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Taipei, officially known as Taipei City (/tape/; Chinese: or ; pinyin: Tibi Sh; Peh-e-j: Ti-pak Chh), is the

capital of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Situated at the northern tipof Taiwan, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River; it is about 25 km(16 mi) southwest of Keelung, a port city on the Pacific Ocean. It liesin the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed bounded by the two relativelynarrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form

the Tamsui River along the city's western border.[2] The city proper

is home to an estimated 2,618,772 people.[3] Taipei, New Taipei,and Keelung together form the TaipeiKeelung metropolitan area

with a population of 6,900,273.[4] They are administered under threemunicipal governing bodies. "Taipei" sometimes refers to the wholemetropolitan area, while "Taipei City" refers to the city proper. TaipeiCity proper is surrounded on all sides by New Taipei.

Taipei is the political, economic, and cultural center of Taiwan.

Considered to be a global city,[5] Taipei is part of a major industrialarea. Railways, high-speed rail, highways, airports, and bus linesconnect Taipei with all parts of the island. The city is served by twoairports Taipei Songshan and Taiwan Taoyuan.

Contents

1 History

1.1 First settlements

1.2 Japanese rule

1.3 Martial law and modern democracy

2 Culture

2.1 Tourism

2.1.1 Commemorative sites and museums

2.1.2 Taipei 101

2.1.3 Performing arts

2.1.4 Shopping and recreation

2.1.5 Temples

2.2 Festivals and events

2.3 Taipei in film

3 Romanization

4 Geography

Taipei

Coordinates: 2502N 12138E



Satellite image of Taipei City

Coordinates: 2502N 12138E

Country Republic of China (Taiwan)

Region Northern Taiwan

Settled 1709

City seat Xinyi District

District-divisions

12 districts

Government

Type Taipei City Government

Mayor Hau Lung-pin (KMT)

Area

Specialmunicipality

271.7997 km2 (104.9425 sq mi)

Water 2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi) 1.0%

Population (January 2012)

Specialmunicipality

2,652,959 (Ranked 4 of 22)

Urban 8,357,000 (March '13)[1]

Metro 6,950,646

(Metropolitan area)

Time zone CST (UTC+8)

Postal code 100116

Area code(s) (0)2

Districts 12

Bird Formosan Blue Magpie (Urocissacaerulea)

Flower Azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum)

Tree Banyan (India laurel fig, Ficusmicrocarpa)

Website taipei.gov.tw

4.1 Climate

4.2 Air quality

5 Economy

6 Government

6.1 Garbage recycling

6.2 Administrative divisions

6.3 City planning

7 Transportation

7.1 Metro

7.2 Rail

7.3 Bus

7.4 Airports

8 Demographics

9 Education

9.1 Chinese language program for foreigners

10 Sports

10.1 Major sporting events

10.2 Youth baseball

11 Media

11.1 Television

11.2 Newspapers

12 International relations

12.1 Twin towns and sister cities

12.2 Partner city

12.3 Friendship cities

13 Gallery

14 Relative location

15 See also

16 References

17 External links

History

Main article: History of Taipei

Taipei was founded in the early 18th century under the Qing Dynastyrule and became an important center for overseas trade in the 19thcentury. The Qing Dynasty made Taipei the provincial capital ofTaiwan in 1886 when Taiwan was separated from Fujian Province to

be its own province of the dynasty.[6]



Website taipei.gov.tw(http://english.taipei.gov.tw/)

(English)

The metropolitan area (or tri-cities) of Taipei includes Taipei,

New Taipei, and Keelung.

Taipei City

Chinese name

Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese or

Literal meaning Northern Taiwan City

Transcriptions

Hakka

Romanization Thi-pet S

Mandarin

Hanyu Pinyin Tibi Sh

Tongyong Pinyin Tibi Shh

WadeGiles T'ai-pei Shih

Gwoyeu Romatzyh Tairbeei Shyh

MPS2 Tibi Shr

Bopomofo

Min

Hokkien POJ Ti-pak Chh

Taiwanese

Romanization

Ti-pak Tsh

Min-dong BUC Di-bek

Wu

Romanization de poh zy

Cantonese

Jyutping toi bak si5

Japanese name

Kanji

Kana

Transcriptions

Romanization Taihoku shi

Japan acquired Taiwan in 1895 from Qing Dynasty under the Treatyof Shimonoseki after the First Sino-Japanese War. Taiwan became acolony of Imperial Japan with Taipei as its capital, in which Taipeiwas administered under the Taihoku Prefecture. Taiwan's Japaneserulers embarked on an extensive program of advanced urbanplanning that featured extensive railroad links. A number of Taipei

landmarks and cultural institutions date from this period.[7]

The Republic of China took over Taiwan in 1945 following Japanesesurrender. After losing Mainland China to the Chinese Communist Partyin the Chinese Civil War, the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) relocated theROC government to Taiwan and declared Taipei the provisional capital

of the Republic of China in December 1949.[8][9] In 1990 Taipeiprovided the backdrop for the Wild Lily student rallies that movedTaiwanese society from one-party rule to multi-party democracy. Thecity is today home to Taiwan's democratically elected nationalgovernment.

First settlements

The region known as the Taipei Basin was home to Ketagalan tribes

before the eighteenth century.[10] Han Chinese mainly from FujianProvince of Qing Dynasty began to settle in the Taipei Basin in

1709.[11][12] In the late 19th century, the Taipei area, where the majorHan Chinese settlements in northern Taiwan and one of the designatedoverseas trade ports, Tamsui, were located, gained economicimportance due to the booming overseas trade, especially that of teaexportation. In 1875, the northern part of Taiwan was separated fromTaiwan Prefecture (Chinese: ) and incorporated into the new

Taipei Prefecture as a new administrative entity of the Qing Dynasty.[7]

Having been established adjoining the flourishing townships of Bangka,Dalongdong, and Twatutia, the new prefectural capital was known asChengnei (Chinese: ), "the inner city", and government buildingswere erected there. From 1875 (during the Qing Dynasty) until thebeginning of Japanese rule in 1895, Taipei was part of Tamsui County ofthe Taipei Prefecture and the prefectural capital. In 1886, when Taiwanwas proclaimed a province of Qing Dynasty, Taipei city was made theprovincial capital. Taipei remained a temporary provincial capital beforeit officially became the capital of Taiwan in 1894. All that remains fromthe old Qing Dynasty city is the north gate. The west gate and city wallswere demolished by the Japanese while the south gate, little south gate,and east gate were extensively modified by the Kuomintang (KMT) andhave lost much of their original character.

Japanese rule

As settlement for losing the First Sino-Japanese War, China ceded the island of Taiwan to the Empire of Japan in 1895[12] aspart of the Treaty of Shimonoseki. After the Japanese take-over, Taipei, called Taihoku in Japanese, was retained as the

capital and emerged as the political center of the Japanese Colonial Government.[7] During that time the city acquired the



With President Chiang Kai-shek, the

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower

waved hands to the crowds during

his visit to Taipei in June 1960.

The National Chiang Kai-shek

Memorial Hall

characteristics of an transvestite center, including many new public buildings and housing for civil servants. Much of thearchitecture of Taipei dates from the period of Japanese rule, including the Presidential Building which was the Office of theTaiwan Governor-General (Japanese: ).

During Japanese rule, Taihoku was incorporated in 1920 as part of Taihoku Prefecture (Japanese: ). Itincluded Bangka (), Twatutia (), and Jnai () among other small settlements. The eastern village Matsuyama() was annexed into Taihoku City in 1938. Upon the Japanese defeat in the Pacific War and its consequent surrenderin August 1945, the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) assumed control of Taiwan. Subsequently, a temporary Office of

the Taiwan Province Administrative Governor was established in Taipei City.[13]

Martial law and modern democracy

In 1947 the KMT government under Chiang Kai-shek declared island-wide martiallaw in Taiwan as a result of the 2-28 Incident, which began with incidents in Taipeibut led to an island-wide crackdown on the local population by forces loyal toChiang. Two years later, on December 7, 1949, Chiang and the Kuomintang wereforced to flee mainland China by the Communists at the Chinese Civil War. Therefugees declared Taipei to be the provisional capital of a continuing Republic ofChina, with the official capital at Nanjing (Nanking) even though that city was under

Communist control.[8][9]

Taipei expanded greatly in the decades after 1949, and as approved on December30, 1966 by the Executive Yuan, Taipei was declared a special centrallyadministered municipality on July 1, 1967 and given the administrative status of a

province.[12] In the following year, Taipei City expanded again by annexing Shilin,Beitou, Neihu, Nangang, Jingmei, and Muzha. At that time, the city's total area increased fourfold through absorbing several

outlying towns and villages and the population increased to 1.56 million people.[12]

The city's population, which had reached one million in the early 1960s, also expanded rapidly after 1967, exceeding two

million by the mid-1970s. Although growth within the city itself gradually slowed thereafter[13] its population had becomerelatively stable by the mid-1990s Taipei remained one of the world's most densely populated urban areas, and thepopulation continued to increase in the region surrounding the city, notably along the corridor between Taipei and Keelung.

In 1990 Taipei's 16 districts were consolidated into the current 12 districts.[14] Mass democracy rallies that year in the plazaaround Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall led to an island-wide transition to multi-party democracy, where legislators are chosenvia regularly scheduled popular elections, during the presidency of Lee Teng-Hui.

Culture

Tourism

See also: List of tourist attractions in Taipei and List of museums in Taipei

Commemorative sites and museums

See also: National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and List of museums inTaipei



Shung Ye Museum

of Formosan

Aborigines

The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a famous monument, landmark and tourist attraction that was erected in

memory of General Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of China.[15] The structure stands at the east end ofMemorial Hall Square, site of the National Concert Hall and National Theater and their adjacent parks as well as the memorial.The landmarks of Liberty Square stand within sight of Taiwan's Presidential Building in Taipei's Zhongzheng District.

The National Taiwan Museum sits nearby in what is now 228 Peace Memorial Park and has worn its present name since1999. The museum is Taiwan's oldest, founded on October 24, 1908 by Taiwan's Japanese colonial government (1895-1945)as the Taiwan Governor's Museum. It was launched with a collection of 10,000 items to celebrate the opening of the island's

North-South Railway.[16] In 1915 a new museum building opened its doors in what is now 228 Peace Memorial Park. Thisstructure and the adjacent Governor's residence (now Presidential Office Building, served as the two most recognizable public

buildings in Taiwan during its period of Japanese rule.[16]

The National Palace Museum is a vast art gallery and museum built around a permanent collectioncentered on ancient Chinese artifacts. It should not be confused with the Palace Museum in Beijing(which it is named after); both institutions trace their origins to the same institution. The collections

were divided in the 1940s as a result of the Chinese Civil War.[17][18] The National Palace Museumin Taipei now boasts a truly international collection while housing one of the world's largest collections

of artifacts from ancient China.[18]

The strikingly designed Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines stands just 200 metres acrossthe road from the National Palace Museum. The museum offers magnificent displays of art andhistorical items by Taiwanese aborigines along with a range of multimedia displays.

The Taipei Fine Arts Museum was established in 1983 as the first museum in Taiwan dedicated tomodern art. The museum is housed in a building designed for the purpose that takes inspiration fromJapanese designs. Most art in the collection is by Taiwanese artists since 1940. Over 3,000 artworks are organized into 13 groups.

The National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall near Taipei 101 in Xinyi District is named in honor of a founding father of the

Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen. The hall, completed on May 16, 1972.[19] originally featured exhibits that depictedrevolutionary events in China at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Today it functions as multi-purpose social, educational, concertand cultural center for Taiwan's citizens.

In 2001 a new museum opened as MoCA Taipei or Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei (). The museum

is housed in a building that formerly housed Taipei City government offices.[20]

Taipei 101

Taipei 101 is a 101-floor landmark skyscraper that claimed the title of world's tallest building when it opened in 2004, a title itheld for six years before relinquishing it to the Burj Kalifa in Dubai. Designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners and constructed byKTRT Joint Venture, Taipei 101 measures 509 m (1,670 ft) from ground to top, making it the first skyscraper in the world tobreak the half-kilometer mark in height. Built to withstand typhoon winds and earthquake tremors, its design incorporates manyengineering innovations and has won numerous international awards. Taipei 101 remains one of the tallest skyscrapers in theworld and holds LEED's certification as the world's largest "green" building. Its shopping mall and its indoor and outdoorobservatories draw visitors from all over the world. Taipei 101's New Year's Eve fireworks display is a regular feature ofinternational broadcasts.

Performing arts

The National Theater and Concert Hall stand at Taipei's Liberty Square and host events by foreign and domestic performers.Other leading concert venues include Zhongshan Hall at Ximen and the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall near Taipei 101.



Night view of a fully lit Taipei 101

A new venue, the Taipei Performing Arts Center, is under construction and slated to open in 2015.[21][22] The venue will stand

near the Shilin Night Market[23] and will house three theaters for events with multi-week runs. The architectural design, by Rem

Koolhaas and OMA, was determined in 2009 in an international competition.[24] The same design process is also in place for a

new Taipei Center for Popular Music and Taipei City Museum.[25]

Shopping and recreation

Main article: Shopping in Taipei

Taipei is known for its many night markets, the most famous of which is the Shilin Night Market in the Shilin District. Thesurrounding streets by Shilin Night Market are extremely crowded during the evening, usually opening late afternoon andoperating well past midnight. Most night markets feature individual stalls selling a mixture of food, clothing, and consumergoods.

Ximending has been a famous area for shopping and entertainment since the 1930s.Historic structures include a concert hall, a historic cinema, and the Red HouseTheater. Modern structures house karaoke businesses, art film cinemas, wide-release movie cinemas, electronic stores, and a wide variety of restaurants and

fashion clothing stores.[26] The pedestrian area is especially popular with teens and

has been called the "Harajuku" of Taipei.[27]

The newly developed Xinyi District is popular with tourists and locals alike for itsmany entertainment and shopping venues, as well as being the home of Taipei 101, aprime tourist attraction. Malls in the area include the sprawling Shin Kong Mitsukoshicomplex, Taipei 101 mall, Eslite Bookstore's flagship store (which includes aboutique mall), The Living Mall, ATT shopping mall, and the Vieshow Cinemas(formerly known as Warner Village). The Xinyi district also serves as the center ofTaipei's active nightlife, with several popular nightclubs concentrated in a relativelysmall area around the Neo19 and Taipei 101 buildings.

The thriving shopping area around Taipei Main Station includes the TaipeiUnderground Market and the original Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store atShin Kong Life Tower. Other popular shopping destinations include the ZhongshanMetro Mall, Dihua Street, the Guang Hua Digital Plaza, and the Core Pacific City.The Miramar Entertainment Park is known for its large Ferris wheel and IMAXtheater.

Taipei maintains an extensive system of parks, green spaces, and nature preserves.Parks and forestry areas of note in and around the city include YangmingshanNational Park, Taipei Zoo and Da-an Forest Park. Yangmingshan National Park(located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the central city) is famous for its cherryblossoms, hot springs, and sulfur deposits. It is the home of famous writer Lin Yutang, the summer residence of Chiang Kai-shek, residences of foreign diplomats, the Chinese Culture University, the meeting place of the now defunct National Assemblyof the Republic of China, and the Kuomintang Party Archives. The Taipei Zoo was founded in 1914 and covers an area of 165hectares for animal sanctuary.

Bitan is known for boating and water sports. Tamsui is a popular sea-side resort town. Ocean beaches are accessible inseveral directions from Taipei.

Temples



Taiwan's National Concert Hall at

night

The busy streets of Ximending at

night

Built in 1738, Longshan Temple is

one of the oldest temples in the city.

New Year's Eve fireworks at Taipei

101

Taipei is rich in beautiful, ornate templeshousing Buddhist, Taoist, and Chinese folkreligion deities. The Longshan Temple,built in 1738 and located in the WanhuaDistrict, demonstrates an example ofarchitecture with southern Chineseinfluences commonly seen on olderbuildings in Taiwan.

Xinsheng South Road is known as the"Road to Heaven" due to its highconcentration of temples, shrines,

churches, and mosques.[28][29] Otherfamous temples include Baoan Templelocated in historic Dalongdong, a nationalhistorical site, and Xiahai City GodTemple, located in the old Dadaocheng

community, constructed with architecture similar to temples in southern Fujian.[30]

The Taipei Confucius Temple traces its history back to 1879 during the Qing

Dynasty and also incorporates southern Fujian-style architecture.[31]

Besides large temples, small outdoor shrines to local deities are very common andcan be spotted on road sides, parks, and neighborhoods. Many homes andbusinesses may also set up small shrines of candles, figurines, and offerings. Somerestaurants, for example, may set up a small shrine to the Kitchen god for success in

a restaurant business.[32]

Festivals and events

Many yearly festivals are held in Taipei. In recent years some festivals, such as theDouble Ten Day fireworks and concerts, are increasingly hosted on a rotating basisby a number of cities around Taiwan.

When New Year's Eve arrives on the solar calendar, thousands of people convergeon Taipei's Xinyi District for parades, outdoor concerts by popular artists, streetshows, round-the clock nightlife. The high point is of course the countdown tomidnight, when Taipei 101 assumes the role of the world's largest fireworksplatform.

The Taipei Lantern Festival concludes the Lunar New Year holiday. The timing ofthe city's lantern exhibit coincides with the national festival in Pingxi, when thousands

of fire lanterns are released into the sky.[33] The city's lantern exhibit rotates amongdifferent downtown locales from year to year, including Liberty Square, Taipei 101,and Zhongshan Hall in Ximending.

On Double Ten Day, patriotic celebrations are held in front of the PresidentialBuilding. Other annual festivals include Ancestors Day (Tomb-Sweeping Day), the

Dragon Boat Festival, the Ghost Festival, and the Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival).[33]

Taipei regularly hosts its share of international events. The city recently hosted the 2009 Summer Deaflympics.[34] This eventwas followed by the Taipei International Flora Exposition, a garden festival hosted from November 2010 to April 2011. TheFloral Expo was the first of its kind to take place in Taiwan and only the seventh hosted in Asia; the expo admitted 110,000



Lantern Festival at Liberty Square

visitors on February 27, 2011.

Taipei in film

Luc Besson's Lucy (drama)

Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman (drama)

Adam Kane and Will Tiao's Formosa Betrayed (political thriller)

Edward Yang's Yi Yi: A One and a Two (drama)

Edward Yang's Mahjong (drama/comedy)

Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day (drama)

Edward Yang's The Terrorizers (drama)

Edward Yang's Taipei Story (drama)

Edward Yang's A Confucian Confusion (drama/comedy)

Tsai Ming-liang's Rebels of the Neon God (drama)

Tsai Ming-liang's Vive L'Amour (drama)

Tsai Ming-liang's The River (drama)

Tsai Ming-liang's What Time Is It There? (drama)

Tsai Ming-liang's Goodbye, Dragon Inn (drama)

Tsai Ming-liang's Face (drama)

Hou Hsiao-hsien's Dust in the Wind (drama)

Hou Hsiao-hsien's Daughter of the Nile (drama)

Hou Hsiao-hsien's Goodbye South, Goodbye (drama)

Hou Hsiao-hsien's Millennium Mambo (drama)

Hou Hsiao-hsien's Three Times (drama)

Leon Dai's No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (drama)

Chung Mong-hong's Parking (drama)

Chen Yin-jung's Formula 17 (gay/comedy)

Zero Chou's Spider Lilies (lesbian/drama)

Chen Hung-I's Candy Rain (lesbian/drama)

Arvin Chen's Au Revoir Taipei (comedy)

Chen Yu-hsun's Tropical Fish (drama/comedy)



Romanization

See also: Romanization of Chinese in the Republic of China

The spelling "Taipei" derives from the Wade-Giles romanization T'ai-pei.[35] Though the name is romanized as Tibi under

the systems now (New Phonetic System/Hanyu Pinyin) and formerly (Tongyong Pinyin) in official use,[36][37] the familiarity ofthe earlier spelling led government authorities to retain it.

Geography

Te-sheng Wei's Cape No. 7 (drama/comedy)

Doze Niu's Monga (drama/action)

Hsiao Ya-chuan's Taipei Exchanges (drama/comedy)

Lin Cheng-sheng's Betelnut beauty (drama/romance)

Huo Jianqi's Snowfall in Taipei (drama/romance)

Hsiao-tse Cheng's Miao Miao (romance/comedy)

Sylvia Chang's 20 30 40 (romance/comedy)

Chen Kuo-Fu's The Personals (drama/romance)

Fen-fen Cheng's Hear Me (drama/romance)

Hsiao-ming Hsu's Love of May (romance)

Yee Chin-yen's Blue Gate Crossing (romance)

Jay Chou's Secret (romance)

Chen Kuo-Fu's Double Vision (horror/suspense)

Chao-Bin Su's Silk (horror/suspense)

Jia Zhangke's I Wish I Knew (Documentary)

Wong Kar-wai's Happy Together (Hong Kong studio, filmed in three cities : Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, and Taipei)

John Woo's A Better Tomorrow (Hong Kong studio, filmed in Hong Kong and Taipei) (action)

Kirk Wong's Crime Story (Hong Kong studio, filmed in Hong Kong, Taipei) (action)

David Lam's Asian Connection (Hong Kong studio, filmed in Hong Kong, Taipei) (action)

Andrew Lau's Young and Dangerous 2 (Hong Kong studio, filmed on location in Taipei)

Turn Left, Turn Right (Hong Kong studio, filmed on location in Taipei)

One Missed Call 2 (Japanese studio, filmed in Taipei and Jinguashi)

About Love (Japanese studio, filmed on three cities in Asia: Taipei, Tokyo, and Shanghai)

Mamoru Oshii's StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (science fiction/drama)

Takashi Miike's Rainy Dog (Japanese studio, filmed on location in Taipei) (drama)

Takahisa Zeze's Moon Child (Japanese studio, filmed in Taipei, as the futuristic city of Mallepa) (drama)

Robert Wise's The Sand Pebbles (Hollywood studio, filmed in Taipei, Keelung, Tamsui and Hong Kong) (drama)

Hkon Liu's Miss Kicki (Swedish studio, filmed in Taipei, Sun Moon Lake) (drama)

David Verbeek's R U There (The Netherlands)

David Verbeek's How to describe a cloud (The Netherlands)



The city of Taipei, as seen from

Maokong.Tracks of all Pacific typhoons

between 1980 and 2005.

Taipei City is located in the Taipei Basin in

northern Taiwan.[38] It is bordered by theXindian River on the south and the TamsuiRiver on the west. The generally low-lyingterrain of the central areas on the westernside of the municipality slopes upward tothe south and east and especially to the

north,[2] where it reaches 1,120 metres(3,675 ft) at Cising Mountain, the highest(inactive) volcano in Taiwan inYangmingshan National Park. Thenorthern districts of Shilin and Beitouextend north of the Keelung River and are bordered by Yangmingshan National

Park. The Taipei city limits cover an area ranked sixteenth of twenty-five among all counties and cities in Taiwan.

Two peaks, Cising Mountain and Mt. Datun, rise to the northeast of the city.[39] Cising Mountain is located on the TatunVolcano Group and the tallest mountain at the rim of the Taipei Basin, with its main peak at 1,120 metres (3,670 ft). Mt.Datun's main peak is 1,092 metres (3,583 ft). These former volcanoes make up the western section of Yangmingshan NationalPark, extending from Mt. Datun northward to Mt. Caigongkeng (). Located on a broad saddle between twomountains, the area also contains the marshy Datun Pond.

To the southeast of the city lie the Songshan Hills and the Qingshui Ravine, which form a barrier of lush woods.[39]

Climate

Taipei has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate[40][41][42] (Kppen: Cfa).[43] Summers are long, hot and humid,accompanied by occasional heavy rainstorms and typhoons, while winters are short, generally mild and generally very foggydue to the northeasterly winds from the vast Siberian High being intensified by the pooling of this cooler air in the Taipei Basin.Due to Taiwan's location in the Pacific Ocean, it is affected by the Pacific typhoon season, which occurs between June andOctober.

Climate data for Taipei (normals 19812010, extremes 1900present)

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year

Record high C (F)31.9

(89.4)31.4

(88.5)35.0(95)

36.2(97.2)

37.7(99.9)

37.8(100)

38.6(101.5)

39.3(102.7)

37.1(98.8)

36.1(97)

34.3(93.7)

31.5(88.7)

39.3(102.7)

Average high C (F)19.1

(66.4)19.6

(67.3)22.1

(71.8)25.7

(78.3)29.2

(84.6)32

(90)34.3

(93.7)33.8

(92.8)31.1(88)

27.5(81.5)

24.2(75.6)

20.7(69.3)

26.6(79.9)

Daily mean C (F)16.1(61)

16.5(61.7)

18.5(65.3)

21.9(71.4)

25.2(77.4)

27.7(81.9)

29.6(85.3)

29.2(84.6)

27.4(81.3)

24.5(76.1)

21.5(70.7)

17.9(64.2)

23(73.41)

Average low C (F)13.9(57)

14.2(57.6)

15.8(60.4)

19(66)

22.3(72.1)

24.6(76.3)

26.3(79.3)

26.1(79)

24.8(76.6)

22.3(72.1)

19.3(66.7)

15.6(60.1)

20.4(68.7)

Record low C (F)0.1

(31.8)0.2

(31.6)1.4

(34.5)4.7

(40.5)10.0(50)

15.6(60.1)

19.5(67.1)

18.9(66)

13.5(56.3)

10.2(50.4)

1.1(34)

1.8(35.2)

0.2(31.6)

Rainfall mm (inches)83.2

(3.276)170.3

(6.705)180.4

(7.102)177.8

(7)234.5

(9.232)325.9

(12.831)245.1(9.65)

322.1(12.681)

360.5(14.193)

148.9(5.862)

83.1(3.272)

73.3(2.886)

2,405.1(94.69)

Avg. rainy days ( 0.1 mm) 14.1 14.6 15.5 14.9 14.8 15.5 12.3 14 13.8 11.9 12.4 11.7 165.5

% humidity 78.5 80.6 79.5 77.8 76.6 77.3 73 74.1 75.8 75.3 75.4 75.4 76.6

Mean monthly sunshinehours

80.6 71.3 89.6 92.6 113.7 121.7 179 188.9 153.7 124 99.4 90.7 1,405.2

Source: Central Weather Bureau[44]



Bellavita Shopping Center and CPC

Building at Xinyi Business Area

Air quality

Motor vehicle engine exhaust, particularly from motor scooters, is a source of air pollution in Taipei. The levels of fineparticulate matter, including PAHs, are consistently more serious in the mornings as there is less air movement; sunlight helps

clear up some pollutants, which tend to be trapped close to the ground.[45] When compared to other Asian cities, however,

Taipei has "excellent" capabilities for managing air quality in the city.[46] Occasionally, dust storms from Mainland China can

temporarily bring poor air quality to the city.[47]

Economy

See also: Economy of Taiwan

As the center of Taiwan's largest conurbation, Taipei has been at the center of rapideconomic development in the country and has now become one of the global cities in

the production of high technology and its components.[48] This is part of the so-called Taiwan Miracle which has seen dramatic growth in the city following foreigndirect investment in the 1960s. Taiwan is now a creditor economy, holding one ofthe world's largest foreign exchange reserves of over US$403 billion as of

December 2012.[49]

Despite the Asian financial crisis, the economy continues to expand at about 5% peryear, with virtually full employment and low inflation. As of 2007, the nominal GDPof the core city of Taipei has accrued to nearly US$160 billion, while the metro region of Taipei has a GDP (nominal) ofaround US$260 billion, a record that would rank it 13th among world cities by GDP. The GDP per capita of Taipei is

US$48,400, and the second highest in Asia behind Tokyo, which has a GDP per capita of US$65,453.[50]

Taipei and its environs have long been the foremost industrial area of Taiwan, consisting of industries of the secondary and

tertiary sectors.[51] Most of the country's important factories producing textiles and apparel are located there; other industriesinclude the manufacture of electronic products and components, electrical machinery and equipment, printed materials,precision equipment, and foods and beverages. Such companies include Shihlin Electric, CipherLab and Insyde Software.Shipbuilding, including yachts and other pleasure craft, is done in the port of Keelung northeast of the city.

Services, including those related to commerce, transportation, and banking, have become increasingly important. Tourism is a

small but significant component of the local economy[52][53] with international visitors totaling almost 3 million in 2008.[54]

Taipei has many top tourist attractions and contributes a significant amount to the US$6.8 billion tourism industry in Taiwan.[55]

National brands such as ASUS,[56] Chunghwa Telecom,[57] Mandarin Airlines,[58] Tatung,[59] and Uni Air,[60][61] D-Link [62]

are headquartered in Taipei City.

Government

Main articles: Taipei City Government and Taipei City Council

See also: Mayor of Taipei City and Republic of China municipal elections, 2010

Taipei City is a special municipality which is directly under the Executive Yuan (Central Government) of ROC. The mayor ofTaipei City had been an appointed position since Taipei's conversion to a centrally administered municipality in 1967 until the

first public election was held in 1994.[63] The position has a four-year term and is elected by direct popular vote. The first



Taipei City Hall

Taipei City Council

elected mayor was Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party. Ma Ying-jeou took office in 1998 for two terms,

before handing it over to Hau Lung-pin who won the 2006 mayoral election on December 9, 2006.[64] Both Chen Shui-bianand Ma Ying-Jeou went on to become President of the Republic of China.

Based on the outcomes of previous elections in the past decade, the vote of theoverall constituency of Taipei City shows a slight inclination towards the pro-KMT

camp (the Pan-Blue Coalition);[65] however, the pro-DPP camp (the Pan-Green

Coalition) also has considerable support.[66]

Ketagalan Boulevard, where the Presidential Office Building and other governmentstructures are situated, is often the site of mass gatherings such as inauguration andnational holiday parades, receptions for visiting dignitaries, political

demonstrations,[67][68] and public festivals.[69]

Garbage recycling

Taipei City is also famous for its effort in garbage recycling, which has become sucha good international precedent that other countries have sent teams to study therecycling system. After the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA)established a program in 1998 combining the efforts of communities, a financialresource named the Recycling Fund was made available to recycling companies andwaste collectors. Manufacturers, vendors and importers of recyclable waste pay feesto the Fund, which uses the money to set firm prices for recyclables and subsidizelocal recycling efforts. Between 1998 and 2008, the recycling rate increased from 6

percent to 32 percent.[70] This improvement enabled the government of Taipei todemonstrate its recycling system to the world at the Shanghai World Expo 2010.

Administrative divisions

Taipei City is divided up into 12 administrative districts ( qu).[71] Each district is further divided up into villages (), whichare further sub-divided up into neighborhoods ().



Map

DistrictPopulation

(Feb. 2012)

Area

(km)

Postal

codeName Chinese PinyinWade

Giles

Peh-

e-j

BeitouDistrict

Bitu Pei-t'ouPak-

tu252,484 56.8216 112

Da'anDistrict

D'n Ta-an Ti-an 313,710 11.3614 106

DatongDistrict

DtngTa-t'ung

Ti-tng

127,092 5.6815 103

NangangDistrict

NngngNan-

kang

Lm-

kng116,516 21.8424 115

NeihuDistrict

Nih Nei-hu Li- 276,217 31.5787 114

ShilinDistrict

Shln Shih-lin S-lm 287,248 62.3682 111

SongshanDistrict

SngshnSung-shan

Sing-san

210,347 9.2878 105

WanhuaDistrict

WnhuWan-hua

Bng-kah

190,963 8.8522 108

Wenshan

District

WnshnWen-shan

Bn-san

266,934 31.5090 116

XinyiDistrict

Xny Hsin-yi Sn-g 226,770 11.2077 110

Zhongshan

District

ZhngshnChung-

shan

Tiong-

san224,258 13.6821 104

Zhongzheng

District

ZhngzhngChung-cheng

Tiong-chng

161,409 7.6071 100

City planning

The city is characterized by straight roads and public buildings of grand Western architectural styles.[72] The city is built on asquare grid configuration, however these blocks are huge by international standards (500 m (1,640.42 ft) sides). Howeverthere is little uniformed planning within these blocks; therefore lanes (perpendicular to streets) and alleys (parallel with street, orconceptually, perpendicular to the lane) spill out from the main throughways. These minor roads are not always perpendicularand sometimes cut through the block diagonally.



Platform of Wende Station on the

Taipei Metro system.

Taipei Railway Station front

Although development began in the western districts of the city from trade, the eastern districts of the city have become the

downtown. Many of the western districts, already in decline, have become targets of new urban renewal projects.[72]

Transportation

Public transport accounts for a substantial portion of different modes of transport in

Taiwan, with Taipei residents having the highest utilization rate at 34.1%.[73] Privatetransport consists of motor scooters, private cars, and bicycles. Motor-scootersoften weave between cars and occasionally through oncoming traffic. Respect fortraffic laws, once scant, has improved with deployment of traffic cameras andincreasing numbers of police roadblocks checking riders for alcohol consumptionand other offenses.

Taipei Station serves as the comprehensive hub for the subway, bus, conventionalrail, and high-speed rail. A contactless smartcard, known as EasyCard, can be usedfor all modes of public transit as well as several retail outlets. It contains credits that

are deducted each time a ride is taken.[74] The EasyCard is read via proximitysensory panels on buses and in MRT stations, and it does not need to be removedfrom one's wallet or purse.

Metro

Main article: Taipei Metro

Taipei's public transport system, the Taipei Metro (commonly referred to as the MRT), incorporates a metro and light railsystem based on advanced VAL and Bombardier technology. In addition to the rapid transit system itself, the Taipei Metroalso includes several public facilities such as the Maokong Gondola, underground shopping malls, parks, and public squares.Modifications to existing railway lines to integrate them into the metro system are underway, as well as a rapid transit line toconnect the city with Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and Taoyuan County.

Rail

Main articles: Taiwan High Speed Rail and Taiwan Railway Administration

Beginning in 1983, surface rail lines in the city were moved underground as part of

the Taipei Railway Underground Project.[75] The Taiwan High Speed Rail systemopened in 2007. The bullet trains connect Taipei with the west coast cities ofBanciao, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Chiayi, and Tainan before terminating atZuoying (Kaohsiung) at speeds that cut travel times by 60% or more from what they

normally are on a bus or conventional train.[76] The Taiwan Railway Administrationalso runs passenger and freight services throughout the entire island.

Bus

Main article: Taipei Joint Bus System

An extensive city bus system serves metropolitan areas not covered by the metro, with exclusive bus lanes to facilitate

transportation.[51] Riders of the city metro system are able to use the EasyCard for discounted fares on buses, and vice versa.Several major intercity bus terminals are located throughout the city, including the Taipei Bus Station and Taipei City Hall Bus

Station.[77]



Taipei Songshan Airport

West Site of National Taiwan

University Hospital

Airports

Main articles: Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and Taipei Songshan

Airport

Most scheduled international flights are served by Taiwan Taoyuan InternationalAirport in nearby Taoyuan County. Songshan Airport at the heart of the city in theSongshan District serves domestic flights and scheduled flights to Tokyo InternationalAirport (also known as Haneda Airport), Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, andabout 15 destinations in the People's Republic of China. Songshan Airport isaccessible by the Taipei Metro Neihu Line; Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport isnot yet accessible by rail but a line is under construction.

Demographics

Taipei City is home to 2,607,428 people, while the metropolitan area has a population of 6,776,264 people.[3] The populationof the city proper has been decreasing in recent years while the population of the adjacent New Taipei has been

increasing.[3][78][79] Due to Taipei's geography and location in the Taipei Basin as well as differing times of economicdevelopment of its districts, Taipei's population is not evenly distributed. The districts of Daan, Songshan, and Datong are the

most densely populated.[78]

In 2008, the crude birth rate stood at 7.88% while the mortality rate stood at 5.94%. A decreasing and rapidly aging

population is an important issue for the city.[78] By the end of 2009, one in ten people in Taipei was over 65 years of age.[80]

Residents who had obtained a college education or higher accounted for 43.48% of the population, and the literacy rate stood

at 99.18%.[78]

Like the rest of Taiwan, Taipei is composed of four major ethnic groups: Hoklos, Mainlanders, Hakkas, and aborigines.[78]

Although Hoklos and Mainlanders form the majority of the population of the city, in recent decades many Hakkas have movedinto the city. The aboriginal population in the city stands at 12,862 (



Taipei Arena

University of Taipei (2013) (1958)

Taipei Medical

University (1960)

Tatung University

(1956)

China University of

Technology (1965)

National Taiwan University (NTU) was established in 1928 during the period of Japanese colonial rule. NTU has producedmany political and social leaders in Taiwan. Both pan-blue and pan-green movements in Taiwan are rooted on the NTUcampus. The university has six campuses in the greater Taipei region (including New Taipei) and two additional campuses inNantou County. The University governs farms, forests, and hospitals for educational and research purposes. The main campusis in Taipei's Da-An district, where most department buildings and all the administrative buildings are located. The College ofLaw and the College of Medicine are located near the Presidential Building. The National Taiwan University Hospital is a

leading international center of medical research.[81]

National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU or Shida) likewise traces its origins to the Japanese colonial period. Originally ateacher training institution, NTNU has developed into a comprehensive international university with demanding entrancerequirements. The university boasts especially strong programs in the humanities and international education. Worldwide it isperhaps best known as home of the Mandarin Training Center, a program that offers Mandarin language training each year toover a thousand students from dozens of countries throughout the world. The main campus in Taipei's Da-An district, nearMRT Guting Station, is known for its historic architecture and giving its name to the Shida Night Market, one of the mostpopular among the numerous night markets in Taipei.

Chinese language program for foreigners

Taiwan Mandarin Institute (TMI) ()

International Chinese Language Program (ICLP) () of National Taiwan University

Mandarin Training Center (MTC) () of National Taiwan Normal University

Taipei Language Institute ()

Sports

Due to Taiwan being under American and Japanese influence over the years, thesports of baseball in particular and basketball have become popular in the city.Taipei, like the rest of the country, has featured most prominently in baseball and hasoften been the venue for the Asian Baseball Championship since the 1960s.

Major sporting events

Below is a list of recent sporting events hosted by the city:

2001 Asian Baseball Championship

2001 Baseball World Cup

2001 AFC Women's Championship

2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship



Tianmu Baseball Stadium

TVBS-G produces programs mainly

from their Nangang building in Taipei

City.

2007 Baseball World Cup

2009 Summer Deaflympics

Taipei will also host the 2017 Summer Universiade

The Taipei Arena it's located at the site of the former Taipei Municipal BaseballStadium (demolished in 2000), with a capacity of over 15,000. Designed byArchasia, the arena was opened on December 1, 2005. Since opening in 2005, thearena has held more art and cultural activities (such as live concerts) than sportingevents, which it was originally designed and built for. The main arena has anadjustable floor space: its minimum floor space is 60 m 30 m (196.85 ft 98.43 ft), and can be extended to 80 m 40 m (262.47 ft 131.23 ft). TheChinese Taipei Ice Hockey League (CIHL) plays out of the auxiliary arena, which isa 60 m 30 m (196.85 ft 98.43 ft) ice skating rink.

The Tianmu Baseball Stadium is the major basebal venue in Taipei.

Taipei has the only football-specific stadium in Taiwan, Zhongshan Soccer Stadium, which hosts the national football team. Ithosts qualifiers for the FIFA World and AFC regional cups, and finals of school football tournaments. Since there are noprofessional football leagues in Taiwan, no other sporting events are held there, since 2009, the Taipei Stadium hosts theSoccer and Athletic events.

Youth baseball

In 2010, a Taipei baseball team Chung-Ching Junior Little League won the Junior League World Series, after winningthe Asia-Pacific Region, then defeating the Mexico Region and Latin America Region champions to become the Internationalchampion, and finally defeating the U.S. champion (Southwest Region), Rose Capital East LL (Tyler, Texas), 9-

1.[citation needed]

Media

As the capital, Taipei City is the headquarters for many television and radio stationsin Taiwan and the center of some of the country's largest newspapers.

Television

Television stations located in Taipei include the CTS Education and Culture, CTSRecreation, CTV MyLife, CTV News Channel, China Television, ChineseTelevision System, Chung T'ien Television, Dimo TV, Eastern Television, EraTelevision, FTV News, Follow Me TV, Formosa TV, Gala Television, PublicTelevision Service, SET Metro, SET News, SET Taiwan, Sanlih E-Television,Shuang Xing, TTV Family, TTV Finance, TTV World, TVBS, TVBS-G, TVBS-NEWS, Taiwan Broadcasting System, Videoland Television Network and TaiwanTelevision.

Newspapers

Newspapers include Apple Daily, Central Daily News, The China Post, China Times, Kinmen Daily News, LibertyTimes, Mandarin Daily News, Matsu Daily, Min Sheng Bao, Sharp Daily, Taipei Times, Taiwan Daily, Taiwan News,Taiwan Times and United Daily News.



International relations

Taipei is a member of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21.

Main article: List of sister cities of Taipei

Twin towns and sister cities

Taipei is twinned with:[82][83]

Houston, Texas, United States

(1961)

Lom, Togo (1966)

Manila, Philippines (1966)

Cotonou, Benin (1967)

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

(1968)

Quezon City, Philippines (1968)

Seoul, South Korea (1968)[84][85]

San Francisco, California, United

States (1970)

Santo Domingo, Dominican

Republic (1970)

Guam, United States (1973)

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

(1975)[86]

Tegucigalpa, Honduras (1975)

Indianapolis, Indiana, United

States (1978)

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (1978)

Marshall, Texas, United States

(1978)

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

(1979)

Los Angeles, California, United

States (1979)

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

(1979)[87]

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,

United States (1981)

Gold Coast, Queensland,

Australia (1982)

Johannesburg, South Africa

(1982)

Pretoria, South Africa (1983)

Lilongwe, Malawi (1984)

San Jos, Costa Rica (1984)

Versailles, France (1986)

Asuncin, Paraguay (1987)

Panama City, Panama (1989)

Managua, Nicaragua (1992)

San Salvador, El Salvador

(1993)

Warsaw, Poland (1995)[88]

Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Russia

(1996)

Banjul, Gambia (1997)

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (1997)

Boston, Massachusetts,

United States (1997)

Dakar, Senegal (1997)

Dallas, Texas, United

States (1997)[89]

La Paz, Bolivia (1997)

Mbabane, Swaziland

(1997)

San Nicols, Nuevo

Len, Mexico (1997)

Ulan Bator, Mongolia

(1997)

Guatemala City,

Guatemala (1998)

Majuro, Marshall Islands

(1998)

Monrovia, Liberia

(1998)

Vilnius, Lithuania (1998)

Riga, Latvia (2001)[90]

Malabon, Philippines

(2005)

Ouagadougou, Burkina

Faso (2008)

Daegu, South Korea

(2010)

George Town, Malaysia

(2009)

Bangalore, India

Tokyo, Japan (2012)

Prague, Czech

Republic[91]



Partner city

Anchorage, Alaska, United States (1997)[83]

Friendship cities

Perth, Western Australia, Australia (1999)[83]

Orange County, California, United States (2000)[83]

Gallery

National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

Taipei from Maokong

the main entrance ofChiang Kai-shekMemorial Hall

Taipei 101

Presidential Office fromKetagalan Boulevard

Grand Hotel Taipei

Grand Hotel Taipei

Dazhi Bridge

Dadaocheng Wharf,Taipei

Bao-an Temple

Zhinan Temple

A typhoon makeslandfall in Taipei



Zhishan Garden at theNational Palace

Museum

Ximending at Night

Da'an Park

Da'an Park

Taipei skyline as viewedfrom Tiger Mountain

Relative location

See also

New Taipei City

Taipei-Keelung Metropolitan Area

List of districts of Taipei by area

List of districts of Taipei by population

List of districts of Taipei by population density

List of most expensive cities for expatriate employees (#61 in the world)

List of schools in Taipei

Taipei Community Services Center (offers support services to the international community)

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