Shimen Destrict

Shimen Destrict 石門區
Destrict
The lichthoose at Taiwan's northmaist point
Location o Shimen in New Taipei Ceety
Shimen Destrict Location o Shimen in Taiwan
Coordinates: 25°16′07″N 121°34′17″E
Kintra	Republic o Cheenae
Region	Northren Taiwan
Special municipality	New Taipei (新北市)
Govrenment
• Mayor	Wu Zong-ren (巫忠仁)
Area
• Total	51.26 km2 (19.79 sq mi)
Population  (December 2010)
• Total	12,700
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Postal code	253
Website	http://www.shimen.ntpc.gov.tw

Shimen Destrict
Cheenese	石門區
Leeteral meanin	Stone Gate
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shímén Qū Bopomofo ㄕˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄑㄩ Tongyong Pinyin Shíhmén Cyu Hakka Romanisation Sa̍k-mùn Khî Soothren Min Hokkien POJ Chio̍h-mn̂g-khu

Shimen Destrict (Cheenese: 石門區; pinyin: Shímén Qū) is a spairsely populatit landwart destrict in the northren pairt o New Taipei in northren Republic o Cheenae (Taiwan). It is pairt o the north coast scenic aurie an includes Taiwan's northmaist point, Cape Fugui.

History

While kent tae earlier splorers, includin the Dutch, the aurie wis first explicitly mentioned in Cheenese annals in 1694 as Shimenshan (石門山; Stane Gate Muntain). Durin the period o Imperial Japanese rule, Shimen wis cried Sekimon Veelage (石門庄), an wis govrened bi the Tamsui destrict (淡水郡) o the Taihoku Prefectur. In 1945 when the Kuomintang teuk ower admeenistration o Taiwan the aurie became Shimen Landwart Tounship, a pairt o Taipei Coonty. Wi the reorganisation o Taipei Coonty in 2010, Shimen became a destrict o the newly creatit New Taipei.

Geografie

The interior o Shimen is predominantly muntainous, wi smaw auries of flat land on the coast. The destrict is bordered tae the north bi the East Cheenae Sea, tae the soothwast bi Sanzhi Destrict, an tae the sootheast bi Jinshan Destrict.

Admeenistration

Shimen is pairt o New Taipei, a special municipality unner the Republic o Cheenae govrenment. The destrict itsel is dividit intae nine veelages: Shanxi (山溪里), Shimen (石門里), Laomei (老梅里), Jianlu (尖鹿里), Maolin (茂林里), Caoli (草里里), Qianhua (乾華里), Fuji (富基里), and Demao (德茂里).

Economy

Tourism is a major contributor tae the economy o Shimen, which produces a nummer o agricultural guids an aw includin mandarins peanuts, an tea.

Eddication

Shimen haes ane junior heich schuil, Shimen Junior Heich, an three elementar schuils; Shimen, Laomei an Qianhua.

Tourist attractions

Besides the lichthoose at Cape Fugui, Shimen haes been hame tae an annual kite festival syne the year 2000, drawin competitors frae aroond the warld.

Infrastructur

Shimen is the steid location for Taiwan's first nuclear pouer plant, the Jinshan Nuclear Pouer Plant.

Transportation

The main road route throu the destrict is the Provincial Heich-gate No. 2. It is servit bi a nummer o ither coonty-level roads an aw. Thare is nae rail transportation in the destrict.

See an aw

• New Taipei