New Taipei

New Taipei Ceety (New Taipei Ceety is named frae "新臺北市", as Mayor Eric Chu claimed. New is the literal translation o "新", but Taipei is the transcription o "臺北". Housomeivver, "新北市", the anerlie offeecial Cheenese name o New Taipei Ceety, is literally "New North Ceety".) 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 () 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
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

NameHanziHanyu PinyinPe̍h-ōe-jīPopulationAurie (km2)Bali 八里區 Bālǐ Qū Pat-lí Khu 34,590 39.4933Banqiao 板橋區 Bǎnqiáo Qū Pang-kiô Khu 554,697 23.1373Danshui 淡水區 Dànshuǐ Qū Tām-chuí Khu 143,439 70.6565Gongliao 貢寮區 Gòngliáo Qū Kòng-liâu Khu 13,775 99.9734Jinshan 金山區 Jīnshān Qū Kim-san Khu 22,360 49.2132Linkou 林口區 Línkǒu Qū Nâ-khàu Khu 82,532 54.1519Luzhou 蘆洲區 Lúzhōu Qū Lô͘-chiu Khu 197,795 8.321Pinglin 坪林區 Pínglín Qū Pêⁿ-nâ Khu 6,540 170.8350Pingxi 平溪區 Píngxī Qū Pêng-khe Khu 5,375 71.3382Ruifang 瑞芳區 Ruìfāng Qū Sūi-hong Khu 42,604 70.7336Sanchong 三重區 Sānchóng Qū Sam-tiông Khu (Saⁿ-tēng-po͘) 390,037 16.3170Sanxia 三峽區 Sānxiá Qū Sam-kiap Khu 103,046 191.4508Sanzhi 三芝區 Sānzhī Qū Sam-chi Khu 23,284 65.9909Shenkeng 深坑區 Shēnkēng Qū Chhim-kheⁿ Khu 23,248 20.5787Shiding 石碇區 Shídìng Qū Chio̍h-tēng Khu 7,963 144.3498Shimen 石門區 Shímén Qū Chio̍h-mn̂g Khu 12,492 51.2645Shuangxi 雙溪區 Shuāngxī Qū Siang-khe Khu 9,755 146.2484Shulin 樹林區 Shùlín Qū Chhiū-nâ Khu 175,598 33.1288Taishan 泰山區 Tàishān Qū Thài-san Khu 76,435 19.1603Tucheng 土城區 Tǔchéng Qū Thô͘-siâⁿ Khu 238,601 29.5578Wanli 萬里區 Wànlǐ Qū Bān-lí Khu 21,892 63.3766Wugu 五股區 Wǔgǔ Qū Gō͘-kó͘ Khu 79,751 34.8632Wulai 烏來區 Wūlái Qū U-lai Khu 5,787 321.1306Xindian 新店區 Xīndiàn Qū Sin-tiàm Khu 295,673 120.2255Xinzhuang 新莊區 Xīnzhuāng Qū Sin-chng Khu 402,221 19.7383Xizhi 汐止區 Xìzhǐ Qū Se̍k-chí Khu 189,166 71.2354Yingge 鶯歌區 Yīnggē Qū Eng-ko Khu 86,677 21.1248Yonghe 永和區 Yǒnghé Qū Éng-hô Khu 234,762 5.7138Zhonghe 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."Contact ASC ." Aviation Safety Council. Retrieved on June 10, 2009. "Address: 11th Floor, 200, Section 3, Beixin Road, Xindian District, New Taipei City 231, Taiwan (R.O.C.)"

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 LocationXingnan 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. 

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

References

Freemit airtins

Taipeipedia  - a ceety wiki for foreigners
http://www.tpc.gov.tw/ http://foreigner.tpc.gov.tw/web/Home 

Tourism Bureau o New Taipei Ceety 

Category:Ceeties in Taiwan