Beitun District (; lit: northern camp) is a

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Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Ta ...

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. Located in the northern part of the city, it is a half mountainous, half urban area. Though Beitun District used to be considered part of the countryside, the new Taiyuan Station has urbanized it considerably. The highest point of Taichung City is located in Beitun, Douliu Hill (859 m).

History

The district used to be part of Taichung provincial city before the merger with

Taichung County Taichung County was a county in central Taiwan between 1945 and 2010. The county seat was in Yuanlin Township before 1950 and Fongyuan City after 1950. History Taichung County was established on 26 November 1945 on the territory of Taichū ...

to form Taichung special municipality on 25 December 2010.

Administrative divisions

Beitun District is divided into 42 Li (里, or villages):

Education

Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology (CTUST; ) is a private university in Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. History CTUST was originally established as Chungtai Junior College in 1966. On 1 July 1998, the college was upgraded t ...

Morrison Academy Morrison Academy () is an international Christian school founded 1952 in Taichung, Taiwan. It primarily caters to the children of missionaries. Beyond the original Taichung location it also maintains a campus in Taipei and Morrison Academy Kaoh ...

Spots

Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium () is a stadium in Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. The stadium officially opened on November 9, 2006, replacing the antiquated Taichung Baseball Field. Located on the corner of Chongde Road (崇德� ...

Tourist attractions

Beitun Wenchang Temple The Beitun Wenchang Temple () is a temple in Renmei Village, Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. History The construction planning for the temple began in 1825. In 1864, the Wenwei and Wenping community school raised funds to construct the temple ...

Dakeng Dakeng (traditional Chinese: 大坑, Hanyu Pinyin: dàkēng) is the area that contains most of the mountain region of Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. Hiking and Biking Trails Dakeng also boasts a variety of mountain biking and hiking trai ...

hiking and biking trails *

Songzhu Temple Songzhu Temple ( zh, t=松竹寺, p=Sōngzhúsì) is a folk religion temple located in Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. Built in 1833, the temple is dedicated to a specific Guanyin statue known as "Waterflow Guanyin" ( zh, t=水流觀音, p ...

* Taichung Folklore Park *

Taichung Military Kindred Village Museum The Taichung Military Kindred Village Museum () is a museum in Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. History The museum building was originally part of the Beitun New Village, which was one of 134 military kindred villages in the city accommodati ...

Yide Mansion The Yide Mansion () is a former residence in Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. History In 1925, Lin Mao-yang moved to the current plot of land in which the mansion stands. In 1930, he constructed the mansion during his career peak. In 1950, th ...

Transportation

Railway

Songzhu railway station Songzhu () is a railway station and metro station located in Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. It is served by the Taiwan Railways Administration Taichung line and the Green Line operated by Taichung Metro, connected by an out-of-station tran ...

Taiyuan railway station Taiyuan Railway Station () is a railway station on the Tongpu Railway, Shitai Railway and Shitai Passenger Railway. It is located in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East As ...

Taichung Metro

Beitun Main metro station Beitun Main Station is a metro station operated by Taichung Metro located in Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. It is the eastern terminus of the Green Line, and is located near the depot of the entire line. Around the station Beitun Main stati ...

Jiushe metro station Jiushe is a metro station operated by Taichung Metro located in Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. It is on the Green Line and is the western terminus of the planned Dakeng Extension. The station name is taken from an old name of the area. St ...

Songzhu station Songzhu () is a railway station and metro station located in Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. It is served by the Taiwan Railways Administration Taichung line and the Green Line operated by Taichung Metro, connected by an out-of-station tran ...

Sihwei Elementary School metro station Sihwei Elementary School is a metro station on the Green Line operated by Taichung Metro in Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. The station name is taken from the nearby Sihwei Elementary School, and is the only station name in the network to u ...

Wenxin Chongde metro station Wenxin Chongde is a metro station on the Green Line operated by Taichung Metro in Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South Chi ...

Roads

* Provincial Highway No. 1A * Provincial Highway No. 3 * Provincial Highway No. 74

Notable natives

* Dewi Chien, singer *

Joe Cheng Joseph Cheng, () (born 19 June 1982) is a Taiwanese model, actor and singer. Although he started his career as a model, Cheng is well known for his role as Jiang Zhishu in Taiwanese drama serial version of Japanese manga ''Itazura Na Kiss'', '' ...

, model, actor and singer

References

External links

* {{Districts in Taiwan Districts of Taichung