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Explore Shehou
The district Shehou of Banqiao District in New Taipei City (Taipei) is located in Taiwan a little south-west of Taipei, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Taipei, Taoyuan, Keelung, Yilan and Zhubei. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 23°C / 74 °F
Morning Temperature | 22°C / 72 °F |
Evening Temperature | 24°C / 76 °F |
Night Temperature | 24°C / 75 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 16% |
Air Humidity | 88% |
Air Pressure | 1007 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (3 mph) from South-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
30°C (86 °F)
25°C (77 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
31°C (88 °F)
24°C (75 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
32°C (90 °F)
27°C (80 °F)
Broken clouds, moderate breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Taipei Garden Hotel
The One Nanyuan
Chateau de Chine Sinjhuang
Hotel Intrendy
Zhonghe Four Points by Sheraton Taipei
Fuh Lih Commercial Hotel
Vintage Apple Hotel
Cho Hotel
ECFA Hotel Ximen
New World Hotel
Videos from this area
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Tracing Pigeon!!
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Wanhua District
Wanhua District, known in Taiwanese as Bangka a.k.a. Monga, is Taipei City's oldest district. The district is home to historic buildings such as Longshan Temple, an historic temple, and the Red House Theater, the first and largest teahouse and playhouse in Taiwan. Taipei's oldest, but decaying, garment district is also here.
Mengjia Longshan Temple
Mengjia Longshan Temple was built in Taipei in 1738 by settlers from Fujian, China. It served as a place of worship and a gathering place for the Chinese settlers. The temple has been destroyed either in full or in part on numerous earthquakes and fires. During World War II, on 31 May 1945 it was hit by American bombers during the Raid on Taipei, who claimed the Japanese were hiding armaments inside.
Micro-Star International
Micro-Star International Co. , Ltd (MSI) (Chinese: :微星科技, "Micro-Star Technology") is a Taiwanese electronics company based in New Taipei City. It is one of the world's largest information technology manufacturers with its Baoan Plant in Shenzhen and research and development facilities in Kunshan.
Shulin District
Shulin District is an inner city district in southwestern New Taipei City in northern Taiwan ROC.
Fu Jen Catholic University
Fu Jen Catholic University is Taiwan’s largest and oldest Catholic university run by the Divine Word Missionaries, the Society of Jesus and the Chinese Diocesan clergy in New Taipei City. Colloquially the school is known as "FǔDà" (輔大). When Fu Jen operated following approval by Pope Pius XI in Beijing until 1952, it was known as the Catholic University of Peking. The University was founded in 1925 by the Order of Saint Benedict and re-established in 1961.
Tucheng District
Tucheng District is an inner city district in the southwestern part of New Taipei in northern Republic of China (Taiwan).
Banqiao Stadium
Banqiao Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Banqiao District, New Taipei City. It is administered by the New Taipei City Government. It consists of several parts, of which the Banqiao First Sports Ground is able to hold 30,000 people and was opened in 1987. It is currently used mostly for football matches. In recent years, it has also been used for outdoor concerts. Guns N' Roses kicked off their 2009-2011 World Tour at the stadium on December 11, 2009.
Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium
Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It is currently mostly used for CPBL baseball games. The stadium can hold 12,500 people and was opened in 1997.
Red House Theater
The Red House Theater (紅樓劇場), often called the Red Theater or Red Play House in English, is a historic theater in the Ximending area of Taipei, Taiwan. Built in 1908 during Japanese rule and designed by Japanese architect Kondo Juro, it was originally a market building but was used as a theater from 1945 onwards. The building recently underwent an extensive renovation.
Qingshui Temple
Qingshui Temple also known as Tsushih Temple or the "Divine Progenitors Temple" is a temple in dedicated to the god Qingshui Zushi, a Northern Song Dynasty Buddhist monk who is said to have saved a town from a drought. The temple is located in the Wanhua District of Taipei City, Taiwan and was constructed in 1787 CE. In 1958, the temple was renovated and restored. The temple is often called "the most characteristic example of mid-Qing temple architecture."
National Museum of History
The National Museum of History (NMH) is located in the Nanhai Academy in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan and exhibits Chinese historical items. After the Republic of China government moved to Taiwan, the National Museum of History was the first museum established.
Jingan Station
The Taipei Metro Jing'an Station (also written Jing-an) is a station on the Zhonghe Line (part of the Orange Line) located in Zhonghe District, New Taipei, Taiwan. When the Circular Line opens in 2015, Jing'an will become a transfer station with that line.
Yongan Market Station
The Taipei Metro Yongan Market Station is a station on the Zhonghe Line (part of the Orange Line) located in Yonghe and Zhonghe districts, New Taipei, Taiwan.
Xiaonanmen Station
The Taipei Metro Xiaonanmen Station is an underground station on the Xiaonanmen Line located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan.
Fuzhong Station
The Taipei Metro Fuzhong Station is a station on the Banqiao Line located in Banqiao District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Haishan Station
The Taipei Metro Haishan Station is a station on the Banqiao Line located in Tucheng District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Shulin Station
Shulin Station(樹林車站) is a station on the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line located in Shulin District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Lunghwa University of Science and Technology
Lunghwa University of Science and Technology (Chinese: 龍華科技大學; abbreviated as LHU) is a private university of science and technology in the Taiwanese vocational education system, originally based in Gueishan, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, R.O.C.. As its spirit of fundamental of initial creation in its school song, "a technical skill can be valued unlimitedly; both hands can be creating infinitely for country.
Banqiao District
Banqiao District is the city seat of New Taipei in northern Taiwan. It has the third highest population density in Taiwan. It was formerly the 22nd densest city in the world, with over 24,000 people per square km. Until the December 25, 2010 creation of New Taipei, Banqiao was itself a city and the former seat of Taipei County.
Banqiao Station
Banqiao Station (板橋車站) is a railway station located in Banqiao District, New Taipei, Taiwan. The station serves high-speed rail, conventional rail, and metro trains. All tracks and platforms in the station are located underground. The new station building opened on July 19, 1999 for TRA trains, May 31, 2006 for the Taipei Metro, and on January 5, 2007 for Taiwan High Speed Rail. The station currently handles over 106,000 passengers per day.
Taipei Botanical Garden
The Taipei Botanical Garden is located in the Nanhai Academy on Nanhai Road in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. The Botanical Garden covers an area of about 15 hectares and includes over 1500 plant species.
Wanhua Station
Wanhua Station is a Taiwan Railway Administration station located in Wanhua, Taipei, Taiwan.
National Education Radio
National Education Radio is a government owned radio station in the Republic of China. It was founded in 1960 and is located in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei City, Taiwan next to the Taipei Botanical Garden and National Museum of History. The Headquarters building has been a registered historic landmark since 2009.
Red Envelope Club
A Red Envelope Club is a form of Cabaret in Taiwan that originated in Taipei in the 1960s as an imitation of Shanghai Cabaret. In these cabarets, female singers sing old Chinese songs from the 1920s to 1950s to mostly older men, many of whom were soldiers in General Chiang Kai-Shek's Kuomintang army that fled Mainland China after the Chinese Civil War. The cabarets get their name from the fact that the audience gives the singers, who they appreciate, money in red envelopes.
Lin Family Mansion and Garden
The Lin Ben Yuan Family Mansion and Garden (林本源園邸) in Banqiao District, New Taipei City was a residence built by the Lin Ben Yuan Family, of Banqiao, Taiwan. It is Taiwan's most-complete surviving example of traditional Chinese garden architecture. It is also known as the Lin Family Gardens.