Beitou

See also: bēitóu, běitóu, Běitóu, and bèitóu

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Mandarin 北投 (Běitóu).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: bāʹtōʹ[1]

Proper noun

Beitou

  1. A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
    • 2017 May 29, “Pro-Beijing activist held over vandalized colonial era statues in Taipei”, in South China Morning Post‎[2], sourced from Kyodo, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 May 2017, Policies & Politics‎[3]:
      Stone lion-dog statues dating back to the Japanese colonial period were vandalised in Taipei over the weekend by the same pro-mainland China activist who last month beheaded a statue symbolising the island’s colonial past, Taiwanese media reported on Monday.
      The Central News Agency said former Taipei City councillor Lee Cheng-lung and a female accomplice were arrested on the spot on Sunday night on suspicion of attacking the century-old statues with hammers.
      The statues, located at the entrance to Yixian Elementary School in the capital’s Beitou district, are now partially missing their front legs.
    • 2020 June 1, Beitou District Office, Taipei City, “About Beitou District”, in Taipei City Government‎[4], archived from the original on 30 June 2020, Administrative Districts‎[5]:
      Beitou is a nice place of Taipei and is the best of the best. It is the new hometown of hot springs known throughout the world. It is also a tourist attraction located in the suburb of Taipei with a land area of 56.82 square kilometers. […] Yangmingshan Valley is green and lovely; Guandu wet land provides a wonderful spot for watching birds; Hot spring baths offer a comfortable and refreshing experience. They all indicate the unique natural resources and various traditional activities that Beitou District boasts, making it the best choice for tourists home and abroad.
    • 2023 February 16, Yimou Lee, “Taipei hit by small earthquake, no immediate reports of damage -weather bureau”, in Muralikumar Anantharaman, editor, Reuters‎[6], archived from the original on 22 November 2023, Commodities‎[7]:
      The 3.1 magnitude quake shook buildings in Taipei. The epicenter of the earthquake was at the city's northern Beitou district with a depth of 4.8 km (2.9 miles), the weather bureau said.

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Peitow or Pei-t’ou”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1446, column 1: “Peitow. […] Jap. [Japanese] Hokuto (hōʹko͝o-tō), […] 2 or Pei-t’ou (bāʹtōʹ), Jap. [Japanese] Hokuto”

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