Taipei
臺北 |
— Special municipality — |
臺北市 · Taipei City
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Clockwise from top: Taipei skyline, Grand Hotel, FarEastern Plaza, National Palace Museum, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei Metro (Jiantan Station) |
Flag |
Seal |
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Nickname(s): The City of Azaleas |
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Satellite image of Taipei City |
Coordinates: 25°02′N 121°38′ECoordinates: 25°02′N 121°38′E |
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 |
• Special municipality |
271.7997 km2 (104.9425 sq mi) |
• Water |
2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi) 1.0% |
Population (December 2010) |
• Special municipality |
2,618,772 |
• Density |
9,600/km2 (25,000/sq mi) |
• Metro |
7,000,000 - 9,000,000 |
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(Metro article) (Ranked 4 of 22) |
Time zone |
CST (UTC+8) |
Postal code |
100–116 |
Area code(s) |
(0)2 |
Districts |
12 |
Bird |
Formosan Blue Magpie (Urocissa caerulea) |
Flower |
Azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) |
Tree |
Banyan (India laurel fig, Ficus microcarpa) |
Website |
taipei.gov.tw (English) |
The metropolitan area (or tri-cities) of Taipei includes Taipei, New Taipei, and Keelung. |
Taipei City (
//;
Chinese:
臺北市 or 台北市;
pinyin:
Táiběi Shì;
Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Chhī) is the capital of the
Republic of China (Taiwan). Situated at the northern tip of 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 lies in the
Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed bounded by the two relatively narrow valleys of the
Keelung and
Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border.
[1] The city proper (Taipei City) is home to an estimated 2,618,772 people.
[2] Taipei,
New Taipei, and
Keelung together form the Taipei metropolitan area. The overall area serves a population of 6,900,273
[3]
administered under three municipal governing bodies. "Taipei" sometimes
refers to the whole metropolitan area, while "Taipei City" refers to
the city proper. Taipei City proper is surrounded on all sides by New
Taipei.
Taipei is the political, economic, and cultural centre of Taiwan. Considered to be a
global city,
[4] Taipei is part of a major industrial area.
Railways,
high speed rail,
highways, airports, and bus lines connect Taipei with all parts of the island. The city is served by two airports –
Taipei Songshan and
Taiwan Taoyuan.
Taipei was founded in the early 18th century and became an important center for overseas trade in the 19th century. The
Qing Dynasty of China made Taipei the provincial capital of Taiwan in 1886.
[5] Japan acquired Taiwan in 1895 after the
First Sino-Japanese War. Taiwan became
a colony of Imperial Japan with Taipei as its capital. Taiwan's Japanese rulers embarked on an extensive program of advanced
urban planning that featured extensive railroad links. A number of Taipei landmarks and cultural institutions date from this period.
[6] The Republic of China took over the island in 1945 following
Japanese surrender. After losing
Mainland China to the
Chinese Communist Party in the
Chinese Civil War, the ruling
Kuomintang (KMT) relocated
the ROC government to Taiwan and declared Taipei the
provisional capital of the Republic of China in December 1949.
[7][8] In 1990 Taipei provided the backdrop for the
Wild Lily student rallies that moved Taiwanese society from one-party rule to multi-party
democracy. The city is today home to Taiwan's democratically elected national government.
Culture
Tourism
Commemorative Sites and Museums
The
National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a famous monument, landmark and tourist attractions that was erected in memory of Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek, former
President of the Republic of China.
[9] The structure stands at the east end of Memorial 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 since 1999. 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.
[10] In 1915 a new museum building opened its doors in what is now
228 Peace Memorial Park. This structure 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.
[10]
The
National Palace Museum is a vast
art gallery and
museum built around a permanent collection centered 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.
[11][12]
The National Palace Museum in Taipei now boasts a truly international
collection while housing one of the world's largest collections of
artifacts from ancient China.
[12]
The strikingly designed
Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines
stands just 200 metres across the road from the National Palace Museum.
The museum offers magnificent displays of art and historical 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 to
modern art.
The museum is housed in a building designed for the purpose that takes
inspiration from Japanese designs, Most art is in the collection is by
Taiwanese artists since 1940. Over 3,000 art works are organized into 13 groups.
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.
[13] originally featured exhibits that depicted revolutionary events in
China at the end of the
Qing Dynasty. Today it functions as multi-purpose
social,
educational,
concert and
cultural center for Taiwan's citizens.
In 2001 a new museum opened as
MoCA Taipei
or Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei (台北當代藝術館). The museum is housed in
a building that formerly housed Taipei City government offices.
[14]
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 it held for six years before relinquishing it to the
Burj Kalifa in
Dubai. Designed by
C.Y. Lee & Partners and constructed by
KTRT Joint Venture,
Taipei 101 measures 509 m (1,670 ft) from ground to top, making it the
first skyscraper in the world to break the half-kilometer mark in
height. Built to withstand typhoon winds and earthquake tremors, its
design incorporates many engineering innovations and has won numerous
international awards. Taipei 101 remains one of the tallest skyscrapers
in the world and holds
LEEDS
certification as the world's largest "green" building. Its shopping
mall and its indoor and outdoor observatories draw visitors from all
over the world. Taipei 101's
New Year's Eve fireworks display is a regular feature of international 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.
A new venue, the
Taipei Performing Arts Center, is under construction and slated to open in 2015.
[15][16] The venue will stand near the
Shilin Night Market[17] 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.
[18] The same design process is also in place for a new
Taipei Center for Popular Music and
Taipei City Museum.
[19]
Shopping and recreation
Taipei is known for its many
night markets, the most famous of which is the
Shilin Night Market in the
Shilin District.
The surrounding streets by Shilin Night Market are extremely crowded
during the evening, usually opening late afternoon and operating well
past midnight. Most night markets feature individual stalls selling a
mixture of food, clothing, and consumer goods.
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 House Theater.
Modern structures house karaoke businesses, art film cinemas,
wide-release movie cinemas, electronic stores, and a wide variety of
restaurants and fashion clothing stores.
[20] The pedestrian area is especially popular with teens and has been called the "
Harajuku" of Taipei.
[21]
The newly developed
Xinyi District is popular with tourists and locals alike for its many entertainment and shopping venues, as well as being the home of
Taipei 101, a prime tourist attraction famous for being one of the world's tallest buildings. Malls in the area include the sprawling
Shin Kong Mitsukoshi complex, Taipei 101 mall,
Eslite Bookstore's
flagship store (which includes a boutique mall), The Living Mall, ATT
shopping mall, and the Vieshow Cinemas (formerly known as Warner
Village). The Xinyi district also serves as the center of Taipei's
active nightlife, with several popular nightclubs concentrated in a
relatively small area around the Neo19 and Taipei 101 buildings.
The thriving shopping area around
Taipei Main Station includes the
Taipei Underground Market and the original Shin Kong
Mitsukoshi department store at
Shin Kong Life Tower. Other popular shopping destinations include the
Zhongshan Metro 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
IMAX theater.
Taipei maintains an extensive system of parks, green spaces, and
nature preserves. Parks and forestry areas of note in and around the
city include
Yangmingshan National 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 cherry blossoms,
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 Assembly of the Republic of China, and the
Kuomintang Party Archives. The
Taipei Zoo was founded in 1914 and covers an area of 165 hectares for animal sanctuary.
Bitan is known for boating and water sports.
Tamsui is a popular sea-side resort town. Ocean beaches are accessible in several directions from Taipei.
Temples
Taipei is rich in beautiful, ornate temples housing
Buddhist,
Taoist, and
Chinese folk religion deities. The
Longshan Temple, built in 1738 and located in the
Wanhua District, demonstrates an example of architecture with southern
Chinese influences commonly seen on older buildings in Taiwan.
Xinsheng South Road is known as the "Road to Heaven" due to its high concentration of temples, shrines, churches, and mosques.
[22][23] Other famous temples include
Baoan Temple located in historic
Dalongdong,
a national historical site, and Xiahai City God Temple, located in the
old Dadaocheng community, constructed with architecture similar to
temples in southern
Fujian.
[24] The
Taipei Confucius Temple traces its history back to 1879 during the
Qing Dynasty and also incorporates southern Fujian-style architecture.
[25]
Besides large temples, small outdoor shrines to local deities are
very common and can be spotted on road sides, parks, and neighborhoods.
Many homes and businesses may also set up small shrines of candles,
figurines, and offerings. Some restaurants, for example, may set up a
small shrine to the Kitchen god for success in a restaurant business.
[26]
Festivals and Events
Many yearly festivals are held in Taipei. In recent years some
festivals, such as the Double Ten Day fireworks and concerts, are
increasingly hosted on a rotating basis by a number of cities around
Taiwan.
When
New Year's Eve arrives on the
solar calendar, thousands of people converge on Taipei's
Xinyi District for
parades, outdoor
concerts by
popular artists,
street shows, round-the clock
nightlife. The high point is of course the countdown to midnight, when
Taipei 101 assumes the role of the world's largest
fireworks platform.
The Taipei
Lantern Festival concludes the
Lunar New Year holiday. The timing of the city's lantern exhibit coincides with the national festival in
Pingxi, when thousands of fire lanterns are released into the sky.
[27] The city's lantern exhibit rotates among different 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
Presidential Building. Other annual festivals include
Ancestors Day (Tomb-Sweeping Day), the
Dragon Boat Festival, the
Ghost Festival, and the
Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival).
[27]
Taipei regularly hosts its share of international events. The city recently hosted the 2009
Summer Deaflympics.
[28] This event was followed by the
Taipei International Flora Exposition, a
garden festival
hosted from November 2010 to April 2011. The Floral Expo was the first
of its kind to take place in Taiwan and only the seventh hosted in
Asia; the expo admitted 110,000 visitors on February 27, 2011.
Taipei in film
- 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)
- Håkon 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)
Romanization
The spelling "Taipei" derives from the
Wade-Giles romanization
T'ai-pei.[29] Though the name is romanized as
Táiběi under the systems now (
New Phonetic System/Hanyu Pinyin) and formerly (
Tongyong Pinyin) in official use,
[30][31] the familiarity of the earlier spelling led government authorities to retain it.
Geography
The city of Taipei, as seen from
Maokong.
Taipei City is located in the
Taipei Basin in northern
Taiwan.
[32] It is bordered by the
Xindian River on the south and the
Tamsui River
on the west. The generally low-lying terrain of the central areas on
the western side of the municipality slopes upward to the south and east
and especially to the north,
[1] where it reaches 1,120 metres (3,675 ft) at
Cising Mountain (七星山), the highest (inactive)
volcano in Taiwan in
Yangmingshan National Park. The northern districts of
Shilin and
Beitou extend 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.
[33] Cising Mountain is located on the
Tatun Volcano 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 National Park, extending from Mt. Datun northward to Mt.
Caigongkeng (菜公坑山). Located on a broad saddle between two mountains, 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.
[33]
Climate
Taipei has a
monsoon-influenced
humid subtropical climate[34][35][36] (
Köppen Cfa)
[37] which is slightly short of a true
tropical climate.
Summers are very hot, humid, and accompanied by occasional heavy
rainstorms and typhoons, while winters are short, mild and generally
very
foggy due 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 and October.
[hide]Climate data for Taipei (1981–2010) |
Month |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
Average high °C (°F) |
19.1
(66.4) |
19.6
(67.3) |
22.1
(71.8) |
25.7
(78.3) |
29.2
(84.6) |
32.0
(89.6) |
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) |
19.0
(66.2) |
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) |
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 |
14.0 |
13.8 |
11.9 |
12.4 |
11.7 |
165.5 |
% humidity |
78.5 |
80.6 |
79.5 |
77.8 |
76.6 |
77.3 |
73.0 |
74.1 |
75.8 |
75.3 |
75.4 |
75.4 |
76.6 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours |
80.6 |
71.3 |
89.6 |
92.6 |
113.7 |
121.7 |
179.0 |
188.9 |
153.7 |
124.0 |
99.4 |
90.7 |
1,405.2 |
Source: [38] |
Air quality
Motor vehicle engine exhaust, particularly from motor scooters, is a source of
air pollution in Taipei. The levels of fine
particulate 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.
[39] When compared to other
Asian cities, however, Taipei has "excellent" capabilities for managing air quality in the city.
[40] Occasionally,
dust storms from
Mainland China can temporarily bring poor air quality to the city.
[41]
Administrative divisions
Taipei City is divided up into 12 administrative
districts (區
qu).
[42] Each district is further divided up into villages (里), which are further sub-divided up into neighborhoods (鄰).
Map |
District |
Population
(Feb. 2012) |
Area
(km²) |
Postal
code |
Name |
Chinese |
Pinyin |
Wade–Giles |
Pe̍h-ōe-jī |
|
■ Beitou District |
北投區 |
Běitóu |
Pei-t'ou |
Pak-tâu |
252,484 |
56.8216 |
112 |
■ Da'an District |
大安區 |
Dà'ān |
Ta-an |
Tāi-an |
313,710 |
11.3614 |
106 |
■ Datong District |
大同區 |
Dàtóng |
Ta-t'ung |
Tāi-tông |
127,092 |
5.6815 |
103 |
■ Nangang District |
南港區 |
Nángǎng |
Nan-kang |
Lâm-káng |
116,516 |
21.8424 |
115 |
■ Neihu District |
內湖區 |
Nèihú |
Nei-hu |
Lāi-ô͘ |
276,217 |
31.5787 |
114 |
■ Shilin District |
士林區 |
Shìlín |
Shih-lin |
Sū-lîm |
287,248 |
62.3682 |
111 |
■ Songshan District |
松山區 |
Sōngshān |
Sung-shan |
Siông-san |
210,347 |
9.2878 |
105 |
■ Wanhua District |
萬華區 |
Wànhuá |
Wan-hua |
Báng-kah |
190,963 |
8.8522 |
108 |
■ Wenshan District |
文山區 |
Wénshān |
Wen-shan |
Bûn-san |
266,934 |
31.5090 |
116 |
■ Xinyi District |
信義區 |
Xìnyì |
Hsin-yi |
Sìn-gī |
226,770 |
11.2077 |
110 |
■ Zhongshan District |
中山區 |
Zhōngshān |
Chung-shan |
Tiong-san |
224,258 |
13.6821 |
104 |
■ Zhongzheng District |
中正區 |
Zhōngzhèng |
Chung-cheng |
Tiong-chèng |
161,409 |
7.6071 |
100 |
City planning
The city is characterized by straight roads and public buildings of grand Western architectural styles.
[43]
The city is built on a square grid configuration, however these blocks
are huge by international standards (500 m (1,640.42 ft) sides). However
there is little uniformed planning within these blocks; therefore lanes
(perpendicular to streets) and alleys (parallel with street, or
conceptually, perpendicular to the lane) spill out from the main
throughways. These minor roads are not always perpendicular and
sometimes cut through the block diagonally.
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.
[43]
History
Diagram of Old Taipei revealing the original city wall and gates. Important buildings are highlighted.
First settlements
The region known as the
Taipei Basin was home to
Ketagalan tribes before the eighteenth century.
[44] Han Chinese mainly from
Fujian Province of Qing Dynasty began to settle in the Taipei Basin in 1709.
[45][46]
In the late 19th century, the Taipei area, where the major Han Chinese
settlements in northern Taiwan and one of the designated overseas trade
ports,
Tamsui, were located, gained economic importance due to the booming overseas trade, especially that of
tea exportation. In 1875, the northern part of Taiwan was separated from Taiwan Prefecture (
Chinese:
臺灣府) and incorporated into the new Taipei Prefecture as a new administrative entity of the Qing Dynasty.
[6] Having been established adjoining the flourishing townships of
Bangka,
Dalongdong, and
Twatutia, the new prefectural capital was known as Chengnei (
Chinese:
城內),
"the inner city", and government buildings were erected there. From
1875 (during the Qing Dynasty) until the beginning of Japanese rule in
1895, Taipei was part of Tamsui County of the Taipei Prefecture and the
prefectural capital. In 1886, when Taiwan was proclaimed a province of
Qing Dynasty, Taipei city was made the provincial capital. Taipei
remained a temporary provincial capital before it officially became the
capital of Taiwan in 1894. All that remains from the old Qing Dynasty
city is the north gate. The west gate and
city walls were demolished by the Japanese while the south gate, little south gate, and east gate were extensively modified by the
Kuomintang (KMT) and have 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
[46] as part 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.
[6] During that time the city acquired the characteristics of an administrative center, including many new public buildings and
housing for civil servants. Much of the architecture of Taipei dates from the period of
Japanese rule, including the
Presidential Building which was the Office of the Taiwan Governor-General (
Japanese:
台湾総督府〔臺灣總督府〕).
During Japanese rule, Taihoku was incorporated in 1920 as part of Taihoku Prefecture (
Japanese:
台北州〔臺北州〕). It included
Bangka (艋舺),
Twatutia (大稻埕), and Jōnai (城內) among other small settlements. The eastern village
Matsuyama (松山庄) was annexed into Taihoku City in 1938. Upon the Japanese defeat in the
Pacific War and its consequent surrender in 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.
[47]
Martial Law and Modern Democracy
In 1947 the KMT government under
Chiang Kai-shek declared island-wide
martial law in Taiwan as a result of the
2-28 Incident,
which began with incidents in Taipei but led to an island-wide
crackdown on the local population by forces loyal to Chiang. Two years
later, on December 7, 1949, Chiang and the Kuomintang were forced to
flee mainland China by the
Communists at the
Chinese Civil War. The refugees declared Taipei to be the provisional capital of a continuing
Republic of China, with the official capital at
Nanjing (Nanking) even though that city was under Communist control.
[7][8]
Taipei
expanded greatly in the decades after 1949, and as approved on December 30, 1966 by the
Executive Yuan, Taipei was declared a special
centrally administered municipality on July 1, 1967 and given the administrative status of a province.
[46] 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.
[46]
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
[47]
— its population had become relatively stable by the mid-1990s — Taipei
remained one of the world's most densely populated urban areas, and the
population 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.
[48] Mass democracy rallies that year in the
plaza around Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall led to an island-wide transition to multi-party
democracy, where legislators are chosen via regularly scheduled popular elections, during the presidency of
Lee Teng-Hui.
Economy
Bellavita Shopping Center and
CPC Building at Xinyi Business Area
As the centre of Taiwan's largest conurbation, Taipei has been at the
center of rapid economic development in the country and has now become
one of the global cities in the production of high technology and its
components.
[49] This is part of the so-called
Taiwan Miracle which has seen dramatic growth in the city following
foreign direct investment in the 1960s. Taiwan is now a
creditor economy, holding one of the world's largest
foreign exchange reserves of over US$403 billion as of December 2012.
[50]
Despite the
Asian financial crisis, the economy continues to expand at about 5% per year, with virtually full employment and low inflation. As of 2007,
the nominal GDP of the core city of Taipei has accrued to an amount of
nearly US$160 billion, while the metro region of Taipei has a GDP
(nominal) of around 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.
[51]
Taipei and its environs have long been the foremost industrial area of Taiwan, consisting of industries of the
secondary and
tertiary sectors.
[52]
Most of the country's important factories producing textiles and
apparel are located there; other industries include 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
[53][54] with international visitors totaling almost 3 million in 2008.
[55] Taipei has many top tourist attractions and contributes a significant amount to the US$6.8 billion tourism industry in Taiwan.
[56] National brands such as
ASUS,
[57] Chunghwa Telecom,
[58] Mandarin Airlines,
[59] Tatung,
[60] and
Uni Air,
[61][62] D-Link [63] are headquartered in Taipei City.
Government
Taipei City is a
special municipality which is directly under the
Executive Yuan (
Central Government) of
ROC.The
mayor of Taipei 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.
[64] The position has a four-year term and is elected by direct popular vote. The first 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.
[65] Both Chen Shui-bian and 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 the overall constituency of Taipei City shows a slight
inclination towards the pro-KMT camp (the
Pan-Blue Coalition);
[66] however, the pro-DPP camp (the
Pan-Green Coalition) also has considerable support.
[67]
Ketagalan Boulevard, where the
Presidential Office Building
and other government structures are situated, is often the site of mass
gatherings such as inauguration and national holiday parades,
receptions for visiting dignitaries, political demonstrations,
[68][69] and public festivals.
[70]
Garbage recycling
Taipei City is also famous for its effort in garbage recycling, which
has become such a good international precedent that other countries
have sent teams to study the recycling system. After the
Environmental Protection Administration
(EPA) established a program in 1998 combining the efforts of
communities, a financial resource named the Recycling Fund was made
available to recycling companies and waste collectors. Manufacturers,
vendors and importers of recyclable waste pay fees to the Fund, which
uses the money to set firm prices for recyclables and subsidize local
recycling efforts. Between 1998 and 2008, the recycling rate increased
from 6 percent to 32 percent.
[71] This improvement enabled the government of Taipei to demonstrate its recycling system to the world at the
Shanghai World Expo 2010.
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%.
[72] Private transport consists of
motor scooters, private cars, and
bicycles.
Motor-scooters often weave between cars and occasionally through
oncoming traffic. Respect for traffic laws, once scant, has improved
with deployment of traffic cameras and increasing numbers of police
roadblocks checking riders for alcohol consumption and other offenses.
Taipei Station serves as the comprehensive hub for the subway, bus, conventional rail, and high speed rail. A
contactless smartcard, known as
EasyCard,
can be used for all modes of public transit as well as several retail
outlets. It contains credits that are deducted each time a ride is
taken.
[73] The EasyCard is read via
proximity sensory panels on buses and in MRT stations, and it does not need to be removed from 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 rail system based on advanced
VAL and
Bombardier
technology. In addition to the rapid transit system itself, the Taipei
Metro also 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 to connect the city with
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and
Taoyuan County.
Taipei Railway Station front
Rail
Beginning in 1983, surface rail lines in the city were moved underground as part of the
Taipei Railway Underground Project.
[74] The
Taiwan High Speed Rail system opened in 2007. The bullet trains connect Taipei with the west coast cities of
Banciao,
Taoyuan,
Hsinchu,
Taichung,
Chiayi, and
Tainan before terminating at
Zuoying (
Kaohsiung) at speeds that cut travel times by 60% or more from what they normally are on a bus or conventional train.
[75] The
Taiwan Railway Administration also runs passenger and freight services throughout the entire island.
Bus
An extensive
city bus system serves metropolitan areas not covered by the metro, with exclusive bus lanes to facilitate transportation.
[52]
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.
[76]
Airports
Most scheduled international flights are served by
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in nearby
Taoyuan County.
Songshan Airport at the heart of the city in the
Songshan District serves domestic flights and scheduled flights to
Tokyo International Airport (also known as
Haneda Airport),
Gimpo International Airport in
Seoul, and about 15 destinations in the
People's Republic of China. Songshan Airport is accessible by the Taipei Metro
Neihu Line; Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport is not 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.
[2] The population of the city proper has been decreasing in recent years while the population of the adjacent
New Taipei has been increasing.
[2][77][78] Due to Taipei's geography and location in the
Taipei Basin
as well as differing times of economic development of its districts,
Taipei's population is not evenly distributed. The districts of
Daan,
Songshan, and
Datong are the most densely populated.
[77]
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.
[77] By the end of 2009, one in ten people in Taipei was over 65 years of age.
[79]
Residents who had obtained a college education or higher accounted for
43.48% of the population, and the literacy rate stood at 99.18%.
[77]
Like the rest of Taiwan, Taipei is composed of four major ethnic groups:
Hoklos,
Mainlanders,
Hakkas, and
aborigines.
[77]
Although Hoklos and Mainlanders form the majority of the population of
the city, in recent decades many Hakkas have moved into the city. The
aboriginal population in the city stands at 12,862 (<0.5%),
concentrated mostly in the suburban districts. Foreigners (mainly from
Indonesia,
Vietnam, and the
Philippines) numbered 52,426 at the end of 2008.
[77]
Education
20 universities have campuses located in Taipei:
National Taiwan University
(NTU) was established in 1928 during the period of Japanese colonial
rule. NTU has produced many political and social leaders in Taiwan. Both
pan-blue and
pan-green movements in Taiwan are rooted on the NTU campus. The university has six campuses in the greater Taipei region (including
New Taipei) and two additional campuses in
Nantou County.
The University governs farms, forests, and hospitals for educational
and research purposes. The main campus is in Taipei's Da-An district,
where most department buildings and all the administrative buildings are
located. The College of Law and the College of Medicine are located
near the
Presidential Building. The
National Taiwan University Hospital is a leading international center of medical research.
[80]
National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU or
Shida)
likewise traces its origins to the Japanese colonial period. Originally
a teacher training institution, NTNU has developed into a comprehensive
international university with demanding entrance requirements. The
university boasts especially strong programs in the humanities and
international education. Worldwide it is perhaps best known as home of
the
Mandarin Training Center,
a program that offers Mandarin language training each year to over a
thousand students from dozens of countries throughout the world. The
main campus in Taipei's Guting district is known for its historic
architecture and giving its name to the Shida Night Market, one of the
most popular among the numerous night markets in Taipei.
Chinese language program for foreigners
Sports
Due to Taiwan being under American and Japanese influence over the years, the sports 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 has often 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:
Tianmu Baseball Stadium, Shilin District
The
Taipei Arena is located in the city home to baseball with a capacity of over 15,000. It is located at the site of the former
Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium
(demolished in 2000). Designed by Archasia, the arena was opened on
December 1, 2005. Since opening in 2005, the arena has held more art and
cultural activities (such as live concerts) than sporting events, which
it was originally designed and built for.
The main arena has an adjustable 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). The
Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey League (CIHL) plays out of the auxiliary arena, which is a 60 m × 30 m (196.85
ft × 98.43 ft) ice skating rink.
Taipei has the only
football-
specific stadium in Taiwan,
Zhongshan Soccer Stadium, which hosts the
national football team. It hosts qualifiers for the
FIFA World and
AFC
regional cups, and finals of school football tournaments. Since there
are no professional football leagues in Taiwan, no other sporting events
are held there.
Youth baseball
In 2010, a Taipei baseball team — Chung-Ching Junior Little League — won the
Junior League World Series,
after winning the Asia-Pacific Region, then defeating the Mexico Region
and Latin America Region champions to become the International
champion, 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 stations in Taiwan and the center of some of the country's
largest newspapers.
Television
Television stations located in Taipei include the
CTS Education and Culture,
CTS Recreation,
CTV MyLife,
CTV News Channel,
China Television,
Chinese Television System,
Chung T'ien Television,
Dimo TV,
Eastern Television,
Era Television,
FTV News,
Follow Me TV,
Formosa TV,
Gala Television,
Public Television 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
Taiwan Television.
Newspapers
Newspapers include
Apple Daily,
Central Daily News,
The China Post,
China Times,
Kinmen Daily News,
Liberty Times,
Mandarin Daily News,
Matsu Daily,
Min Sheng Bao,
Sharp Daily,
Taipei Times,
Taiwan Daily,
Taiwan News,
Taiwan Times and
United Daily News.
International relations
Twin towns and sister cities
Taipei is
twinned with:
[81][82]
- Houston, Texas, United States (1961)
- Lomé, Togo (1966)
- Manila, Philippines (1966)
- Cotonou, Benin (1967)
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (1968)
- Quezon City, Philippines (1968)
- Seoul, South Korea (1968)
- San Francisco, California, United States (1970)
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1970)
- Guam, United States (1973)
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States (1975)[83]
- 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)
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- Phoenix, Arizona, United States (1979)
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States (1981)
- Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (1982)
- Johannesburg, South Africa (1982)
- Pretoria, South Africa (1983)
- Lilongwe, Malawi (1984)
- San José, Costa Rica (1984)
- Versailles, France (1986)
- Asunción, Paraguay (1987)
- Panama City, Panama (1989)
- Managua, Nicaragua (1992)
- San Salvador, El Salvador (1993)
- Warsaw, Poland (1995)[84]
- Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Russia (1996)
- Banjul, Gambia (1997)
- Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (1997)
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States (1997)
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- Dakar, Senegal (1997)
- Dallas, Texas, United States (1997)[85]
- La Paz, Bolivia (1997)
- Mbabane, Swaziland (1997)
- San Nicolás, Nuevo León, Mexico (1997)
- Ulan Bator, Mongolia (1997)
- Guatemala City, Guatemala (1998)
- Majuro, Marshall Islands (1998)
- Monrovia, Liberia (1998)
- Vilnius, Lithuania (1998)
- Riga, Latvia (2001)[86]
- Malabon, Philippines (2005)
- Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (2008)
- Daegu, South Korea (2010)
- George Town, Malaysia (2009)
- Bangalore, India
- Tokyo, Japan (2012)
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