Datong
大同區 | |
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Datong District | |
Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
Region | Western Taipei |
Divisions | List
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Area | |
• Total | 5.6815 km2 (2.1936 sq mi) |
• Rank | Ranked 12th of 12 |
Population (January 2023) | |
• Total | 119,123[1] |
• Rank | Ranked 11th of 12 |
Postal code | 103 |
Website | dtdo |
Datong District, Taipei | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 大同區 | ||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Great Harmony District | ||||||||||||
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Twatutia (old name) | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 大稻埕 | ||||||||||||
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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 area used to be the site of Twatutia, one of the first settlements in what is now Taipei and for a time the area's commercial center.[1] Taipei's commercial center has since shifted south east to Zhongzheng, Da'an and Xinyi, and Datong is far less important economically. One of the last vestiges of Twatutia's commercial importance disappeared with the closing of the Chien-Cheng Circle in 2006. The north was the site of the village of Daronpon.