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Beitou
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zh:北投區
ja:北投区
Beitou District
北投區
Image:Beitou_seal.png
Beitou District seal
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Abbreviation: Beitou (北投)
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| Region | Northern Taipei |
| Director | Zhang Yi-fang(張義芳) |
Area
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List of districts of Taipei by area|Ranked 2 of 12
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- Total
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56.8216 1 E9 m2|km²
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Population
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List of districts of Taipei by population|Ranked 5 of 12
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- Total
- Density
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248,999
4,382/km²
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| Villages(里,Li): |
42 |
| Neighborhoods(鄰,Lin): | 817 |
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Beitou District (北投區, Wade-Giles: Pei-t'ou, Tongyong Pinyin: Beitou) is one of the twelve districts of Taipei City. Beitou means witch by Ketagalan people. Beitou is famous for hot springs. Residents of this district note that sulfuric fumes from the hot springs do ruin their electric appliances in the long term.
Between 1920 and 1941, Beitou was a village (北投庄) in Qixing District (七星郡), Taipei Prefecture (Japanese Rule)|Taipei Prefecture (台北州). It was upgraded to a town (北投街) in 1941. After World War II, it was renamed as Beitou urban township (北投鎮), belonging to Taipei County. Beginning in 1949, Beitou and Shilin were admistered by the newly-formed Yangminshan Administrative Bureau. Both of them were merged into Taipei City in 1968.
There are two universities and two colleges in Beitou.
- National Yang Ming University
- Taipei National University of Arts
- Kuang Wu Institute of Technology
- National Taipei College of Nursing
- Yangmingshan|Yangmingshan National Park
- Guandu Natural Park: birding
- Hot Springs in Xin Beitou and Xingyi Road
- Museum of Hot Springs in Beitou
- http://www.beitou.gov.tw/english/english.htm Official Site
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