Nangang District
南港區

Image:Nangang seal.png Nangang District seal
Old name: none
Region	Eastern Taipei
Director	Yung-cheng Lee (李永成)
Area	Ranked 5th of 12
Total	21.8424 km²
Population	Ranked 12th of 12
Total	112,932
Density	5,170/km²
Villages (里 li):	19
Neighborhoods (鄰 lin):	423

Nángǎng (Hanyu Pinyin) (Chinese: 南港, WG: Nan-kang, Tongyong Pinyin: Nangang) is a southeastern district of Taipei. It is the seat of the Academia Sinica and Nankang Software Park (NKSP). The following is a list of districts of Taipei City ranked by area. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... The following is a list of districts of Taipei City ranked by population. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... My work File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 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 romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Standard Mandarin used in the... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... Tongyong Pinyin (Chinese: 通用拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: ; literally Universal/General Usage Sound-combining) is the current official romanization of the Chinese language adopted by the national government (although not all local governments) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since late 2000, announced by the Mandarin Promotion Council of the Ministry of Education. ... Local government areas called districts are used, or have been used, in several countries. ... City nickname: the City of Azaleas Government Official Website City of Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou Capital District Xinyi Geographical characteristics Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 16 of 25 271. ... The Academia Sinica (Chinese:中央研究院; pinyin: Zhōngyāng Yánjiùyuàn; Latin, Chinese Academy), headquartered in the Nangang district of Taipei, is the national academy for the Republic of China on Taiwan. ...

Administration

There are 19 municipal villages (里 li) in Nangang. The following placenames are romanized in Hanyu Pinyin, with Wade-Giles in parentheses, which is the legacy standard spelling: 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 romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Standard Mandarin used in the... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ...

• Zhongnan (中南 Chungnan)
• Nangang (南港)
• Sanchong (三重)
• Dongxin (東新 Tunghsin)
• Dongmin (東明)
• Xinguang (新光 Hsinkuang)
• Xixin (西新 Hsihsin)
• Yucheng (玉成)
• Hecheng (合成)
• Chengfu (成福)
• Wanfu (萬福)
• Hongfu (鴻福)
• Baifu (百福)
• Renfu (仁福)
• Lianchen (聯成)
• Jiuzhuang (舊庄 Chiuchuang)
• Zhongyan (中研 Chungyen)
• Jiuru (九如)
• Xinfu (新富 Hsinfu)

The villages contain 423 neighbourhoods (鄰 lin).

Zhongyan, which was part of Jiuzhuang until December 1974, contains the Academia Sinica.

History

Nangang was settled in 1735 by Fujianese, especially in the present villages of Nangang, Sanchong, and Dongxin. Until the Japanese Occupation, the placename was Great Jia'na Fortress, Nangang-Sanchong Port (大加吶堡南港三重埔). Nangang, literally "Southern Port", refers to its position on Keelung River. Fujian (Chinese: 福建; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Fu-chien; Postal System Pinyin: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kiàn) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of China. ...

In 1920, Nangang was part of Neihu Hamlet, Qixing Prefecture, Taipei District (台北州七星郡內湖庄). In December 1945, the administrative levels were changed to Neihu Township, Qixing District, Taipei County (台北縣七星區內湖鄉). July 6 the following year, as proposed by Que Shankeng (闕山坑), Nangang was separated into its own township. In 1967, it became a district of Taipei. 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. ...

Miscellaneous

• Xintian Temple (信天宮 "Faith in Heaven") here is dedicated to the goddess Matsu.
• There are 25 parks here.
• Hu Shih died here.

Clothed statues of Matsu Matsu (Chinese: 媽祖;; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ma-tsu; literally Mother-Ancestor; POJ: Má-chó·), mortal name Lin Moniang (林默娘), is the Taoist goddess of the Sea who protects fishermen and sailors. ... Hu Shih (Simplified: 胡适, Traditional: 胡適, Pinyin: Hú Shì), (December 17, 1891-February 24, 1962) was a Chinese philosopher and essayist. ...

External links

• Official site

Districts of Taipei

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