Diplomatic Quarter (Taiwan)

Diplomatic Quarter
使館特區
The Diplomatic Quarter, as seen from Lane 101, Tianmu West road (天母西路101巷)
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General information
TypeDiplomatic building
LocationShilin, Taipei, Taiwan
Coordinates25°07′02″N 121°31′27″E / 25.117248°N 121.524108°E / 25.117248; 121.524108
Construction started1994[1]
Completed1998[1]

The Diplomatic Quarter (Chinese: 使館特區; pinyin: Shǐguǎn Tèqū) is a building that houses most of Taiwan's foreign embassies, as well as the headquarters of the International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF). It is located in the Tianmu neighbourhood of Shilin District in the capital Taipei.[2][3]

Additionally, the term may refer to the area around this building, for example in the context of the housing market.[4]

An eight-second montage showing flags in front of the Diplomatic Quarter, as seen on 31 October 2017.[2][5] As of 2024, the Solomon Islands (first from left), Nicaragua (third from left), Honduras (fifth from left), the Dominican Republic (seventh from left), Burkina Faso (ninth from right), El Salvador, (eighth from right), Kiribati and Nauru (sixth and fifth from right respectively), no longer have diplomatic relations with Taiwan, and as a result do not have their flags flying in front of the Diplomatic Quarter.
  1. ^ a b "與使節面對面─一場別開生面的「敦親睦鄰」交誼會". Mofa News and Report. 29 (1). December 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b Wu, J.R. (23 December 2016). "Taiwan folds away the flags as China woos its allies". REUTERS.
  3. ^ "Directions to the ICDF". TaiwanICDF. 17 May 2004. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  4. ^ "天母使館特區 環境清幽溪潺潺". 台灣蘋果日報. 8 November 2007.
  5. ^ Steger, Isabella (5 December 2016). "The unbearable sadness of being Taiwan, a liberal island other democracies refuse to talk to". Quartz Media LLC.