  • Korean: “시먼팅”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Se-mn̂g-teng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Se-mn̂g-ting”
  • Russian: “Симэньдин”
  • Spanish: “Ximending”
  • Thai: “ซีเหมินติง”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіменьдін”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Môn Đình”
  • Wu Chinese: “西门町”
  • Yue Chinese: “西門町”

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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 Wikipedia page “Ximending”. Photo: Volksabstimmung, CC BY-SA 2.0.