Datong District, Taipei

Datong
大同區
Datong District
View of Nanjing West Road
View of Nanjing West Road
CountryRepublic of China (Taiwan)
RegionWestern Taipei
Divisions
List
  • 25 villages
  • 522 neighborhoods
Area
 • Total
5.6815 km2 (2.1936 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 12th of 12
Population
 (January 2023)
 • Total
119,123[1]
 • RankRanked 11th of 12
Postal code
103
Websitedtdo.gov.taipei Edit this at Wikidata (in Chinese)
Datong District, Taipei
Traditional Chinese大同
Literal meaningGreat Harmony District
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDàtóng Qū
Wade–GilesTa-t'ung Chü
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTāi-tông-khu
Twatutia (old name)
Traditional Chinese大稻埕
Transcriptions
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTōa-tiū-tiâⁿ

Datong District or Tatung is a district of Taipei City, Taiwan. It is located between the Taipei Metro Red Line and eastern shore of the Tamsui River, and between Civic Boulevard and the Sun Yat-sen Freeway. The southern part of this district is known as Twatutia, one of the first settlements in what is now Taipei and once the commercial center.[1] Taipei's commercial center has since shifted southeast to Zhongzheng, Da'an and Xinyi, and Datong is far less important economically. Some of the last vestiges of Twatutia's commercial importance is preserved on Dihua Street. The old town of Daronpon is in the northern part of the district.

The Dihua Market has many buildings built during the Japanese colonial era.
The Taipei Confucius Temple is adorned with southern Fujian-style ceramic adornments.
  1. ^ a b "About Datong District". Taipei City Government. 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-07-18.

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