Sanchong District
Sanchong District is a district in the western part of New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Sanchong District is a district in the western part of New Taipei City, Taiwan. With an area of 16.32 km2 and a population of 380,699 people, it has the fourth highest population density in Taiwan and 23rd highest in the world, with over 23,900 people per km2.
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Worth seeing in and around Sanchong District
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.
- 01Ximending
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.
3 km · shopping district in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan · Wikipedia - 02Shin 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.
3.4 km · skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 03Bangka 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.
3.1 km · Guanyin temple in Wanhua, Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 04National Taiwan Museum
The National Taiwan Museum, established in 1908, is the oldest museum in Taiwan. It was founded by the colonial government during Taiwan's period of Japanese rule.
3.5 km · national museum in Taipei · Wikipedia - 05228 Peace Memorial Park
The 228 Peace Memorial Park is a historic site and municipal park located at 3 Ketagalan Boulevard, Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. The park contains memorials to victims of the February 28 Incident of 1947, including the 228 Memorial Monument that stands at the center of the park and the Taipei 228 Memorial Museum, housed at the site of a former radio station that operated under Japanese and Kuomintang rule.
3.6 km · park in Taipei, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 06Ama Museum
The Ama Museum is a museum dedicated to comfort women in Taiwan. It opened in 2016, in Datong District, Taipei.
3.1 km · museum in Taipei · Wikipedia - 07MoCA Taipei
The Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei is a museum of contemporary art, located in Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan.
3.4 km · art museum in Taipei · Wikipedia - 08Taipei Confucian Temple
The Taipei Confucius Temple is a Confucian temple in Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan.
3.2 km · Confucian temple in Taipei · Wikipedia - 09Taipei Fine Arts Museum
The Taipei Fine Arts Museum is a museum in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is in the Taipei Expo Park.
4 km · art museum in Taipei · Wikipedia - 10Taipei Guest House
The Taipei Guest House is the historical building located at 1 Ketagalan Boulevard, Bo'ai Special Zone, Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is owned by the Government of the Republic of China and used as a state guest house for receiving state guests or celebration activities.
3.9 km · house in Zhongzheng District, Taiwan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sanchong District
- Airports
- Taipei Songshan (TSA), 7 km · Taiwan Taoyuan (TPE), 26 km · Hualien Chiashan (HUN), 116 km
- Stations
- Taipei Main Station, 3.4 km · Zhongshan Station, 3.5 km · Ximen Station, 3.1 km · National Taiwan University Hospital Station, 3.7 km · Sanchong Station, 800 m
- Hualien City → Sanchong District120 km · quickest by road, 3h 57m · NT$330–440
- Taichung (Qingshui) → Sanchong District129 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · NT$305–405
- Huxi → Sanchong District471 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 Sanchong District
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 Sanchong District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere is a small pier in Sanchong where you may take a ferry to some of the other areas of New Taipei City.
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Next door to Sanchong District
Sanchong District is 3 km from New Taipei City, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Shilin DistrictA district in Taipei City, Taiwan3.8 km
- Datong DistrictA district in Taipei City, Taiwan2.7 km
- Wanhua DistrictA district in Taipei City, Taiwan3.2 km
- Luzhou DistrictA district in New Taipei City, Taiwan3.1 km
- Zhongshan Soccer Stadiumfootball venue that once existed in Zhongshan district, Taipei3.5 km
- Taipei Twinstwin skyscrapers in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan3 km