Zhinan Temple
Zhinan Temple Station is a station on the Maokong Gondola of the Taipei Rapid Transit System, located in Wenshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is named for the nearby Zhinan Temple.Photo: Jiahwang, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Aerial lift
- Description: gondola station in Taipei
- Also known as: “Zhinan Temple gondola station” and “Zhinan Temple Station”
- Address: 指南路三段157巷 200, 臺北市, 文山區, 116
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Zhinan Temple and Taipei Zoo.
Zhinan Temple
Place of worship
Photo: KasugaHuang, CC BY 2.5.
Zhinan Temple is a Taoist temple on the slopes of Houshan in Wenshan District of Taipei, Taiwan. It was founded in 1882. The temple's main deity is Lü Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals. Zhinan Temple is situated 160 metres west of Zhinan Temple.
Taipei Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Yu tptw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Taipei Zoo, sometimes referred to as the Muzha Zoo, is a public zoological garden in Wenshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is the most famous zoological garden in Taiwan and a leader in conservation, research and education, and recreation. Taipei Zoo is situated 2 km north of Zhinan Temple.
Dah Hsian Seetoo Library
Library
Photo: Yu tptw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dah Hsian Seetoo Library is situated 1½ km northwest of Zhinan Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shenkeng and Xindian.
Shenkeng
Photo: lienyuan lee, CC BY 3.0.
Shenkeng District is a rural district in central New Taipei City in northern Taiwan. Formerly an agricultural and mining town, it is now famous for its numerous tofu restaurants and vendors.
Xindian
Photo: Yuriy kosygin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xindian, also known by its historical spelling Hsintien and alternative spelling Sindian, is a district in New Taipei where the apartment complexes of the Taipei metropolitan area meet the northern end of the Central Mountain Range.
Jingmei District
Suburb
Jingmei is a neighborhood in Taipei City. Formerly an administrative district, in 1990 it merged with Muzha District, becoming the western part of the newly created Wenshan District. Jingmei District is situated 5 km west of Zhinan Temple.
Zhinan Temple
- Categories: aerial tramway station, elevated station, station, and transportation
- Location: Zhinan Village, Wenshan, Taipei City, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.97893° or 24° 58′ 44″ northLongitude
121.58968° or 121° 35′ 23″ eastElevation
264 metres (866 feet)Operator
臺北大眾捷運股份有限公司Open location code
7QP3XHHQ+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 848228199OpenStreetMap feature
aerialway=stationOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationWikidata ID
Q6123869
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Korean—“Zhinan Temple” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “zhǐ nán gōng”
- Chinese: “指南宫站”
- Chinese: “指南宮”
- Chinese: “指南宮站”
- Chinese: “指南宮車站”
- Dutch: “station Zhinan Temple”
- French: “Temple Zhinan”
- Japanese: “指南宮駅”
- Korean: “쯔난공 역”
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