Nangang District, Taipei

Nangang
南港區
District

Country Taiwan
Region Eastern Taipei
Divisions
Area
 • Total 21.8424 km2 (8.4334 sq mi)
Area rank Ranked 5th of 12
Population
 • Total 121,257
 • Rank Ranked 12th of 12
 • Density 5,600/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Postal code 115
Nangang District
Traditional Chinese 南港區

Nangang District is a southeastern district of Taipei, Taiwan. It is the seat of the Academia Sinica, Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall, and Nankang Software Park (NKSP).

Administration

The following placenames are romanized in Hanyu Pinyin, with Wade-Giles in parentheses, which is the legacy standard spelling:

History

Nangang was settled in 1735 by Fujianese, especially in the present villages of Nangang, Sanchong, and Dongxin. The placename was Great Jia'na Fortress (大加蚋堡), Nangang-Sanchong Port (南港三重埔). The Qing era name of Lamkang'a (南港仔; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-káng-á; literally: "southern port"), refers to its position on Keelung River.

In 1920, during the Japanese era, Nangang was part of Naiko Village (内湖庄), Shichisei District (七星區), Taihoku Prefecture. In December 1945, after the handover of Taiwan to the Kuomintang, the administrative levels were changed to Neihu Township (內湖鄉), Qixing District (七星區), Taipei County. July 6 the following year, as proposed by Mayor Que Shankeng (闕山坑), Nangang was separated into its own township (南港鎮). In 1967, it became a district of Taipei.

Education

Miscellaneous

Transportation

Nangang Station

See also

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