Nangang District, Taipei

Nangang District
Chinese : 南港區
Taipei WTC Nangang EXPO Hall
Old name: none
Region	Eastern Taipei
Director	Jiang Qing-Hui (江慶輝)
Area  ■ Total	Ranked 5th of 12 21.8424 km²
Population  ■ Total  ■ Density	Ranked 12th of 12 112,743 5,152/km²
Villages (里; li)	19
Neighborhoods (鄰; lin)	423
ROC zip code	115
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Nangang District
Traditional Chinese	南港區
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Nángǎng Qū - Tongyong Pinyin Nangang Cyu - Wade–Giles Nan-kang Chü Min - Hokkien POJ Lâm-káng-khu

Nangang District (Chinese: 南港區; pinyin: Nángǎng Qū) is a southeastern district of Taipei. It is the seat of the Academia Sinica, Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall, and Nankang Software Park (NKSP).

Administration

The following placenames are romanized in Hanyu Pinyin, with Wade-Giles in parentheses, which is the legacy standard spelling:

• Baifu (百福)
• Chengfu (成福)
• Dongxin (東新 Tunghsin)
• Dongmin (東明)
• Hecheng (合成)
• Hongfu (鴻福)
• Jiuzhuang (舊庄 Chiuchuang)
• Jiuru (九如)
• Lianchen (聯成)
• Nangang (南港)
• Renfu (仁福)
• Sanchong (三重)
• Wanfu (萬福)
• Xinfu (新富 Hsinfu)
• Xinguang (新光 Hsinkuang)
• Xixin (西新 Hsihsin)
• Yucheng (玉成)
• Zhongnan (中南 Chungnan)
• Zhongyan (中研 Chungyen), which was part of Jiuzhuang until December 1974, contains the Academia Sinica.

History

Nangang was settled in 1735 by Fujianese, especially in the present villages of Nangang, Sanchong, and Dongxin. Until Japanese rule, the placename was Great Jia'na Fortress, Nangang-Sanchong Port (大加吶堡南港三重埔). Nangang, literally "Southern Port", refers to its position on Keelung River.

In 1920, Nangang was part of Neihu Hamlet, Qixing Prefecture, Taipei District (台北州七星郡內湖庄). In December 1945, the administrative levels were changed to Neihu Township, Qixing District, Taipei County (台北縣七星區內湖鄉). July 6 the following year, as proposed by Que Shankeng (闕山坑), Nangang was separated into its own township. In 1967, it became a district of Taipei.

Miscellaneous

• Xintian Temple (信天宮 "Faith in Heaven") here is dedicated to the goddess Matsu.
• There are 25 parks here.
• Hu Shih died here.

External links

• Nangang District Office, Taipei City
• 25°03′12″N 121°36′27″E / 25.053315°N 121.607409°E / 25.053315; 121.607409Coordinates: 25°03′12″N 121°36′27″E / 25.053315°N 121.607409°E / 25.053315; 121.607409