The Bo'ai Special Zone is a restricted zone in

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, which was established to protect the Presidential Office Building. As part of the historical center of Taipei, the zone also houses several critical

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buildings as well as

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Introduction

The Bo'ai special zone is located in the historical center of

. Taipei is the capital of

since late 19th century. Modern constructions started in the 1910s in

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when the new office of the

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was built here. Plenty of buildings belong to agencies under the

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were also built around the office and made here the central place of Taiwanese government since then. In late 1949, the

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relocated to

and moved into the governmental buildings formerly used by the Japanese administration. The President of the Republic was settled in the building which used to house the

and renamed it the Presidential Office Building. The zone was claimed jointly by the

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and

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according to the ''National Security Act'' to protect the

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and commander-in-chief. The zone covers of the surrounding area of the Presidential Office Building within distance between 200 and 500

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. Buildings built within this area are subject to height limit of 24 meters, with some extra requirements of window sizes. The area is also designed as a

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Governmental Buildings also recognized as National Monuments

Other government agencies

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(Taipei municipal monument, formerly the Communications Bureau of

) * Armed Forces Reserve Command of

(Taipei municipal monument, formerly the

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Headquarter) *

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* National Development Council * Supreme Administrative Court * Supreme Court *

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* Taiwan Taipei District Court

Other historical sites

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Head Office (Taipei municipal monument) *

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Bo'ai Service Center (Taipei municipal monument, formerly the Telephone exchange office of

) *

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(National monuments, formerly the Museum of

) * Natural History Branch of

(Taipei municipal monument, formerly Nippon Kangyo Bank Taihoku Branch) * Taipei First Girls' High School (Taipei municipal monument, formerly Taihoku First Girls' High School)

Other locations

Schools: *

Chinese Culture University The Chinese Culture University (CCU; ) is a private Taiwanese university located in Yangmingshan in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. CCU was established in 1962 and is one of the largest universities in Taiwan with an enrollment of about 32,00 ...

Yanping Extension Education Center * Soochow University Downtown Campus * Taipei First Girls' High School (formerly Taihoku First Girls' High School) *

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Bo'ai Campus (formerly Taihoku Normal School of

) Parks: * 228 Peace Memorial Park (formerly Taihoku New Park) *

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