Datong District, Taipei

Datong
大同區
Datong District
View of Eslite Spectrum Nanxi on Nanjing West Road
View of Eslite Spectrum Nanxi on Nanjing West Road
CountryRepublic of China (Taiwan)
RegionWestern Taipei
Divisions
List
  • 25 villages
  • 522 neighborhoods
Area
 • Total5.6815 km2 (2.1936 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 12th of 12
Population
 (January 2023)
 • Total119,123[1]
 • RankRanked 11th of 12
Postal code
103
Websitedtdo.gov.taipei Edit this at Wikidata (in Chinese)
Datong District, Taipei
Traditional Chinese大同
Literal meaningGreat Harmony District
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDàtóng Qū
Wade–GilesTa-t'ung Chü
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTāi-tông-khu
Twatutia (old name)
Traditional Chinese大稻埕
Transcriptions
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTōa-tiū-tiâⁿ

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.

The Dihua Market has many buildings built during the Japanese colonial era.
The Taipei Confucius Temple is adorned with southern Fujian-style ceramic adornments.
  1. ^ a b "About Datong District". Taipei City Government. 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-07-18.