Maokong
Maokong Station is the terminal station of the Maokong Gondola of the Taipei Rapid Transit System, located in Wenshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It provides access to the town of Maokong, which the station is named after.Photo: Jason22, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Aerial lift
- Description: gondola station in Taipei
- Also known as: “Maokong gondola station” and “Maokong Station”
- Address: 指南路三段38巷 35, 臺北市, 文山區, 116
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 天恩宮 and Zhinan Temple.
天恩宮
Place of worship
Photo: Solomon203, CC BY-SA 4.0.
天恩宮 is a place of worship, which is situated 440 metres east of Maokong.
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 1¼ km north of Maokong.
Zhinan Temple
Aerial lift
Photo: Jiahwang, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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. Zhinan Temple is situated 1 km north of Maokong.
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 northwest of Maokong.
Maokong
- Categories: aerial tramway station, elevated station, station, and transportation
- Location: Zhinan Village, Wenshan, Taipei City, Taiwan Province, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.96914° or 24° 58′ 9″ northLongitude
121.58817° or 121° 35′ 17″ eastElevation
299 metres (981 feet)Operator
臺北大眾捷運股份有限公司Open location code
7QP3XH9Q+M7OpenStreetMap ID
node 848228278OpenStreetMap feature
aerialway=stationOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationWikidata ID
Q702191
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Maokong” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “māo kōng”
- Chinese: “猫空站”
- Chinese: “猫空车站”
- Chinese: “貓空”
- Chinese: “貓空站”
- Chinese: “貓空車站”
- Dutch: “Maokong Station”
- French: “Maokong”
- Japanese: “猫空駅”
- Korean: “마오콩 역”
- Vietnamese: “Ga cáp treo Miêu Không”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Maokong Gondola Maokong Station’s Visitor Center and 三玄宮.
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