Northern Taiwan
Northern Taiwan, as its name suggests, is the northmost region of Taiwan. It is the political and financial centre of Taiwan. It is also the country's main hub of technological development.Popular Destinations
Taipei
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Taipei is the national capital of Taiwan and one of the world's major global cities.
Hsinchu
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Hsinchu, formerly known as Shinchiku during Japanese rule, is a city located in northwestern Taiwan.
Taoyuan
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Taoyuan City is a special municipality in Northern Taiwan, adjacent to New Taipei in the north and Hsinchu County in the south.
Destinations
New Taipei
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New Taipei, while officially a city, is more like a region surrounding the cities of Taipei and Keelung in Northern Taiwan.
Hsinchu County
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Hsinchu County is a county administered as part of the nominal Taiwan Province of the Republic of China.
Keelung
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Keelung, also spelled Chilung, is a port city in the north of Taiwan, near the capital, Taipei.
Shei-pa National Park
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Hsüeh-Pa National Park is a national park located in the central part of Taiwan around the peaks of Hsuehshan and Dabajian Mountain, with an area of 768.5 km2, covering the area of Hsinchu County, Miaoli County and Taichung City.
Jiufen
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Jiufen or Jioufen, historically spelled Chiufen, is a small town in Northern Taiwan.
Zhenxibao
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24°34′34″N 121°18′29″E / 24.57611°N 121.30806°E Jianshi Township is a mountain indigenous township in Hsinchu County in northern Taiwan.
Northern Taiwan
- Type: region of Taiwan
- Location: Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
24.992° or 24° 59' 31" northLongitude of centre
121.404° or 121° 24' 14" eastWikidata ID
Q6851564Northern Taiwan Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Catalan: Taiwan Septentrional
- Chinese: Pak Tâi-oân
- Chinese: 北臺灣
- Esperanto: Norda Tajvano
- French: Nord de Taiwan
- French: beitaiwan
- French: nord de Taiwan
- Italian: Taiwan settentrionale
- Japanese: 北台湾
- Japanese: 台湾北部
- Korean: 북타이완
- Min Nan Chinese: Pak Tâi-uân
- Slovenian: Severni Tajvan
- Swedish: Beitai
- Vietnamese: Bắc Đài Loan
- Welsh: Gogledd Taiwan
- Yue Chinese: 北臺灣
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Northern Taiwan. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.