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Sanchong District
Sanchong District () is a district in the western part of New Taipei City, Taiwan. With an area of 16.32 km2 and a population of 378,736 people (2022), it has the fourth highest population density in Taiwan and 23rd highest in the world, with over 23,900 people per km2. Geography Sanchong is bounded to the north and northwest by Luzhou, Wugu, the west by Xinzhuang, and is separated from Taipei City by the Tamsui River. History Sanchong was called ''Satengpo'' (), which literally means "The Third Plain" by the early settlers. The settlers from the modern-day Xinzhuang area moved up north and named the plains they settle as "The First Plain" (頭前埔, located in modern-day Xinzhuang District), "The Second Plain" (二重埔, located in modern-day Sanchong) and The Third Plain. The district has been an important suburb of Taipei. On 1 April 1962, Sanchong was upgraded from an urban township to be a county-administered city. On 25 December 2010 with the creation of New T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District (Taiwan)
Districts are administrative subdivisions of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan)'s special municipality (Taiwan), special municipalities of the second level and provincial city (Taiwan), provincial cities of the third level formerly under its Provinces of China, provinces. There are two types of district in the administrative scheme. Ordinary districts are governed directly by the municipality/city government with district administrators appointed by the mayors to four-year terms. The mountain indigenous district is a local government body with elected district chiefs as well as district council serving four-year terms. History The first administrative divisions entitled "districts" were established in the 1900s when Taiwan was Taiwan under Japanese rule, under Japanese rule. After the World War II, nine (9) out of eleven (11) Cities of Japan, prefectural cities established by the Japanese government were reform into provincial cities. These cities are Changhua, Chiayi, Hsin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the northern port city of Keelung. Most of the city rests on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border. The city of Taipei is home to an estimated population of 2,646,204 (2019), forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 7,047,559, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world—roughly one-third of Taiwanese citizens live in the metro district. The name "Taipei" can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or just the city itself. Taipei has been the seat of the ROC central government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrefour
Carrefour () is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, France. The eighth-largest retailer in the world by revenue, it operates a chain of hypermarkets, groceries stores and convenience stores, which as of December 2021, comprises its 13,894 stores in over 30 countries. History The first Carrefour shop (not a hypermarket) opened in 1960, within suburban Annecy, near a crossroads (hence the name, ''carrefour'' means ''crossroads'' in French). The group was created in 1958 by Marcel Fournier, Denis Defforey and Jacques Defforey, who attended and were influenced by several seminars in the United States led by "the Pope of retail" Bernardo Trujillo. The Carrefour group was the first in Europe to open a hypermarket, a large supermarket, and a department store under the same roof. They opened their first hypermarket on 15 June 1963 in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, near Paris. In April 1976, Carrefour launched a private label ''Produits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chongyang Bridge
Chongyang may refer to: * Chongyang Festival (重阳节) or Double Ninth Festival, a Chinese traditional festival * Chongyang County (崇阳县), of Xianning Hubei, China * Chongyang, Shaoguan (重阳镇), a town in Wujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong China * Chongyang, Xixia County (重阳镇), a town in Xixia County, Henan, China * Wang Chongyang Wang Chongyang (11 January 1113 – 22 January 1170; Chinese calendar: 22nd day, 12th month, 2nd year, Zhenghe era in the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song - 4th day, 1st month, 10th year, Dading era in the reign of Emperor Shizong of Jin) wa ... (1113–1170), Chinese Taoist in the Song Dynasty See also * Zhongyang (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Taipei Bridge
The New Taipei Bridge () is a bridge in Sanchong District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It spans over Erchong Floodway. Technical specifications The highest point of the bridge stands at 135.75 meters (around the height of a 40-storey highrise building). Transportation The bridge is accessible north from Sanchong Station and west from Xianse Temple Station of Taipei Metro. Gallery File:New_Taipei_Bridge.jpg, New Taipei Bridge at night. File:View_of_New_Taipei_Bridge_and_sunset_skyline_2014.jpg, View of New Taipei Bridge and sunset skyline of Taipei in 2014. File:P11Pylon.jpg, New Taipei Bridge under construction in 2009. File:新北大橋DSC_8410.JPG, Signs on New Taipei Bridge. File:新北大橋自行車引道。_-_panoramio_-_C.L._Kao_(eddie5150)_(4).jpg, New Taipei Bridge bicycle track. See also * Transportation in Taiwan Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Taipei Municipal San-Chung Commercial And Industrial Vocational High School
New Taipei Municipal San-Chung Commercial and Industrial Vocational High School is an commercial and industrial high school district in the New Taipei City, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort .... Brief Introduction Established in 1971, the school was originally named Taiwan Provincial San Chung Commercial and Industrial Vocational High School. Later, it was renamed National San Chung Commercial and Industrial Vocational High School. The school was classified into business and industrial categories,4 departments in each at first. The main goals of the school programs and curricula were designed especially for those students interested in learning technical skills and seeking a job in which these skills could be applied. In 1973, to meet the diverse needs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Taipei Municipal SanChong High School
Sanchong High School (SCHS) is a high school in Sanchong District, New Taipei, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort .... It was established in 1962 on the old campus of Xinzhuang Agriculture School, which moved to Taishan in 1963. In the past 50 years, SCHS has a library, a computer center, a gym, a playground, and well-equipped classroom buildings. Beginning as a junior high school, SCHS was developed to offer both junior and senior high school programs in 1998. It was then further developed into a comprehensive high school. The school also has an affiliated kindergarten. School Location Location Address: No.212, Jimei St., SanChong District, New Taipei City 24144,China Taiwan (R.O.C.) External links http://163.20.157.9/eng/index.htm {{coord, 25.0551, 121.491 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Taipei Municipal New Taipei Senior High School
The New Taipei Municipal New Taipei Senior High School (NTSH; ) is a Taiwanese senior high school located in Sanchong District, New Taipei City. Nickname New Taipei Municipal New Taipei Senior High School (formerly National San Chung Senior High School) National San Chung Senior High School nickname came from a joke brought up by a school's history teacher in 2002. It came from the school's uniform color-orange. Because the school shares the same short name with Taipei County San Chung Senior High School in Chinese (both San Chung Senior High School, Chinese: 三重高中), they have been long confused by people. One day in a class when the teacher taught about Glorious Revolution and King William III of England, who was also Prince of Orange, he joked, "Why don't we change the school name to Orange Senior High School for distinction since our students all wear orange uniform jackets? Or St. Orange Senior High School would be even better if we want to emphasize it." Because the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
