Beitun District

Beitun District in Taichung City

Beitun District

Taichung New Capital Ecological Park

Coordinates: 24°10′49.54″N 120°44′47.81″E / 24.1804278°N 120.7466139°E / 24.1804278; 120.7466139

Beitun District (Chinese: 北屯區; pinyin: Běitún Qū; Wade–Giles: Pei³-t'un² Ch'ü¹) is a district in Taichung, Taiwan. Located in the northern part of the city, it is a half mountainous, half urban area. Though Beitun District used to be considered part of the countryside, the new Taiyuan Station has urbanized it considerably. The highest point of Taichung City is located in Beitun, Douliu Hill (859 m).

History

The district used to be part of Taichung provincial city before the merger with Taichung County to form Taichung special municipality on 25 December 2010.

Administrative divisions

Beitun District is divided into 42 Li (里, or villages):^[1]

Education

• Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology
• Morrison Academy

Spots

• Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium

Tourist attractions

• Beitun Wenchang Temple
• Dakeng

Transportation

Railway

• TRA Taiyuan Station

Roads

• Provincial Highway No.1

Notable natives

• Joe Cheng, model, actor and singer

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beitun District, Taichung.

• Taichung

References

External links

• Beitun District Office, Taichung City (Chinese)

Districts of Taichung
City seat: Xitun
Urban area	Beitun Central Dali East Nantun North South Taiping West Wufeng Wuri Xitun
Coastal area	Da'an Dadu Dajia Longjing Qingshui Shalu Waipu Wuqi
Highland area	Daya Dongshi Fengyuan Houli Shengang Shigang Tanzi Xinshe
Mountain indigenous district	Heping
Note: Although Hanyu Pinyin is the national standard; Central, East, South, West, and North District uses English instead.