Datong District, Taipei
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Datong District | |||
|
|||
' |
|||
| Old name: Dadaocheng (大稻埕) | |||
| Region | Western Taipei | ||
| Director | Cheng Chun Hsieh (謝正君) | ||
| Area ■ Total |
Ranked 12th of 12 5.6815 km² |
||
| Population ■ Total ■ Density |
Ranked 11th of 12 127,022 22,357/km² |
||
| Villages (里; li) | 25 | ||
| Neighborhoods (鄰; lin) | 516 | ||
| ROC zip code | 103 | ||
 |
|||
| Template ■ Discussion ■ WikiProject Taiwan | |||
Datong District (Traditional Chinese: 大同區; Wade-Giles: Ta-t'ung Chü; literally: "Great Harmony District") is a district of Taipei City, Taiwan. It is located between the Taipei metro's Red Line and Danshui River, and between Civic Boulevard and the Sun Yat-sen Freeway. The southern part of this area was previously the site of Dadaocheng, one of the first settlements in what is now Taipei and for a time the area's commercial center. One of the last vestiges of Dadaocheng's commercial importance disappeared with the closing of the Jiancheng Circle market in 2006. The north was the site of the village of Dalongdong.
Taipei's commercial center has since shifted east to Zhongzheng, Daan and Xinyi, and Datong is far less important economically. It is most notable for its Japanese colonial era and Qing dynasty architecture, especially along Dihua Street (迪化街). It is also famous for the Dihua (Tihua) Street Market during the Lunar New Year holidays. The market sells dried fruits, nuts, dried meats, dried seafood, snacks, and health drinks. Other attractions in Datong include the Taipei Confucius Temple and the Bao-an Temple in the Dalongdong area, and the Xiahai City God Temple near Dihua Street. Datong also contains the Yongle Market, also on Dihua Street, and the Ningxia Night Market.
Datong is served by the Taipei metro's Red Line.
The district is named after the Confucian notion of utopia.
[edit] Notable people
- Frank Hsieh (謝長廷), politician born here
[edit] Gallery
 Dihua Street Market |
 The Dihua Market is in buildings built during the Japanese colonial era. |
[edit] External links
|
||||||||||||||||
