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Cape Santiago Lighthouse, Taiwan
The Cape Santiago Lighthouse ( or Santiaochiao Lighthouse ) is a lighthouse at Cape Santiago, Gongliao District, New Taipei, Taiwan. History The lighthouse was built in 1931 for ship navigation. Since 30 September 2018, the lighthouse has been opened to the public. Architecture The lighthouse rises up to 16.5 meters in height. The lighthouse features a gallery on its information and equipment. Transportation The lighthouse is accessible by bus from Taipei Main Station or Fulong Station. See also * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan * List of lighthouses in Taiwan This is a list of lighthouses and lightvessels in Taiwan. Northern Taiwan * Pengjia Lighthouse () (Pengjia Islet, Keelung) * Keelung Island Lighthouse () ( Keelung Islet, Keelung) * Keelung Lighthouse () (Keelung Harbor, Keelung) * Ciouzish ... References External links Maritime and Port Bureau MOTC 1931 establishments in Taiwan Lighthouses completed in 1931 Lighthouses in New Taipei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Santiago (Taiwan)
Cape Santiago is a cape on the easternmost point of the island of Taiwan, located in the Gongliao District, New Taipei City. History On 5 May 1626, a Spanish fleet reached the northeast tip of Taiwan and named the native village of Caquiunauan (also ''Caguiuanuan''; present-day Fulong Village) as Santiago. Later this name was extended to the nearby cape. Tourist attractions There is a lighthouse situated on Cape Santiago, called Cape Santiago Lighthouse. A nearby beach, Yenliao (鹽寮), was the site of the first landing for the Japanese invasion of Taiwan in 1895. See also * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan * Fort Santo Domingo * Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan) * Fort Provintia * List of Taiwanese superlatives Footnotes References Bibliography * * External links Northeast and Yilan Coast National Scenic Area-Taiwan Historic sites in Taiwan Landforms of New Taipei Tourist attractions in New Taipei Spanish East Indies Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gongliao District
Gongliao District (; originally ) is a rural district in the eastern part of New Taipei City, Taiwan. It is the easternmost district on the main island of Taiwan and at its easternmost tip is Cape Santiago. History During the period of Japanese rule, Gongliao was called , and was administered under Kīrun District, Taihoku Prefecture. Geography The area of the district is approximately 99.97 square kilometers. There are about 14,077 people living in the district. Tourist attractions * Fulong Beach and Hohaiyan Rock Festival ''Fulong Beach'', also known as Fulong Bathing Beach (福隆海水浴場), is located at Fulong Village, Gongliao District, New Taipei City at Northeastern Taiwan. It is the outlet of the Shuang River. The sands there are golden, which is rare in Taiwan. Nearby is a camping site named Longmen. This beach is a favorite in the summer for people living in northern Taiwan. It is also a popular area for surfing, windsurfing, and fishing. The Shuang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Taipei
New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, behind Kaohsiung. New Taipei City neighbours Keelung to the northeast, Yilan County to the southeast, and Taoyuan to the southwest, and completely encloses the city of Taipei. Banqiao District is its municipal seat and biggest commercial area. Before the Spanish and Dutch started arriving in Taiwan and set up small outposts in Tamsui in 1626, the area of present-day New Taipei City was mostly inhabited by Taiwanese indigenous peoples, mainly the Ketagalan people. From the late Qing era, the port of Tamsui was opened up to foreign traders as one of the treaty ports after the Qing dynasty of China signed the Treaty of Tianjin in June 1858. By the 1890s, the port of Tamsui accounted for 63 percent of the overall trade for entire Tai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consist of 168 islands, with a combined area of . The main island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital, Taipei, forms along with New Taipei City and Keelung the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, rocks, and safe entries to harbors; they also assist in aerial navigation. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and has become uneconomical since the advent of much cheaper, more sophisticated and effective electronic navigational systems. History Ancient lighthouses Before the development of clearly defined ports, mariners were guided by fires built on hilltops. Since elevating the fire would improve the visibility, placing the fire on a platform became a practice that led to the development of the lighthouse. In antiquity, the lighthouse functioned more as an entrance marker to ports than as a warning signal for reef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei Main Station
Taipei Main Station () is a railway and metro station in Taipei, Taiwan. It is served by Taiwan High Speed Rail, the Taiwan Railways Administration, and the Taipei Metro. It is also connected through underground passageways to the terminal station of Taoyuan Airport MRT and the Taipei Bus Station. In 2017, it was the busiest station on all three rail systems, with a total of 190 million entries and exits. Station overview The central building of Taipei Main Station is a rectangular building in Zhongzheng District with six stories above ground and four stories below ground. The building is long and wide. The first floor has a large ticketing hall with a skylight and three ground-level exits in each cardinal direction, the second is occupied by restaurants managed by the Breeze group, and all floors above are office spaces. At the B1 level, there are turnstiles for the TRA and THSR platforms, along with a myriad of underground passageways for Taipei Bus Station, the Taoyua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulong Railway Station
Fulong () is a Taiwan Railways Administration Yilan line station, located at Fulong Village, Gongliao District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Structure * Two island platforms Service * Currently, (2013) the station is classified as a third-class station by TRA standards. History * Original station name was ''Washi'' (控子) in Japanese during construction, but the correct character is 挖子. * On 30 November 1924, the station was opened under the name ''Okutei'' (澳底; ), which is a fishing port located 6 km north to this station. * On 1 December 1952, the station name was changed into the current name. * On 25 July 2005, reconstruction of the station's main structure was finished. This reconstruction was managed by the Northeast Coast National Scenic Area Administration, and sponsored by Taipower Company. The name board of the station is written in the imitation Song typeface, which is unique among TRA stations. Nearby landmarks * Fulong Beach * Northeast Coast Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tourist Attractions In Taiwan
Popular tourist attractions in Taiwan include the following: Attractions Historical buildings * Beihai Tunnel, Beigan () * Beihai Tunnel, Nangan () * Daxi Wude Hall () * Eternal Golden Castle * First Guesthouse * Fongyi Tutorial Academy * Former British Consulate at Takao * Former Japanese Navy Fongshan Communication Center * Former Tainan Weather Observatory * Fort Provintia * Fort Santo Domingo * Fort Zeelandia * Fuxing Barn * Great South Gate * Gulongtou Zhenwei Residence * Hobe Fort * Jhen Wen Academy * Kaohsiung Grand Hotel * Keelung Fort Commander's Official Residence * Lee Teng-fan's Ancient Residence * Lin Family Mansion and Garden * Meinong East Gate Tower * Moving Castle * Niumatou Site * North Gate of Xiong Town * Presidential Office Building * Qihou Fort * Qing Dynasty Taiwan Provincial Administration Hall * Shihlin Paper Mill * Taipei Guest House * Tianma Tea House * Walls of Taipei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lighthouses In Taiwan
This is a list of lighthouses and lightvessels in Taiwan. Northern Taiwan * Pengjia Lighthouse () (Pengjia Islet, Keelung) * Keelung Island Lighthouse () ( Keelung Islet, Keelung) * Keelung Lighthouse () (Keelung Harbor, Keelung) * Ciouzishan Lighthouse () (Keelung Harbor, Keelung) * Tamsui Harbor Lighthouse () ( Tamsui District, New Taipei) * Yeliou Lighthouse () ( Wanli District, New Taipei) *Fuguijiao Lighthouse () ( Shimen District, New Taipei) * Bitoujiao Lighthouse () ( Ruifang District, New Taipei) * Cape San Diego Lighthouse () (Gongliao District, New Taipei) *Baishajia Lighthouse () (Guanyin District, Taoyuan City) Central Taiwan *Gaomei Lighthouse () (Qingshui District, Taichung City) * Taichung Port Lighthouse () (Wuqi District, Taichung City) *Fangyuan Lighthouse () ( Fangyuan Township, Changhua County) * Wengangduei Lighthouse () ( Kouhu Township, Yunlin County) Southern Taiwan * Guosheng Port Lighthouse () (Cigu District, Tainan City) * Anping Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Establishments In Taiwan
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong industrialized countries will win wars, while "weak" nations are "beaten". Stalin states: "We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us." The first five-year plan in the Soviet Union is intensified, for the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. * February 10 – O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lighthouses Completed In 1931
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, rocks, and safe entries to harbors; they also assist in aerial navigation. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and has become uneconomical since the advent of much cheaper, more sophisticated and effective electronic navigational systems. History Ancient lighthouses Before the development of clearly defined ports, mariners were guided by fires built on hilltops. Since elevating the fire would improve the visibility, placing the fire on a platform became a practice that led to the development of the lighthouse. In antiquity, the lighthouse functioned more as an entrance marker to ports than as a warning signal for reefs a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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