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-- Working draft for upcoming book by Mark Caltonhill, author of "Private Prayers and Public Parades - Exploring the religious life of Taipei" and other works.

Sunday, 16 January 2022

List of all posts Alphabetically by County / City

Taiwan (臺灣 / 台灣)
Ilha Formosa

Taipei City
Beitou (北投) District
......... Yangming Mountain (陽明山)
Daan (大安) District
......... Guting (古亭)
Nangang (南港路) District
Shilin (士林) District
Songshan (松山) District
Wanhua (萬華) District
........ Ximending (西門町)
Wenshan (文山) District
........... Muzha (木柵)
Xinyi (信義) District
Zhongzheng (中正) District
......... Gongguan (公館)











Bade Road (八德路)
Beiping Road (北平路), Taipei & Taichung
"Why Dunhua Road (敦化) is so wide"
Heping Road (和平路)
Jungong Road (軍功路)
Ren-ai Road (仁愛路)
Shuangshi Raod (雙十路), Taichung City and Banqiao District, New Taipei City
Siwei Road (四維路)
Tingzhou Road (汀州路)
Xikou Street (溪口街)
Xinhai Road (辛亥路), Taipei City
Xinsheng Road (新生路)
Xinyi Road (信義路)
Yixian Road (逸仙路), Taipei
Zhongxiao Road (忠孝路)

Greater Taipei area MRT stations
台北 vs. 臺北 (and here)

Bannan Line (板南線; a.k.a. Blue Line)
Sanying Line (三鶯線; a.k.a. Light Blue Line)
Wenhu Line (文湖線; a.k.a. Brown Line)


New Taipei City
Bali (八里) District
......... Dabenkeng (大坌坑) site / prehistoric culture
Banqiao (板橋) District
Gongliao (貢寮) District
Sandiaojiao (三貂角) District
...,,,,,, Sandiaoling Station (三貂嶺車站)
Luzhou (蘆洲) District
Sanchong (三重) District
Sanxia (三峽) District
Shimen (石門) District
......... Fugui (富貴) Cape
Shuangxi (雙溪) District
Tucheng (土城) District
Wanli (萬里) District
......... Yeliu (野柳) Harbor
Wugu (五股) District
Wulai (烏來) District
Xizhi (汐止) District
......... Wudu Railway Station (五堵車站)
Xindian (新店)
......... Ankeng (安坑)
........ Bitan (碧潭)
........ Dapinglin (大坪林) MRT Station

Keelung City
Ren-ai (仁愛) District

Taoyuan City
Bade (八德) District
Guanyin (觀音) District

Hsinchu County
......... Dahan River (大漢溪)
Guanxi (關西) Township
Jianshi (尖石) Township
Qionglin (芎林) Township
Xinpu (新埔) Township
Zhubei (竹北) City

Miaoli (苗栗) County
Gongguan (公館) Township
......... Qiugou (邱苟)
Houlong (後龍) Township
Tongxiao (通霄) Township
Yuanli (苑裡) Township
Zhuolan (卓蘭) Township

Taichung City
Wufeng (霧峰) District
Wuri (烏日) District

Nantou County
Caotun (草屯) Township
Guoxing (國姓) Township
Ren-ai (仁愛) Township
Xinyi (信義) Township
........ Yushan (玉山; “Jade Mountain”)
Yuchi (魚池) Township
........ Sun Moon Lake (日月潭)
Zhushan (竹山) Township

Yunlin County (雲林)
Beigang (北港) Township

Vasikan (貓兒干) archaeological culture

Chiayi (嘉義) County
Alishan (阿里山) Township
Budai (布袋) Township
Dalin (大林) Township
Dongshi (東石) Township
Fanlu (番路) Township
Liujiao (六腳) Township
Minxiong (民雄) Township
Xikou (溪口) Township
Yizhu (義竹) District

Zengwen River (曾文溪) & Reservoir (曾文水庫)

Tainan City
Jiali (佳里) District
Madou (麻豆) District
Qigu (七股) District
Shanhua (善化) District
Xinshi (新市) District
Yujing (玉井) District
Luermen (鹿耳門)

Kaohsiung City
Neimen (內門) District
Namasiya (那瑪夏) District
Sanmin (三民) District

Pingtung County
Checheng (車城) Township
Donggang (東港) Township
......... Gaoping River (高屏溪)
Hengchun (恆春) Township
Mudan (牡丹) Township
Sandimen (三地門) Township

Hualien
Ji-an (吉安) Township
Taroko / Truku (太魯閣)
Xincheng (新城鄉) Township

Yilan County
Lanyang River (蘭陽溪)
Toucheng (頭城) Township
......... Shicheng Station (石城車站)
Zhuangwei (壯圍) Township

Jiang Wei-shui Yilan-Taipei Freeway (蔣渭水高速公路)

Penghu County
Xiyu (西嶼) Township

Fujian (福建) Province
Kinmen (金門)
Lieyu (烈嶼) Township, Kinmen

Matsu Islands (馬祖), Lienchiang County
Juguang (莒光) Township

Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) Stations
Sandiaoling Station (三貂嶺車站)
Shicheng Station (石城車站)
Wudu Railway Station (五堵車站)

High Speed Rail (HSR) Stations

01 Nangang HSR Station (南港) Nangang District, Taipei City
02 Taipei HSR Station (臺北) Zhongzheng District, Taipei City
03 Banqiao HSR Station (板橋) Banqiao District, New Taipei City
04 Taoyuan HSR Station (桃園) Zhongli District, Taoyuan City
05 Hsinchu HSR Station (新竹) Zhubei City, Hsinchu County
06 Miaoli HSR Station (苗栗) Houlong Township, Miaoli County
07 Taichung HSR Station (台中) Wuri District, Taichung City
08 Changhua HSR Station (彰化) Tianzhong Township, Changhua County
09 Yunlin HSR Station (雲林) Huwei Townhship, Yunlin County
10 Chiayi HSR Station (嘉義) Taibao City, Chiayi County
11 Tainan HSR Station (台南) Gueiren District, Tainan City
12 Zuoying HSR Station (左營) Zuoying District, Kaohsiung City

Highest (& otherwise interesting) Mountains










Xiuguluan Mountain (秀姑巒山; 3,825m), Hualien County
Xueshan (雪山)
Yangming Mountain (陽明山)
Yushan (玉山; “Jade Mountain”)




Major Rivers
Dahan River (大漢溪)
Gaoping River (高屏溪)
Lanyang River (蘭陽溪)
Love River (愛河), Kaohsiung City
Qishan River (旗山溪)
Tamsui River (淡水河), Taipei City / New Taipei City
Xiuguluan River (秀姑巒溪), Hualien
Zengwen River (曾文溪)



Miscellaneous Extras
AB BA roads
Administrative units during Period of Japanese Rule (1895~1945)
Miscellany of 19th-century Notes on 17th-century Dutch Historical Records
Deity Guan Gong (關公), (a.k.a. Guan Di (關帝), Guan Yu (關羽) &c.)
"Houses": Cuo (厝) vs. Wu (屋)
List of Taiwan's indigenous ethnic groups
Men (門; "Door / Gate ...")
Campaigns for the Rectification of Names
Romanizations: List of disused and unorthodox systems
San Min Zhuyi (三民主義; Three Principles of the People) Townships: Rural 鄉 and Urban 鎮
On the Transliteration of Aboriginal place names
On "Tribe" and "Ethnic Group"
Wu (屋; “House”)

External links
Academic paper on postwar naming of Taipei City streets (and more)
Road sign names is election issue
Map of Taiwan 1901
Pre-1895 Japanese map of Taiwan
MC's Euroview article on translating place names







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