Shilin

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Shilin District
士林

An alley at the edge of the Shilin Night Market.
Old name: Pattsiran (Ketagalan for "hot spring"; transliterated into Chinese as "八芝蘭" Bāzhīlán)
Region Northern Taipei (postal code 111)
Director unknown
Area Ranked 1st of 12
  • Total
 62.3682 km²
Population Ranked 2nd of 12
  • Total
 287,965
4,617/km²
Villages (里 li): 51
Neighborhoods (鄰 lin): 985
Image:Shilin_location.jpg

Shilin District (Traditional Chinese: 士林區; Hanyu Pinyin: Shìlín Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Shìhlín Cyu; Wade-Giles: Shih-lin Ch'ü; Taiwanese: Sū-lîm-khu) is a district of Taipei. The name "Shilin" was derived from an idiom meaning "scholars as many as the trees in the woods" (士多如林).

Shilin is foremost a residential district and has several famous neighbourhoods, such as Waishuangxi (外雙溪) and Tianmu. Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-Shek lived in Shilin after he moved the Chinese nationalist government to Taiwan. A large foreign population lives in Shilin; both the Taipei American School and the Taipei Japanese School are located in this district. (Shilin even has a Mormon temple.)

Tourist attractions include the Yangmingshan National Park, the National Palace Museum, Chiang Kai-shek's residence (士林官邸), and the Shilin Night Market.

Shilin has three universities: Ming Chuan University, Soochow University, and the Chinese Culture University.

The central command of the R.O.C. Navy is in Shilin.


view from the sky of Shilin District
view from the sky of Shilin District
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Another view



Districts of Taipei

Songshan | Xinyi | Daan | Zhongshan | Zhongzheng | Datong | Wanhua | Wenshan | Nangang | Neihu | Shilin | Beitou
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