Banciao City (Traditional Chinese: 板橋市; Hanyu Pinyin: Bǎnqiáo Shì; Wade-Giles: Pan-ch'iao-shih; Taiwanese POJ: Pang-kiô-chhī), also commonly spelled Panchiao (Wade-Giles) or Banqiao (Hanyu Pinyin), is the county seat of Taipei County, Taiwan (Republic of China). It is the most populous county-controlled city in Taiwan. Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字, Simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... See alternative meanings for other possible definitions. ... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... Pinyin (拼音, Pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of... A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ... Taipei County (Chinese: 台北縣; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Tai-pei Hsien; POJ: Tâi-pak-koān) is located in northern Taiwan and encircles Taipei City. ... Motto: Three Principles of the People (三民主義 San-min Chu-i) Anthem: National Anthem of the Republic of China Capital Taipei (de facto)  Nanking (de jure)1  Largest city Taipei Official languages Mandarin (GuóyÇ”) Government Semi-presidential system  - President Chen Shui-bian  - Vice President Annette Lu  - Premier Su Tseng-chang... A county-controlled city (縣轄市) is one of the 32 cities in Taiwan Province of the Republic of China administered under one of the 16 counties of the Republic of China. ...

Banciao City 板橋市
[[Seal of Banciao City 板橋市|Seal]]
Country	Republic of China
Province	Taiwan Province
County	Taipei County
Settled	1846
Government
- Mayor	江惠貞
Area
- City	23.42 km²  (9 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- City	543,342
- Density	23,199.9/km² (60,087.5/sq mi)
Time zone	CST (UTC+8)
Website: [1]

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Geography

Map of Banciao

Banciao is located in western part of the Taipei Basin of northern Taiwan, in the subtropical climate zone. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Taipei Basin (台北盆地) is a geographic region in northern Taiwan. ... Subtropical (or semitropical) areas are those adjacent to the tropics, usually roughly defined as the ranges 23. ...

Banciao is surrounded by several cities and towns: Taipei to the east, Sanchong to the north, Sinjhuang to the northwest, Shulin to the southwest, Tucheng to the south, and Jhonghe to the southeast. Banciao is also bordered by two rivers, Sindan River to the northeast and Dahan River to the northwest. Nickname: the City of Azaleas (杜鵑花之城) Coordinates: Country Republic of China Region Northern Taiwan Capital Xinyi Dist (信義區) Mayor Hau Lung-bin Area    - City 271. ... Sanchong City (Chinese characters: 三重市, Postal System Pinyin: Sanchung Shih, pinyin: Sānchóng Shì, Taiwanese: Sam-tiông ChhÄ«, Taiwanese colloquial: 三重埔 Saⁿ-tÄ“ng-po·) is a city in the western part of Taipei County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. ... Sinjhuang City (新莊市) is a city in the western part of Taipei County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. ... Shulin City (樹林市) is a city in the southwestern part of Taipei County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. ... Tucheng City (土城市) is a city in the southwestern part of Taipei County, Taiwan(Republic of China). ... Jhonghe City (中和市) is a city in the southern part of Taipei County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. ...

Education

Banciao is home to several universities, such as the National Taiwan University of Arts, the most famous university for the arts in Taiwan. As for secondary education, the National Panchiao Senior High School is considered one of the top high schools in the Taipei area^{[citation needed]}.

Colleges

• National Taiwan University of Arts (國立台灣藝術大學)
• Oriental Institute of Technology (亞東技術學院)
• Chihlee Institute of Technology (致理技術學院)

High Schools

• National Panchiao Senior High School (國立板橋高中)
• Kwan Jen High School (光仁中學)

Tourism

The Lin Family Mansion and Garden (林本源園邸) is one of the best examples of Qing era Chinese architecture in Taiwan. It was originally built in the late 1800s. The Qing Dynasty (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ching chao; Manchu: daicing gurun; Mongolian: Манж Чин), occasionally known as the Manchu Dynasty, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1644 to 1912. ...

Sports Facilities

Due to its position as the county seat of Taipei County, Banciao has several sports facilities, and the annual Taipei County sports game is hosted in the city. However, Banciao lacks major baseball facilities, forcing its baseball fans to go to Taipei or Sinjhuang to watch baseball games.

• Taipei County Stadium
• Banciao City Stadium

Taipai County Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Panchiao, Taiwan. ...

Transportation

Taipei MRT line through Banciao

Banciao is well served by multiple public transportation services. A couple dozen bus lines^{[citation needed]} connect Banciao with nearby cities, especially Taipei. There are five Taipei Rapid Transit System stations in Banciao, four along the Banqiao Line and one on the Tucheng Line. Banciao Station serves as Taiwan Railway Administration and Taiwan High Speed Rail trains, as well as the Taipei RTS. All railroads have been underground since 1997. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Nickname: the City of Azaleas (杜鵑花之城) Coordinates: Country Republic of China Region Northern Taiwan Capital Xinyi Dist (信義區) Mayor Hau Lung-bin Area    - City 271. ... The Taipei Rapid Transit System (Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: , also known as the MRT, Metro Taipei, or by locals simply as the Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a series of underground and elevated metro and VAL systems throughout the Taipei metropolitan area. ... The Banqiao (Banciao) Line (Traditional Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: bÇŽnqiáoxiàn; Tongyong Pinyin: bÇŽn-ciáo-siàn) is a line of the Taipei Rapid Transit System. ... The Tucheng Line is the extension of the Banqiao (Banciao) /Nangang Line on the Taipei Rapid Transit System . ... The Taiwan Railway Administration (台灣鐵路管理局, a. ... The Taiwan High Speed Rail (Traditional Chinese: , also known as the THSR) is Taiwans high-speed rail network, running approximately 345 kilometers (214 mi) from Taipei City to Kaohsiung City, which began operations in January 2007. ...

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