# New Taipei

| New Taipei 新北 |
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| Special municipality |
| New Taipei City · 新北市 |
| Clockwise frae top: New Taipei Brig, Banqiao Destrict, Pingxi Line, Tamsui River, Jiufen, Shifen watterfaw |
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| Coordinates: ﻿ / ﻿ |
| Kintra | Taiwan |
| Region | Northren Taiwan |
| Ceety seat | Banqiao Destrict |
| Govrenment |
|  • Teep | New Taipei Ceety Govrenment |
|  • Mayor | Hou You-yi |
| Area |
|  • Special municipality | 2052.5667 km2 (792.5004 sq mi) |
| Population (October 2010) |
|  • Special municipality | 3,893,740 |
|  • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) |
|  • Metro | 6,870,357 |
|   | Population Rankit 1 o 22 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 207, 208, 220 – 224, 226 – 228, 231 – 239, 241 – 244, 247 – 249, 251 – 253 |
| Area code(s) | (0)2 |
| Destricts | 29 |
| Website | English Chinese |
| The metropolitan aurie (or tri-ceeties) o Taipei includes Taipei, New Taipei an Keelung |

**New Taipei Ceety** (Cheenese: 新北市; pinyin: *Xīnběi Shì*) is the maist muckle ceety o Taiwan. The aurie includes a substantial stretch o Taiwan's northren coastline an surroonds the Taipei Basin. New Taipei completely surroonds Taiwan's caipital ceety Taipei, an is bordered bi Taiwan Province in several directions: Keelung tae the northeast, Yilan Coonty tae the sootheast, an Taoyuan Coonty tae the soothwast.

New Taipei haed been admeenistered as **Taipei Coonty** (Cheenese: 臺北縣 or 台北縣) o Taiwan Province till its reorganization as a direct-controlled municipality on 25 December, 2010. Initially the offeecial Inglis version o the ceety's name wis *Xinbei City*. The new mayor Eric Chu requestit the name *New Taipei City* as the offeecial Inglis renderin insteid. The Meenistry o the Interior (MOI) approved the request on December 31.

## Demographics

Ower 80% o New Taipei's residents live in the 10 destricts that wur umwhile coonty-controlled ceeties (Banqiao, Luzhou, Sanchong, Shulin, Tucheng, Xizhi, Xindian, Xinzhuang, Yonghe, an Zhonghe), which accoont for ane-saxt o the aurie. 28.80% o the residents moved intae the aurie frae Taipei Ceety (台北市).

## Govrenment an infrastructur

### Municipal admeenistration

A map o New Taipei's population density
New Taipei controls 29 destricts (區). The sub-ceety entities consists o 1,017 veelages (里), which in turn are dividit intae 21,683 neighborhuids (鄰). (Juin 2008)

*See an aa:* Admeenistrative diveesions o the Republic o Cheenae

| Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Pe̍h-ōe-jī | Population | Aurie (km2) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bali | 八里區 | Bālǐ Qū | Pat-lí Khu | 34,590 | 39.4933 |
| Banqiao | 板橋區 | Bǎnqiáo Qū | Pang-kiô Khu | 554,697 | 23.1373 |
| Danshui | 淡水區 | Dànshuǐ Qū | Tām-chuí Khu | 143,439 | 70.6565 |
| Gongliao | 貢寮區 | Gòngliáo Qū | Kòng-liâu Khu | 13,775 | 99.9734 |
| Jinshan | 金山區 | Jīnshān Qū | Kim-san Khu | 22,360 | 49.2132 |
| Linkou | 林口區 | Línkǒu Qū | Nâ-khàu Khu | 82,532 | 54.1519 |
| Luzhou | 蘆洲區 | Lúzhōu Qū | Lô͘-chiu Khu | 197,795 | 8.321 |
| Pinglin | 坪林區 | Pínglín Qū | Pêⁿ-nâ Khu | 6,540 | 170.8350 |
| Pingxi | 平溪區 | Píngxī Qū | Pêng-khe Khu | 5,375 | 71.3382 |
| Ruifang | 瑞芳區 | Ruìfāng Qū | Sūi-hong Khu | 42,604 | 70.7336 |
| Sanchong | 三重區 | Sānchóng Qū | Sam-tiông Khu (Saⁿ-tēng-po͘) | 390,037 | 16.3170 |
| Sanxia | 三峽區 | Sānxiá Qū | Sam-kiap Khu | 103,046 | 191.4508 |
| Sanzhi | 三芝區 | Sānzhī Qū | Sam-chi Khu | 23,284 | 65.9909 |
| Shenkeng | 深坑區 | Shēnkēng Qū | Chhim-kheⁿ Khu | 23,248 | 20.5787 |
| Shiding | 石碇區 | Shídìng Qū | Chio̍h-tēng Khu | 7,963 | 144.3498 |
| Shimen | 石門區 | Shímén Qū | Chio̍h-mn̂g Khu | 12,492 | 51.2645 |
| Shuangxi | 雙溪區 | Shuāngxī Qū | Siang-khe Khu | 9,755 | 146.2484 |
| Shulin | 樹林區 | Shùlín Qū | Chhiū-nâ Khu | 175,598 | 33.1288 |
| Taishan | 泰山區 | Tàishān Qū | Thài-san Khu | 76,435 | 19.1603 |
| Tucheng | 土城區 | Tǔchéng Qū | Thô͘-siâⁿ Khu | 238,601 | 29.5578 |
| Wanli | 萬里區 | Wànlǐ Qū | Bān-lí Khu | 21,892 | 63.3766 |
| Wugu | 五股區 | Wǔgǔ Qū | Gō͘-kó͘ Khu | 79,751 | 34.8632 |
| Wulai | 烏來區 | Wūlái Qū | U-lai Khu | 5,787 | 321.1306 |
| Xindian | 新店區 | Xīndiàn Qū | Sin-tiàm Khu | 295,673 | 120.2255 |
| Xinzhuang | 新莊區 | Xīnzhuāng Qū | Sin-chng Khu | 402,221 | 19.7383 |
| Xizhi | 汐止區 | Xìzhǐ Qū | Se̍k-chí Khu | 189,166 | 71.2354 |
| Yingge | 鶯歌區 | Yīnggē Qū | Eng-ko Khu | 86,677 | 21.1248 |
| Yonghe | 永和區 | Yǒnghé Qū | Éng-hô Khu | 234,762 | 5.7138 |
| Zhonghe | 中和區 | Zhōnghé Qū | Tiong-hô Khu | 414,488 | 20.1440 |

### Naitional govrenment

The Aviation Safety Cooncil, the aircraft accident investigation body o the ROC, is heidquartered in Xindian Destrict, New Taipei.

## Sister communities

* Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
* Miami-Dade Coonty, Florida, USA

## Transportation

The aurie is served bi Taiwan High Speed Rail through the Banqiao Station.

The Taiwan Railway Administration's Yilan Line runs through Gongliao, Shuangxi and Ruifang. The Western Line runs through Xizhi, Banqiao, Shulin and Yingge. The Pingxi Line connects Pingxi to Ruifang.

The Taipei Metro serves the aurie through the Danshui Line in Danshui, the Zhonghe Line in Yonghe an Zhonghe, the Luzhou Line in Sanchong an Luzhou, the Xindian Line in Xindian, an the Bannan Line frae Banqiao on oot.

The aurie's air traffic needs tae be served bo Taipei Taoyuan Internaitional Airport in neighborin Taoyuan Coonty an Songshan Airport in Taipei.

## Nicht mercats

| Name | Feature | Location |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Xingnan Nicht Mercat (興南夜市) | This nicht mercat is primarily distinguished bi its shaved ice desserts. | Zhonghe, near the Taipei Metro Nanshijiao Station. |
| Nanya Nicht Mercat (南雅夜市) | A 30-year-auld ceremonial airch walcomes visitors tae the entrance o the mercat, which is locatit near the Ben-Yuan Lin Family's Mansion an Garden, a historical monument in New Taipei. | Banqiao, near the Taipei Metro Fuzhong Station. |
| Xinzhuang Nicht Mercat (新莊夜市) | The well-regardit cuisine here includes mushroom-an-meatbaw stew, imagawayaki, Taiwanese meatbaws, cake, oyster vermicelli, shrimp thick soup. | Xinzhuang |

Quotit frae Tourism Bureau, MOTC, R.O.C. Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine

## Tourist attractions

New Taipei haes a wide range o historical, natural an cultural attractions. Historical attractions include Fort Santo Domingo an Qing dynasty remnants in Danshui an the auld minin touns o Jiufen, Jinguashi an Jingtong in the east. The maist famous temple is the Zushi Temple in Sanxia. Sanxia an aa contains the historic Minquan Street. There are numerous notable museums, such as Yingge's Ceramics Museum, Yonghe's Museum of World Religions, Bali's Shisanhang Museum of Archaeology, Pinglin's Pinglin Tea Museum an the Ju Ming Museum at Jinshan.

Natural attractions include the Wulai an Shifen waterfaws, Wulai hot springs, hoodoo geological formations at the Yehliu seacoast, an hikin in Guanyinshan, Wulai, Pingxi an the northeast coast. Popular beaches include Fulong an Baishawan.

## See an aa

* Taipei
* Leet o ceeties in Taiwan

## Freemit airtins

* Taipeipedia Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine - a ceety wiki for foreigners
*  Archived 2012-01-03 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2011-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
* Travel guide tae *New Taipei* frae Wikivoyage
* Tourism Bureau o New Taipei Ceety Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine