Taipeh

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Taipeh or Taipei (Chinese: 臺北 (traditionally), 台北 (simplifies) ; Romanisierung: Táiběi (pinyin), T'ai pei (W. - G.)) a town with millions of inhabitants is toRiver Danshui in the northern part of Taiwan. It is capital only from few other states recognized Republic of China.

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3 history
4 administration
5 universities and Universities of
6 objects of interest
7 traffic
of 8 twin cities
of 9 sons and daughters thatCity
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facts

status: Capital of the Republic of China
size: 271.77 km ²
number of inhabitants: 2.621.641 (Sept 2004)
mayors: MA Ying Jeou (馬英九 Mă Yīngjiŭ) (a party: KMT, 1998 directly selected, 2002) [

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Taipeh

is red-elect into 12 quarters (區 qū) partitions:

Hanyu pinyin	Hanzi	calf Giles	Tongyong pinyin	inhabitant	surface in km ²
Sōngshān	松山區	Sung beautiful	Songshan	205,675	9.2878
Xìnyì	信義區	Hsin i	Sinyi	232,678	11.2077
Dà'ān	大安區	TA-on	since-on	312,410	11.3614
Zhōngshān	中山區	Chung beautiful	Jhongshan	216,591	13.6821
Zhōngzhèng	中正區	Chung chêng	Jhongjheng	158,532	7.6071
Dàtóng	大同區	TA-t'ung	Datong	128,825	5.6815
Wànhuá	萬華區	Wan hua	Wanhua	198,195	8,8522
Wénshān	文山區	Wên beautiful	Wunshan	257,661	31.5090
Nángǎng	南港區	Nan kang	Nangang	112,957	21.8424
Nèihú	內湖區	Nei hu	Neihu	260,843	31.5787
Shìlín	士林區	Shih lin	Shihlin	288,699	62.3682
Běitóu	北投區	Pei t'ou	Beitou	248,872	56.8216

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History

Taipeh is the URL and of the Ketagalan, which had settled there still before Chinese immigrants, which for the beginning of the Ming dynasty 1368 - 1644 came. During 17. Century Spain began then to occupy parts Taiwans followed from the Chinese Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga).

In former times the natives lived in Taipei. From 1626 to 1642 the Spaniards reached north Taiwan. Later the dutchmen came and sold the Spaniards. 1662 was defeated the dutchmen by Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong, 鄭成功). That was the first large ChineseImmigration after Taiwan. Most Chinese lived at that time in Tainan. Up to the Qing dynasty the country applied as wild and undeveloped.

Step by step the Chinese pulled northward. The Danshui - river became the most important center in Nordtaiwan and the Chinese settlements Mon Jia (艋舺 měngxiá, today Wanhua 萬華 Wànhuá), since-Long-Don, since-Dao-Chen developed to business centres. These three settlements represented a model for the developing Taipeh with their development.

Taipeh, New Year 2003

Taipehs development as city began 1709, as Chen Laizhang, a cipher of the immigrantsfrom Quanzhou, Fujian, from the government permission for the raclamation of the area got.

The first settlement was a commercial village with port, which was because of the east bank of the Danshui - river, named Manga (taiwanesische reading; chin. 艋舺 měngxiá), today Wanhua (萬華 Wànhuá), where itselfalso starting from 1738 the established Mon Jia Longshan temple (kite mountain temple, 龍山寺 Lóngshānsī) finds.

At the beginning of the 1870 - it years was begun with the development Taipehs to a correct city. 1879 was finished already the city gates into the four directions, 1885 began then the building thatStadtmauern. At the same time the roads were paved with Kopfstein and lit up partially already electrically. In the same year Taipeh was raised from the province governor at that time Liu Mingchuan (劉銘傳) to the city.

After the defeat of the Empire of China in the sinojapanischen war 1895 Taiwan became Japanese colony. The city becamein this time planned by the Japanese three-way again and finally large city. The design of the president palace resembles the form of the character for Japan. One can say that the largest part of the today's Taipeh Strassenordnung of Japanese at that time is certain.

After the defeat of the Japanese 1945 becameTaiwan again a province of China. Four years later 1949 of China withdrew itself government in the fight against the communists after Taiwan. The city became then gradually the political, economical and cultural center Taiwans and is today one of the most important asiatic cities.

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Administration

Taipeh town center Council was created as a meeting 1946. Since 1976 it is a municipal authority under the direct supervision of the government. The first urban meeting opened to 25. December 1969.

The members of the advice are selected by direct tuning. To 25. December 1998took over 52 assigning to their offices for the 9. Advice. It gives six electoral districts and a Aboriginalbezirk and consists of 23 KMT (Kuomintang), 19 DPP (Democratic progressive party) and nine new party (Taipei) to members, who everything can be selected again. The speakerand vice-speakers of the advice are selected by different elections by the meeting. Both must receive more in each case than 50% of the voices.

The advice has the following fields of application: Civilian and financial administration, reconstruction, education, traffic, police, health service, public work, laws and adjustments and budgeting.

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universitiesand Universities of

Taipeh is likewise a center of the educational facilities. The important national and private universities are in the city:

Name	Chinese	year of the foundation	of full time instructors	studying
national Chengchi University	國立政治大學	1954	759	14,800
national Taiwan University	國立台灣大學	1928	2,107	29,830
national Taiwan normally University	國立台灣師範大學	1946	858	13,432
national Yang Ming University	國立陽明大學	1975	358	3,563
national Taiwan University OF Science and Technology	國立台灣科技大學	1974	330	8,366
national Taipei University OF Technology	國立台北科技大學	1994	458	8,242
national Taipei University OF kind	國立台北藝術大學	1982	175	1,732
Soochow University	東吳大學	1954	562	15,629
ChineseCulture University	文化大學	1963	744	27,615
Shih Hsin University	世新大學	1960	279	10,917
Ming Chuan University	銘傳大學	1960	572	17,521
Shih Chien University	實踐大學	1958	280	14,657
Tatung University	大同大學	1963	207	3,874
Taipei Medical University	台北醫學大學	1960	365	5,674

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in addition important professional schools:

Name	Chinese	to year of the foundation	of full time instructors	studying
Taipei college OF only-sing	台北護理學院	1994	154	2,905
Taipei Teachers college	台北師範學院	1961	226	4,692
Taipei college OF Business	台北商業技術學院	1968	223	,922
Taipei Municipal Teachers college	台北市立師範學院	1964	226	3,591
Taipei Physical Education college	台北體育學院	1968	124	1,753
ChinaInstitutes OF Technology	中華技術學院	1968	264	4,745
Takming college	德明技術學院	1965	228	2,245

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objects of interest

Lungshan temple

national palace museum
Taipeh 101
Lungshan temple
Shilin night market
Chiang dock shek intend-resound
Sun Yat sen intend-resound

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traffic

Taipeh main station

Taipehs ÖPNV have an easyRail course system (LRT) as well as a normal Metro, called March (measure rapidly transit). Contrary to the normal long-distance traffic course, with which due to the Japanese crew time left-hand traffic prevails, the courses drive in the city on the right track. The reason for this is that those March of a French companyinto the 1990ern one developed. Into the late 1980er years the main station was shifted in the city center completely under the earth. Also the new high-speed connection after Kaoshiung will have left-hand traffic.

In the city is the inland airport Songshan (松山機場); about one autohour southwest ofTaipeh in close proximity to Taoyuan is the international airport Chiang dock shek internationally air haven.

More closely traffic with penalties

it gives an expanded and very close bus system by the city, particularly the areas, which are served not of the LRT and March. With the busone enters (usually) by the front door and either with entering or if stepping out, with longer distances also with in and stepping out, pays. This is marked by a sign in the bus (over the driver and opposite the rear door). Very strong use has thoseEasycard as paying system by transfer for the ÖPNV.

More closely traffic and countless taxis

taxis are available and relatively favorable in the abundance. The drivers are well-known for their fast and aggressive style of driving. Taxi-Fahrer do not speak English, apart from few exceptions. It is of great advantage therefore,to show or the address of the destination in Chinese writing to be noted be able the desired goal on a Chinese marked city plan. Tips are a little usual, the change are usually correct.

The traffic appears at first sight rather chaotic, however one existspronounced consideration between the road users. When crossing a road one should be always very careful as pedestrians and not try also to insist on (alleged) privileges.

A further popular kind of progressive movement are the pervasive scooters (Scooter). In Taipeh the helmet obligation for scooters can andMotorcycles meanwhile as interspersed to be regarded.

Germans, which want to drive into Taiwan car or scooter, need a local driving licence or must their international driving licence with the office for traffic to be authenticated be able, if they are more than six months in the country. Up to then the German driving licence applies likewisein Taiwan.

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twin cities

Taipeh maintains with the following cities partnerships. In parentheses the year of the establishment. The large number at twin cities results probably of the fact that Taiwan has only few official diplomatic contacts with many states of the world. Internationally one tries now by means of localTo maintain contacts relations with other countries.