- Daan District
TaipeiDistrict
en-name = Daan
zh-name = 大安區
image-caption = Daan District seal
old-name = Daanzhuang (大安庄)
region = Western Taipei
director = Shin-hua Yu (余星華)| area-rank = 7th
area-total = 11.3614
population-rank = 1st
population-total = 313,426
density = 27,587
villages = 53
neighborhoods = 1025
zipcode = 106
location-: "For the Belgian music band, see
Daan (band) ".The Da'an District (zh-tptwp|t=大安區|hp=Dà'ān Qū|tp=Dà-an Cyu|w=Ta-an Ch'u|poj=Tōa-an-khu) is an important educational, commercial, residential and cultural district of
Taipei City . The name of the district means "great safety" or "great peace", and the district is named after a village that was once located near the intersection of Xinyi and Fuxing S. Roads. The name "Daan" is pronounced as two syllables ("Da-an"), rather than one.The district is the home of three national universities:
National Taiwan University (NTU),National Taipei University of Technology , andNational Taiwan Normal University . The former two universities have strong engineering programs. (NTU has a highly-regarded medical school, but it is located in theZhongzheng District.)Daan has numerous shopping areas. On Zhongxiao East Road, Dunhua South Road and neighboring alleys, there are clothing shops, restaurants serving world cuisines, and major department stores including three branches of the Sogo Department Store, the Ming Yao Department Store, and the immense 24-hour Eslite bookstore. Specialty markets include the Jianguo Weekend Flower Market, the Jianguo Weekend Jade Market, and the Guanghua (Computer and Electronics) Bazaar.
Daan also offers some of Taipei's most expensive residential real estate, clustered around the tree-lined Dunhua South Road, Anhe Road and Renai Road areas (known as the East District). In these locales are found numerous upscale fashion boutiques, elite retail shops including
Louis Vuitton ,Gucci ,Prada , and many of Taipei's renowned "lounge bars ".Places of worship in Daan include the
Mormon Temple, theTaipei Grand Mosque , the Epicospal Church, and the Holy Family Catholic Church. TheHoly See maintains a representative office in this district. Xinsheng S. Rd is nicknamed "The Road to Heaven" because of its high concentration of churches.Other attractions include the Daan Forest Park, which was built on land formerly occupied by military officers and their families, and the Taipei Municipal Library.
External links
* [http://english.taipei.gov.tw/daan/index.jsp Government Site] en
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