Banqiao
Banqiao District Banciao, Panchiao or Pan-ch'iao is a district and the seat of New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Banqiao District Banciao, Panchiao or Pan-ch'iao is a district and the seat of New Taipei City, Taiwan. It has the third-highest population density in Taiwan, with over 24,000/km2 (62,000/sq mi). Until the creation of New Taipei City, Banqiao was an incorporated county-administered city and the former seat of Taipei County.
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Worth seeing in and around Banqiao
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University is a national research university in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as Taihoku Imperial University, it was the seventh Imperial University of the Empire of Japan and is the oldest university in the country.
9.4 km · national university located in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 02Fu Jen Catholic University
Fu Jen Catholic University is a private Catholic university in New Taipei City, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1925 in Beijing at the request of Pope Pius XI and re-established in Taiwan in 1961 at the request of Pope John XXIII. Fu Jen consists of twelve colleges and schools, among which are several of Taiwan's first or only academic units in Italian language, info-management, museology, religious studies, philosophy.
3 km · Catholic University in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 03Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a national monument and tourist attraction erected during Taiwan’s martial law period in memory of Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of China. In recent years, the site has also incorporated remembrance of Taiwan’s martial law period.
8.1 km · memorial hall in Taipei · Wikipedia - 04Taipei Grand Mosque
The Taipei Grand Mosque, abbreviated as TGM, and also known as the Taipei Zheng He Mosque is a mosque located in the Da'an District of Taipei City, in Taiwan. It is the largest and oldest mosque in Taiwan and its most important Islamic structure.
9.1 km · mosque in Da'an, Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 05National Taiwan Normal University
National Taiwan Normal University is a national public research university with its main campus in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 1922 during Japanese rule as the Taihoku Higher School, it was the first teachers' college in Taiwan.
8.4 km · national university in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 06Ximending
Ximending is a neighborhood and shopping district in the Wanhua District of Taipei, Taiwan. The Ximending Pedestrian Area was the first pedestrian zone constructed in Taipei and remains the largest in Taiwan.
7.2 km · shopping district in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan · Wikipedia - 07Shin Kong Life Tower
Shin Kong Life Tower, at 51 stories and a height of 245 meters, is one of Taiwan's earliest skyscrapers. The rose-colored tower topped by a pyramid stands in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, and dates from 1993.
8 km · skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 08Bangka Lungshan Temple
Bangka Lungshan Temple is a Taiwanese folk temple in Wanhua District, Taipei, Taiwan. The temple was built in Taipei in 1738 by settlers from Fujian during Qing rule in honor of Guanyin.
6.2 km · Guanyin temple in Wanhua, Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 09National Taipei University of Technology
National Taipei University of Technology is a public university in Taipei, Taiwan. It is a member of the Global Research & Industry Alliance of the Ministry of Science and Technology and accredited by AACSB. Located in the Daan district of Taipei, the school was established in 1912 as the School of Industrial Instruction, one of the earliest intermediate-higher educational institutions in Taiwan.
9.7 km · public university in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 10National Taiwan Library
The National Taiwan Library is a library in Zhonghe District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It is the oldest public library in Taiwan.
7 km · public library in Zhonghe, New Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Banqiao
- Airports
- Taipei Songshan (TSA), 12 km · Taiwan Taoyuan (TPE), 23 km · Hualien Chiashan (HUN), 111 km
- Stations
- Taipei Main Station, 8.3 km · Zhongshan Station, 8.8 km · Banqiao station, 1.8 km · Dongmen Station, 8.7 km · Ximen Station, 7.2 km
- Hualien City → Banqiao115 km · quickest by road, 4h 3m · NT$330–440
- Taichung (Qingshui) → Banqiao124 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · NT$290–385
- Huxi → Banqiao475 km · quickest by road, 12h 35m · ¥215–290
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Banqiao
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Banqiao. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inCSF operates fast ferries (about 3 hours) from Pingtan in mainland China to New Taipei's Bali District and back.
From Wikivoyage: New Taipei, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Banqiao
Banqiao is 6 km from New Taipei City, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- New Taipei Citycity in Taiwan, and most populous municipality of Taiwan1.9 km
- Tucheng DistrictA district in New Taipei City, Taiwan5.1 km
- Sanchong DistrictA district in New Taipei City, Taiwan7.4 km
- Zhonghe Districtdistrict in New Taipei City, Taiwan6.1 km
- Shulin DistrictA district in New Taipei City, Taiwan5.6 km
- Zhongzheng Districtdistrict in Taipei City, Taiwan7.5 km