Shilin
Shihlin is a northern district of Taipei, home to many museums and one of Taipei's largest night markets.Photo: Latinboy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb with 290,000 residents
- Description: A district in Taipei City, Taiwan
- Also known as: “Pa-chih-lan”, “Shih-li”, “Shih-lin”, “Shih-lin-chuang”, “Shihlin”, “Shilin District”, and “Shrlin”
- Neighbors: Bali District, Beitou, Jinshan, Luzhou District, Neihu, Old Taipei, Sanchong, Wanli, Wugu, Xizhi, and Zhongshan
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shilin Tourist Night Market and National Taiwan Science Education Center.
Shilin Tourist Night Market
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 tw.
Shilin Night Market is a night market in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan, often considered to be the largest and most famous night market in Taiwan.
National Taiwan Science Education Center
Museum
Photo: SSR2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Taiwan Science Education Center is an educational center in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. The mission of the center is to promote the teaching of applied science throughout Taiwan.
Taipei Astronomical Museum
Museum
Photo: Latinboy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Taipei Astronomical Museum is a museum in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. The museum took over the responsibilities of the Taipei City Observatory. The dome at the museum consists of geometrically identical pieces.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shezi and Zhishanyan.
Shezi
Village
Shezi is a subdistrict administered by Shilin District in Taipei City, Taiwan. The area was originally an alluvial plain formed by the confluence of the Keelung River and the Tamsui River.
Beitou-Shilin Technology Park
Village
The Beitou-Shilin Technology Park is an industrial park located in the Zhoumei area on the south side of Beitou District, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Shilin
- Categories: district of Taiwan and locality
- Location: Taipei City, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.09184° or 25° 5′ 31″ northLongitude
121.52421° or 121° 31′ 27″ eastPopulation
290,000Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
7QQ33GRF+PMOpenStreetMap ID
node 60656000OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1669369Wikidata ID
Q254626
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Shilin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة شيلين”
- Armenian: “Շիլին”
- Catalan: “districte de Shilin”
- Cebuano: “Shilin Qu”
- Chinese: “Sū-lîm-khu”
- Chinese: “八芝蘭”
- Chinese: “士林”
- Chinese: “士林区”
- Chinese: “士林區”
- Chinese: “士林庄”
- Chinese: “士林街”
- Chinese: “士林鎮”
- Chinese: “芝蘭”
- Dutch: “Shilin District”
- French: “district de Shilin”
- French: “District de Shilin”
- French: “Shilin”
- German: “Shilin”
- Hakka Chinese: “Sṳ-lìm-khî”
- Hebrew: “שילין”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Shilin”
- Indonesian: “Shilin”
- Italian: “Distretto di Shilin”
- Japanese: “士林区 (台北市)”
- Japanese: “士林区”
- Kazakh: “Шилинь”
- Korean: “스린구”
- Lithuanian: “Šilinas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pat-chi-lân”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Peh-chi-lân”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sū-lîm-khu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sū-lîm”
- Polish: “Shilin”
- Russian: “Шилинь”
- Scots: “Shilin Destrict”
- Slovenian: “Shilin”
- Slovenian: “Šilin”
- Ukrainian: “Шілінь”
- Urdu: “شیلن ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Sỹ Lâm”
- Yue Chinese: “士林區”
- “士林區”
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