Xinzhuang District

Xinzhuang District
Xinzhuang District
Chinese	新莊區
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīnzhuāng Qū
Bopomofo	ㄒㄧㄣㄓㄨㄤㄑㄩ
Tongyong Pinyin	Sinjhuang Cyu
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Sin-chng-khu

Xinzhuang

新莊區
Shinshō, Sinjhuang, Hsien-Chung, Hsinchuang
Xinzhuang 新莊區 Shinshō, Sinjhuang, Hsien-Chung, Hsinchuang
District
	Xinzhuang District
	Xinzhuang District in New Taipei City
	Coordinates: 25°02′N 121°27′E / 25.033°N 121.450°E
Country	(Taiwan)
Region	Northern Taiwan
Special municipality	New Taipei
Area
• Total	19.74 km2 (7.62 sq mi)
Population (February 2023)
• Total	421,248
• Density	9,678.14/km2 (25,066.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Postal code	242
Website	www.xinzhuang.ntpc.gov.tw (in Chinese)

Xinzhuang District (Chinese: 新莊區; Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnzhuāng Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Sinjhuang Cyu) is a district in the western part of New Taipei in northern Taiwan. It has an area of 19.74 km² (7.62 sq mi) and a population of 421,248 people (February 2023).

History edit

Map including Xinzhuang (labeled as Hsin-chuang-chieh (Shinshōgai) 新莊街) (1950)

A former name of the area is Pulauan (Chinese: 武溜灣; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bú-liu-oan).^[1] On 15 January 1980, Xinzhuang was upgraded from an urban township to be a county-administered city of Taipei County. On 25 December 2010, Taipei County was upgraded to New Taipei City, and Xinzhuang City was upgraded to a district.^{[citation needed]}

Overview edit

The district is bordered by Wugu and Taishan to the north, Sanchong to the east, Banqiao and Shulin to the south, and Taoyuan City to the west.^{[citation needed]}