taipei city 台灣台北 edited by eddie all photos from internet
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Taipei City 台灣台北
Edited by EddieAll photos from Internet
• Taipei ( 台北 ; literally "Northern Taiwan") is the largest city in Taiwan and has served as the de facto capital (provisional capital) of the Republic of China (commonly known as "Taiwan") since the Chinese Civil War in 1949. It is the political, economic, and cultural center of the country.
• Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Danshui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean. Another coastal city, Danshui, is about 20 km northwest at the river's mouth on the Taiwan Strait. It lies in the two relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung ( 基隆河 ) and Xindian ( 新店溪 ) Rivers, which join to form the Danshui River along the city's western border.[1]
• The city proper (Taipei City) is home to an estimated 2,619,920 people (March 2009). Taipei City, Taipei County, and Keelung City together form the Taipei metropolitan area with a population of 6,752,826 (March 2009).[2] However, they are administered under different local government bodies. "Taipei" sometimes refers to the whole metropolitan area, while "Taipei City" refers to the city proper.
Taipei 台北
• Considered to be an alpha world city,Taipei is part of a major industrial area. Railways, high speed rail, highways, airports, and bus lines connect Taipei with all parts of the island. The city is served by Songshan Airport (domestic and cross-strait flights) and Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (international and cross-strait flights).
• Taipei was founded in the early 18th century and became an important center for overseas trade in the 19th century. The Japanese acquired Taiwan in 1895 after the First Sino-Japanese War and made Taipei the island's capital.The Republic of China took over the island in 1945 after Japan's defeat in World War II. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek declared Taipei the provisional capital of the Republic of China in December 1949 after the Kuomintang (KMT) government was defeated by the Communists who took over most of Mainland China during the Chinese Civil War
中正紀念堂
台北故宮博物院
Taipei 101Taipei 101 building
Taipei 101 building
Taipei 101 building
Taipei 101 building V.S. Dubai Tower
President’s hall
Mall
Dr.Sun’s memorial hall
台北忠烈祠楊安生攝影
standing guard by markoci Young Lady by irishkiwi
Long Shan Temple by RustuArseven
Longshan Temple by ed_galagan
保安宮
保安宮
台北孔廟
監察院
紅毛城
台大醫院
台北賓館
三峽老街
MRT station
Candles by Lenico2000
Prayer in the Buddhist Temple by ed_galagan
101 Building by neilharris
First Steps to the Temple by ed_galagan
Lantern Festival_Taiwan by vishykarnik
cold by damida
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Snack Stop by Darren
All This Useless Beauty by Darren
Came So Far For Beauty by Darren
NYC / Taipei 101 by Rockyboy
The Boat by vishykarnik
Miniature-1, by SUNILKAT
Italian Shoe Shop by SUNILKAT
Lantern by SUNILKAT
Shi-Men Ting@Taipei --1 by irene-hsf Shi-Men Ting@Taipei --2 by irene-hsf
Gay in Taipei by kozak
lion dancing by yuchinyiu
second-hand bookstore by yuchinyiu Atrium by MLINES
3-D Shopping by MLINES
road on fire by yuchinyiu
go home by yuchinyiu
Mildew by Koyama
Ronald console exhausted minds by zeno
spinning by markoci
The Road Goes Ever On by casey286
Endless Lanterns by onebackpack
High speed train
Asian Taste
Taipei art museum
信義商圈
Red hall
Sky view
