| Songshan District | |||
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The Raohe Street Night Market in Songshan |
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| Old name: Siah-kháu (錫口) | |||
| Region | Eastern Taipei | ||
| Director | Chen Qi-yong (陳其墉) | ||
| Area ■ Total |
Ranked 9th of 12 9.2878 km² |
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| Population ■ Total ■ Density |
Ranked 8th of 12 208,832 22,484/km² |
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| Villages (里; li) | 33 | ||
| Neighborhoods (鄰; lin) | 756 | ||
| ROC zip code | 105 | ||
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Songshan District (Chinese: 松山區; pinyin: Sōngshān Qū; Wade–Giles: Sung-shan Chü; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siông-san-khu) is a district of Taipei. The name of the district is historically spelled Sungshan. The Songshan Domestic Airport and the Taipei Arena are located here.
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Songshan was originally named Siah-khau (錫口; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siah-kháu), which is the Taiwanese Hokkien pronunciation of a lowland Ketagalan word meaning "Where the river twists". In 1920, the place became Matsuyama Village (松山庄; Mandarin Chinese: songshan zhuang), named after Matsuyama City (松山市) in Japan (see Taiwan under Japanese rule). It was a part of Shichisei-gun (Qixing District), Taihoku Prefecture (台北州七星郡). Matsuyama was merged into Taihoku City in 1938. With the return of Taiwan to China in 1945, the Chinese reading of the characters 松山 (i.e. Songshan) was adopted. In 1946, Songshan became a district with 26 municipal villages (里). In 1990, the southern half of Songshan District became Xinyi District. Its boundary was altered in May 1994, when the Keelung River was artificially moved south slightly.
Songshan is divided into four regions (地區), or secondary district (次分區), which in turn are divided into 34 municipal villages. They following placenames are romanized in Hanyu Pinyin:
The airport is located in Dongshe Region, mostly in Jinzhong Village.
Fuxing Road's northern part (復興北路) runs along the western boundary of the district. The other major north-south road is Dunhua Road (敦化北路). Several major east-west arteries include Minquan East Road (民權東路), Sec. 3-5; Minsheng East Road (民生東路), Sec. 3-5; Nanjing East Road (南京東路), Sec. 3-5; and Bade Road (八德路), Sec. 2-4.
The southern border is outlined by the Civic Blvd (市民大道). Meanwhile, National Highway No. 1 borders the northern part of the district.
Currently, the Neihu Line above Fuxing Road provides the only metro access to the district, but by 2013, the Songshan Line will provide east-west access underneath Nanjing East Road.
Mandarin Airlines has its headquarters in Songshan District.[1] China Airlines maintains the Taipei Branch Office (Chinese: 台北分公司 Táiběi Fēngōngsī[2]) in Songshan.[3]
China Airlines formerly had its headquarters in the location of the Taipei Branch Office.[4][5] Its headquarters moved to a new location. After the headquarters move, China Airlines will allow tenants to rent space in its former headquarters.[6] As a result of the headquarters move, China Airlines will develop part of the training center at Taipei Songshan Airport into a business aviation center.[7]
In addition, there are two regular high schools (Xisong and Zhonglun), six middle schools, eight elementary schools, and 23 kindergartens in Songshan[8]
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