Tamsui
Tamsui, or Danshui, Danshuei, Tamshui) is a district of New Taipei that was the center of shipping and commerce in northern Taiwan in the 19th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 166,000 residents
- Description: A district in New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Also known as: “Danshuei”, “Danshui”, “Danshwei”, “Tamsui District”, “Tan-shui”, “Tan-shui-chen”, and “Tanshui”
- Neighbors: Bali District, Beitou, and Sanzhi
Photo: Ludovic Lubeigt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Hobe Fort and Tamsui District Office.
The Hobe Fort
Photo: Winertai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hobe Fort or Huwei Fort is a historical fort located near Fort Santo Domingo, in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Tamsui District Office
Railway station
Photo: 梁立豪, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tamsui District Office is a light rail station of the Danhai light rail, which is operated by New Taipei Metro. It is located in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan.
Binhai Yishan
Railway station
Photo: 梁立豪, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Binhai Yishan is a light rail station of the Danhai light rail, which is operated by New Taipei Metro. It is located in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bali District and Danhai New Town.
Bali District
Photo: Taiwankengo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bali District is a suburban district in northwestern New Taipei, Taiwan. In Taiwanese Hokkien, it was known as Pat-lí-hun during the rule of the Qing dynasty.
Danhai New Town
Suburb
Photo: Outlookxp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Danhai New Town, previously romanized as Tamhai New Town, is a large residential development in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It was first proposed as a new town in 1992.
Tamsui
- Categories: district of Taiwan and locality
- Location: New Taipei, Taipei, Northern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.1813° or 25° 10′ 53″ northLongitude
121.4531° or 121° 27′ 11″ eastPopulation
166,000Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
7QQ35FJ3+G7OpenStreetMap ID
node 60655749OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1667982Wikidata ID
Q570509
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Tamsui” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منطقة تامسوي”
- Chinese: “Dànshuǐ Qū”
- Chinese: “Tām-chúi-khu”
- Chinese: “沪尾”
- Chinese: “淡水”
- Chinese: “淡水区”
- Chinese: “淡水區”
- Chinese: “淡水鎮”
- Chinese: “滬尾”
- Czech: “Tamsui”
- Dutch: “Tamsui District”
- Dutch: “Tamsui”
- French: “Tamsui”
- German: “Tamsui”
- Hakka Chinese: “Thâm-súi-khî”
- Hakka Chinese: “Thâm-súi”
- Hebrew: “טאמסוי”
- Italian: “distretto di Tamsui”
- Italian: “Distretto di Tamsui”
- Italian: “Tamsui”
- Japanese: “淡水”
- Japanese: “淡水区”
- Japanese: “淡水鎮”
- Korean: “단수이구”
- Lithuanian: “Danšujus”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hōo-bé”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hóo-bu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tām-chúi-khu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tām-súi-khu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tamsui”
- Norwegian: “Tamsui”
- Polish: “Danshui”
- Portuguese: “Tamsui”
- Russian: “Даньшуй”
- Spanish: “Tamsui”
- Turkish: “Tamsui”
- Ukrainian: “Даньшуй”
- Vietnamese: “Đạm Thủy”
- Waray (Philippines): “Tamsui”
- Yue Chinese: “淡水”
- Yue Chinese: “淡水區”
- “淡水”
- “淡水區”
- “淡水鎮”
- “滬尾”
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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 “Tamsui”. Photo: Krauser levyl, CC BY-SA 4.0.