Shimen

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”, “Shrmen”, “石門山”, “石門迅莊”, “石門鄉”, and “石门”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

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

Power station
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The Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant, or Chin Shan Nuclear…

Place of worship
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is a yin miao located…

Lighthouse
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The Fuguijiao or Cape Fugui Lighthouse is a lighthouse…

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: “Shímén Qū”
  • Chinese: “石門”
  • Chinese: “石門區”
  • Chinese: “石门区”
  • French: “Shimen”
  • German: “Shimen”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sa̍k-mùn-khî”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Shimen”
  • Japanese: “せきもん-く”
  • Japanese: “石門区”
  • Korean: “스먼 구”
  • Korean: “스먼구”
  • Lithuanian: “Šimenas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chio̍h-mn̂g-khu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tsio̍h-mn̂g-khu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “石門區”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shimen-distriktet”
  • Polish: “Shimen”
  • Scots: “Shimen Destrict”
  • Ukrainian: “Шимень”
  • Urdu: “شیمن ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Thạch Môn, Tân Bắc”
  • Vietnamese: “Thạch Môn”
  • Yue Chinese: “石門區”
  • “石門區”

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