Shiding
石碇區
Sekitei
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Shiding District | |
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Shiding District in New Taipei City
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Coordinates: 025°00′N 121°39′E / 25.000°N 121.650°E / 25.000; 121.650 | |
Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
Special municipality | New Taipei City |
Population
(March 2023)
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• Total | 7,251 |
Time zone | +8 |
Website | www![]() |
Shiding District (Chinese: 石碇區; Hanyu Pinyin: Shídìng Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Shíhdìng Cyu; lit. 'stone anchor') is a rural district in southern New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Shiding used to be a thriving town during the Qing Dynasty due to its geographically favorable condition as a resting place on the way to Yilan and its coal mine resources and tea trading. Shiding was a rural townshipofTaipei County until the upgrade of the county to become the New Taipei municipality on 25 December 2010, Shiding became a district.
The district is accessible by bus from Jingmei StationofTaipei Metro.[1]
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¹ — Mountain indigenous district |
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