Old Taipei
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- Type: district of Taiwan with 120,000 residents
- Description: A district in Taipei City, Taiwan
- Also known as: “Datong”, “Datong District”, “Datong District, Taipei”, “Datung”, and “Tat’ung”
- Neighbors: Sanchong, Shilin, Zhongshan, and Zhongzheng
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ama museum and Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei.
Ama museum
Museum
Photo: Solomon203, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ama Museum is a museum dedicated to comfort women in Taiwan. It opened in 2016, in Datong District, Taipei. The original location closed in November 2020, and the museum was relocated and reopened in April 2021 at 5F, No.
Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei
Museum
Photo: 寺人孟子, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei is a museum of contemporary art, located in Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan.
Mackay Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Mackay Memorial Hospital, established on 26 December 1912, is one of the largest medical centers in Taiwan. It is a private Christian hospital in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan, mostly associated with George Leslie Mackay, the first modern missionary to northern Taiwan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zhongshan and Ximending.
Zhongshan
Photo: Krauser levyl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zhongshan and Songshan in Taipei are neighborhoods rich in arts and culture.
Ximending
Village
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Ximending is a neighborhood and shopping district in the Wanhua District of Taipei, Taiwan. The Ximending Pedestrian Area was the first pedestrian zone constructed in Taipei and remains the largest in Taiwan.
Dadaocheng
Village
Photo: Cityyeast, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dadaocheng is an area in Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan. It was also known as Twatutia, Daitōtei during Japanese rule, and Tataocheng during the Kuomintang era.
Old Taipei
- Location: Taipei, Northern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.0597° or 25° 3′ 35″ northLongitude
121.5142° or 121° 30′ 51″ eastPopulation
120,000Open location code
7QQ33G57+VMWikidata ID
Q271060
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Old Taipei” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Դատուն”
- Chinese: “Tāi-tông-khu”
- Chinese: “大同”
- Chinese: “大同区”
- Chinese: “大同區 (臺北)”
- Chinese: “大同區”
- Chinese: “大浪泵”
- Chinese: “大隆同”
- Chinese: “大龍峒”
- Chinese: “巴浪泵”
- Dutch: “Datong District”
- French: “district de Datong”
- French: “District de Datong”
- German: “Datong”
- Hakka Chinese: “Thai-thùng-khî”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Datong”
- Italian: “Distretto di Datong”
- Japanese: “大同区 (台北市)”
- Japanese: “大同区”
- Korean: “다퉁구”
- Lithuanian: “Datongas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tāi-tông-khu”
- Polish: “Datong”
- Russian: “Датун”
- Taroko: “Datong”
- Ukrainian: “Датун”
- Vietnamese: “Đại Đồng, Đài Bắc”
- Vietnamese: “Đại Đồng”
- Yue Chinese: “大同區”
- “大同區”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Old Taipei”. Photo: 玄史生, CC0.