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Shimen, or Shihmen is a district . It lies on the north coast and is home to the most northerly point on the island of Taiwan.
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  • Type: Suburb with 12,500 residents
  • Description: A district in New Taipei City, Taiwan
  • Also known as: “Shih-men”, “Shih-men-ts’un”, “Shihmen”, “Shimen District”, and “Shrmen”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chin Shan Nuclear Power Plant and Temple of the Eighteen Lords.

Power station
Photo: Wei-Te Wong, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant or , First Nuclear Power Plant, was a nuclear power plant in Shimen District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Commissioned in 1978, the plant was Taiwan's first and smallest nuclear power plant.

Place of worship
Photo: Outlookxp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a yin miao located in Ganhua Village, Shimen District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Located on Provincial Highway 2 beside , the temple is dedicated to seventeen deceased sailors and one dog.

Lighthouse
Photo: Taiwankengo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fuguijiao or Cape Fugui Lighthouse is a lighthouse on near Laomei Village in Shimen District, , .

Shimen

Latitude
25.2913° or 25° 17′ 29″ north
Longitude
121.5677° or 121° 34′ 4″ east
Population
12,500
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
7QQ37HR9+G3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60655758
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1669341
Wiki­data ID
Q570387
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Shimen” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Shimen Xiang”
  • Cebuano: “Shimen”
  • Chinese: “Chio̍h-mn̂g-khu”
  • Chinese: “Shímén Qū”
  • Chinese: “石門”
  • Chinese: “石門區”
  • Chinese: “石門山”
  • Chinese: “石門迅莊”
  • Chinese: “石門鄉”
  • Chinese: “石门”
  • Chinese: “石门区”
  • French: “Shimen”
  • German: “Shimen”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sa̍k-mùn-khî”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Shimen”
  • Japanese: “石門区”
  • Korean: “스먼 구”
  • Korean: “스먼구”
  • Lithuanian: “Šimenas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chio̍h-mn̂g-khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shimen-distriktet”
  • Polish: “Shimen”
  • Scots: “Shimen Destrict”
  • Ukrainian: “Шимень”
  • Vietnamese: “Thạch Môn, Tân Bắc”
  • Vietnamese: “Thạch Môn”
  • Yue Chinese: “石門區”
  • “石門”
  • “石門區”
  • “石門山”
  • “石門迅莊”
  • “石門鄉”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Shimen”. Photo: Taiwankengo, CC BY-SA 3.0.