Tamsui District
Tamsui, Taiwan
淡水區 Tansui, Danshuei, Tanshui, Danshui | ||
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District | ||
Clockwise: Special municipality New Taipei City, Taiwan | | |
Area | ||
• Total | 70.65 km2 (27.28 sq mi) | |
Population (February 2023) | ||
• Total | 189,271 | |
• Density | 2,299/km2 (5,950/sq mi) | |
Time zone | +8 | |
Website | www |
Tamsui | ||
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Hanyu Pinyin Hùwěi | | |
Bopomofo | ㄏㄨˋ ㄨㄟˇ | |
Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Huhwoei | |
Wade–Giles | Hu4-wei3 | |
Tongyong Pinyin | Hùwěi | |
Yale Romanization | Hùwěi | |
MPS2 | Hùwěi | |
IPA | [xû.wèɪ] | |
Yue: Cantonese | ||
Jyutping | Wu6-mei5 | |
Southern Min | ||
Hokkien POJ | Hō͘-bé |
Transcriptions | |
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Romanization | Tansui |
Tamsui District
Name
Historical
The
Pastor
Historically, the term "Tamsui" is ambiguous, as "it may mean the harbor, the river, the village of Hobe,
Modern
From 1950 until the 2010 creation of New Taipei City, Tamsui was officially "Tamsui
History
Spanish colony
The
In 1642, the Spanish were expelled from Taiwan by the Dutch. The Spanish had already abandoned their settlement in Tamsui in 1638 and the Dutch built a new fort which they named Fort Anthonio (after the Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company Anthonio van Diemen). It is today known as
The Dutch left Fort Zeelandia in Taiwan in 1662 following their defeat by
Qing dynasty
Because of its proximity to
Canadian medical doctor and missionary George Leslie Mackay arrived in Tamsui on 9 March 1872, proceeding to establish Taiwan's first hospitals in Western medicine and formal educational facilities, including Oxford College (now part of Aletheia University), the oldest European-style higher-education institution in Taiwan by some measure.
During the
In 1884, the harbour of Tamsui was blockaded by the French Navy under the command of Admiral Amédée Courbet, during the Sino-French War.[19] The French were defeated at the Battle of Tamsui by the Chinese and, according to traditional accounts, with the divine assistance of the Goddess Mazu.
Japanese rule
By the time Taiwan was ceded to Japan following the end of the Sino-Japanese War in 1895, Tamsui's position as a seaport was beginning to wane due to the accumulation of sediments in the Tamsui River. By the 20th century, most of Tamsui's port operations had moved to Keelung, and the local economy had switched primarily to agriculture. However, public infrastructure construction projects by the Japanese led to Tamsui's rise as a local administrative and cultural center.
In the early years of Japanese rule (1895–1945), the population of the city was nearly 6,000.[20] From 1920, under the prefecture system, Tamsui was called Tansui Town (淡水街), and was governed under Tansui District of Taihoku Prefecture.
Post-war
Following the end of
Following the completion of the
Administrative divisions
Tamsui District administers forty-two urban villages (里).[21]
Division | Chinese[21][22] | Romanization (from Tongyong Pinyin)[23][24] |
Romanization (from |
Romanization (from Wade–Giles) |
Population (2010)[21] |
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Urban villages |
中和里 | Jhonghe[26] | Zhonghe[27] | Chung-ho[28] | 693 |
屯山里 | Tunshan | Tunshan | 1,229 | ||
賢孝里 | Siansiao | Xianxiao | Hsien-hsiao | 1,736 | |
興仁里 | Singren | Xingren | Hsing-jen | 1,749 | |
蕃薯里 | Fanshu | Fanshu | Fan-shu | 1,076 | |
義山里 | Yishan | Yishan | I-shan | 2,820 | |
忠山里 | Jhongshan | Zhongshan | Chung-shan | 1,026 | |
崁頂里 | Kanding | Kanding | K’an-ting | 2,632 | |
埤島里 | Pidao | Pidao | P’i-tao | 1,312 | |
新興里 | Sinsing | Xinxing | Hsin-hsing | 6,547 | |
水碓里 | Shueiduei[29] | Shuidui | Shui-tui | 6,304 | |
北投里 | Beitou | Beitou | Pei-t’ou | 5,779 | |
水源里 | Shueiyuan | Shuiyuan | Shui-yüan | 2,516 | |
忠寮里 | Jhongliao | Zhongliao | Chung-liao | 1,354 | |
樹興里 | Shusing | Shuxing | Shu-hsing | 1,165 | |
坪頂里 | Pingding | Pingding | P’ing-ting | 1,411 | |
福德里 | Fude | Fude | Fu-te | 6,574 | |
竹圍里 | Jhuwei | Zhuwei | Chu-wei | 6,322 | |
民生里 | Minsheng | Minsheng | Min-sheng | 6,774 | |
八勢里 | Bashih | Bashi | Pa-shih | 4,374 | |
竿蓁里 | Ganjhen | Ganzhen | Kan-chen | 7,890 | |
鄧公里 | Denggong | Denggong | 6,355 | ||
中興里 | Jhongsing | Zhongxing | Chung-hsing | 4,613 | |
長庚里 | Changgeng | Changgeng | 1,686 | ||
清文里 | Cingwun | Qingwen | 1,320 | ||
草東里 | Caodong | Caodong | 901 | ||
協元里 | Sieyuan | Xieyuan | 1,749 | ||
永吉里 | Yongji | Yongji | 1,018 | ||
民安里 | Min-an | Minan/Min'an | 930 | ||
新生里 | Sinsheng | Xinsheng | Hsin-sheng | 999 | |
文化里 | Wunhua | Wenhua | 2,133 | ||
油車里 | Youche | Youche | Yu-ch’e | 5,628 | |
沙崙里 | Shalun | Shalun | Sha-lun | 3,499 | |
新義里 | Sinyi | Xinyi | Hsin-i | 4,658 | |
新春里 | Sinchun | Xinchun | 6,870 | ||
新民里 | Sinmin | Xinmen | Hsin-min | 4,960 | |
正德里 | Jhengde | Zhengde | Cheng-te | 4,482 | |
北新里 | Beisin | Beixin | Pei-hsin | 2,907 | |
民權里 | Mincyuan | Minquan | Min-ch’uan/Min-ch’üan | 3,940 | |
幸福里 | Singfu | Xingfu | Hsing-fu | 4,742 | |
學府里 | Syuefu | Xuefu | 4,357 | ||
大庄里 | Dajhuang | Dazhuang | 4,451 |
Climate
Climate data for Tamsui District (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1942–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 28.4 (83.1) |
29.0 (84.2) |
31.9 (89.4) |
33.6 (92.5) |
35.8 (96.4) |
37.3 (99.1) |
38.8 (101.8) |
38.5 (101.3) |
37.4 (99.3) |
35.8 (96.4) |
32.8 (91.0) |
30.5 (86.9) |
38.8 (101.8) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.8 (65.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
25.4 (77.7) |
28.8 (83.8) |
31.3 (88.3) |
33.3 (91.9) |
33.1 (91.6) |
30.9 (87.6) |
27.1 (80.8) |
24.4 (75.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.4 (59.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
17.7 (63.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
24.7 (76.5) |
27.3 (81.1) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.7 (83.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
21.0 (69.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.7 (54.9) |
13.0 (55.4) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.2 (75.6) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.5 (77.9) |
23.8 (74.8) |
20.9 (69.6) |
18.3 (64.9) |
14.6 (58.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) |
3.2 (37.8) |
3.1 (37.6) |
6.7 (44.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.6 (67.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
7.6 (45.7) |
4.2 (39.6) |
2.3 (36.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 105.9 (4.17) |
148.0 (5.83) |
153.4 (6.04) |
157.6 (6.20) |
239.8 (9.44) |
257.4 (10.13) |
119.8 (4.72) |
218.3 (8.59) |
290.1 (11.42) |
165.8 (6.53) |
104.2 (4.10) |
112.4 (4.43) |
2,072.7 (81.6) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.9 | 13.8 | 15.2 | 13.6 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 8.3 | 10.9 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 149.5 |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
80.8 | 82.4 | 81.0 | 79.9 | 79.2 | 79.9 | 75.0 | 76.0 | 76.1 | 77.8 | 78.5 | 79.0 | 78.8 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 83.1 | 80.4 | 92.7 | 105.9 | 135.6 | 155.9 | 226.9 | 208.6 | 171.7 | 127.5 | 101.9 | 84.1 | 1,574.3 |
Source: Central Weather Bureau[30][31][32][33][34] |
Education
- Aletheia University
- St. John's University
- Tamkang University
- Taipei University of Marine Technology
- New Taipei Municipal Tam-Shui Vocational High School
- New Taipei Municipal Zhuwei High School
- Tamshui Junior High School
Tourist attractions
- Drop of Water Memorial Hall
- Former British Merchant Warehouse
- Fort San Domingo
- Hobe Fort
- Museum of Tamsui Fishiegoodies
- Tamsui Art Gallery
- Tamsui Church
- Tamsui Customs Officers' Residence
- Tamsui Customs Wharf
- Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf
- Tamsui Fuyou Temple
- Tamsui Historical Museum
- Tamsui Lover's Bridge
- Tamsui Lungshan Temple
- Tamsui Meteorological Observatory
- Tamsui Old Street
- Tamsui Qingshui Temple
- Tamsui Qingshui Deity's Grand Procession, on 6th day of 5th lunar month, an important fiesta for Tamsui District
- Tamsui Red Castle
- Teng Feng Fish Ball Museum
Transportation
Taipei Metro
- Tamsui Station
- Hongshulin Station
- Zhuwei Station
Light rail
Sister city
- Chico, California, U.S. – 1985[35]
Notable natives
- Joe Hung, representative to Italy (1993–2000)
- Tu Tsung-ming, former physician
Gallery
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A French sketch of Tamsui in 1893
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Tamsui Port, circa 1970
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The Yinshan Temple in Tamsui, 2018
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Tamsui Harbor (Li Mei-shu, 1930)
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Tamsui (Tan Ting-pho, 1935) – 91 × 116.5 cm – Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
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Tamsui Church (Ni Chiang-huai, 1936) – Paper, watercolor – 49.5 × 66 cm – Taipei Museum of Fine Arts
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Tamsui waterfront at sunset
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The sunset in front of the Long Pier of Tamsui
Sources
- History section retrieved and translated from Tamsui District office website.
Notes
- ^ "About Tamsui". Tamsui District Office, New Taipei City Government. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
Tamsui District
- Ministry of Interior. 16 June 2011. p. 1. Archived from the original(PDF) on 25 March 2012.
淡水區 Tamsui District 「淡水」依國際通用、 約定俗成方式譯寫
- ^ Edward Stanford (1908). Atlas of the Chinese Empire (1 ed.). pp. 2, 13 – via Internet Archive.
Tamsui
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Tamsui, Formosa . . 25.11 N 121.26 E - ^ Index to Map of China (2 ed.). Shanghai: Far Eastern Geographical Establishment. 1915. p. 86 – via Internet Archive.
Tamsui ... ... ... 儋 州 [sic] Formosa ... 臺灣 ... 25.11 N 121.26 E
- ^ Davidson (1903), p. 310.
- ^ a b Davidson (1903), p. 261.
- ^ Davidson (1903), p. 310 (illustration).
- OCLC 644323041.
- ^ "譯名鬧雙包 淡水正名Tamsui". 2011-08-05. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ "Entry #824 (水)". 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]. (in Chinese and Hokkien). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011.
- ^ Iûⁿ, Ún-giân. 台語線頂字典 [Taiwanese Online Character Dictionary].
- OL 25126855M.
- Takow, etc., and some English names of islands in the Pescadores." (Note: "Tansui" is not found until the index and is absent from the map)
- ^ see, for example:
- ^ Davidson (1903), p. 261: "The term Tamsui is used in a most liberal way; it may mean the harbor, the river, the village of Hobe, Twatutia, or Banka, and it may mean the whole district. Properly it is but the name of a river. A resident of Twatutia may likewise describe himself as a residient either of Twatutia, Taipehfu, or Tamsui, and still be quite correct so far as custom goes, although ordinarily the merchants and consuls, whether at Hobe or Twatutia, use Tamsui as their address."
- ISBN 9780804720663.
- ^ NEVILLE-HADLEY, PETER (2014). "Sleepy Tamsui Once a Thriving Treaty Port". Culture Locker. Meridian Writers’ Group.
- Sino-British relations.
- ISBN 9780415214735.
Following this setback, the Qing court officially declared war on France on 26 August 1884. On 1 October, Admiral Courbet landed at Jilong with 2,250 men, and the city fell to the French. Chinese forces continued to encircle Jilong throughout the rest of the War. Although a French blockade thwarted all subsequent Chinese efforts to send a fleet to relieve Taiwan, the French troops never succeeded in taking the riverside town of Danshui (Tamsui) in Taiwan's northwestern coastal plain, immediately north of modern-day Taipei. As a result, French control over Taiwan was limited merely to the northern coast. China's central fleet, based in Jiangsu Province, proved unable to break through Admiral Courbet's blockade of Taiwan. Although the south quickly requested assistance from the northern fleet, Li Hongzhang refused to place his own ships in danger. This decision almost guaranteed that China's coastal waters would be dominated by the French.
- ^ Takekoshi (1907), p. 200.
- ^ a b c 吳明勇 (ed.). 第壹篇 沿革志 (PDF) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). pp. 83–84. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
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- ^ 107年地方公職人員選舉 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Central Election Commission. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
中和里 屯山里 賢孝里 興仁里 蕃薯里 義山里 忠山里 崁頂里 埤島里 新興里 水碓里 北投里 水源里 忠寮里 樹興里 坪頂里 福德里 竹圍里 民生里 八勢里 竿蓁里 鄧公里 中興里 長庚里 清文里 草東里 協元里 永吉里 民安里 新生里 文化里 油車里 沙崙里 新義里 新春里 新民里 正德里 北新里 民權里 幸福里 學府里 大庄里
- ^ "district+map.pdf" (PDF). Tamsui District Office, New Taipei City Government. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
[main]Tunshan Vlg. Siansiao Vlg. Jhonghe Vlg. Singren Vlg. Fanshu Vlg. Yishan Vlg. Jhongshan Vlg. Kanding Vlg. Jhongliao Vlg. Pidao Vlg. Shalun Vlg. Dajhuang Vlg. Sinchun Vlg. Shueiyuan Vlg. Beitou Vlg. Youche Vlg. Sinsing Vlg. Jhongde Vlg. Sinmin Vlg. Shueiduei Vlg. Beisin Vlg. Sinyi Vlg. Wunhua Vlg. Jhongsing Vlg. Syuefu Vlg. Shusing Vlg. Denggong Vlg. Sinfu[sic] Vlg. Ganjhen Vlg. Pingding Vlg. Bashih Vlg. Minsheng Vlg. Jhuwei Vlg. Mingcyuan Vlg. Fude Vlg. [inset] Wunhua Vlg. Sieyuan Vlg. Sinsheng Vlg. Yongji Vlg. Cingwun Vlg. Sinfu Vlg.[mislabeled; should be 'Changgeng Vlg.'] Min-an Vlg. Caodong Vlg. Sinfu[sic] Vlg.
(note that the transcription of the map is approximate; the map also includes some blatant errors) - ^ a b "Map of Administrative Districts". Tamsui District Office, New Taipei City Government. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
Tamsui Include Tunshan Vlg. Jhonghe Vlg. Siansiao Vlg. Fansh[sic] Vlg.Singren Vlg. Yishan Vlg. Jhongshan Vlg. Kanding Vlg. Pidao Vlg.Jhongliao Vlg.Shueiyuan Vlg. Beitou Vlg. Shalun Vlg.Dazhung[sic] Vlg.Youche Vlg. Xinchun Vlg. Xinxing Vlg. Xinmin Vlg. Wenhua Vlg. Zhengde Vlg.Shuidui Vlg. Xinyi Vlg. Beixin Vlg. Jhongsing Vlg. Syuefu Vlg. Denggog[sic] Vlg. Sinfu Vlg. Shusing Vlg. Ganjhen Vlg. Xleyuan[sic] Vlg. Xinsheng Vlg. Uongli[sic] Vlg. Min-an Vlg. Cingwen Vlg. Changgeng Vlg. Caodong Vlg. pingding[sic] Vlg. Bashih Vlg. Minsheng Vlg. Jhuwei Vlg. Minocyuan[sic] Vlg. Fude Vlg.
(note that the list includes some blatant errors) - ^ "2018 Local Elections". Central Election Commission. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
Zhonghe Vil. Tunshan Vil. Xianxiao Vil. Xingren Vil. Fanshu Vil. Yishan Vil. Zhongshan Vil. Kanding Vil. Beidao Vil. Xinxing Vil. Shuidui Vil. Beitou Vil. Shuiyuan Vil. Zhongliao Vil. Shuxing Vil. Pingding Vil. Fude Vil. Zhuwei Vil. Minsheng Vil. Bashi Vil. Ganzhen Vil. Denggong Vil. Zhongxing Vil. Zhanggeng[sic] Vil. Qingwen Vil. Caotung[sic] Vil. Xieyuan Vil. Yongji Vil. Minan Vil. Xinsheng Vil. Wenhua Vil. Youju[sic] Vil. Shalun Vil. Xinyi Vil. Xinchun Vil. Xinmin Vil. Zhengde Vil. Beixin Vil. Minquan Vil. Xingfu Vil. Xuefu Vil. Dazhuang Vil.
(note that the list includes some blatant errors) - ^ Jhonghe (Variant – V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Zhonghe (Approved – N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Chung-ho (Variant – V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ "Police Station". Retrieved 12 July 2019.
Shueiduei
- Central Weather Bureau. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "氣象站各月份最高氣溫統計" (PDF) (in Chinese). Central Weather Bureau. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "氣象站各月份最高氣溫統計(續)" (PDF) (in Chinese). Central Weather Bureau. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "氣象站各月份最低氣溫統計" (PDF) (in Chinese). Central Weather Bureau. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "氣象站各月份最低氣溫統計(續)" (PDF) (in Chinese). Central Weather Bureau. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ Guo, Elizabeth; Kennedy, Brian (10 July 2008). "Tale of two towns: Chico, Calif., and Tamsui, Taiwan, Republic of China, have more in common than you might think". Chico News & Review. Retrieved 28 December 2014.