Sanzhi District

Sanzhi

三芝區
Sanchih, Sanjhih, Sanshi
Sanzhi 三芝區 Sanchih, Sanjhih, Sanshi
District
	Sanzhi District
	Beach in Sanzhi
	Sanzhi District in New Taipei City
	Coordinates: 25°14′12″N 121°31′31″E / 25.23667°N 121.52528°E
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Region	Northern Taiwan
Special municipality	New Taipei City
Area
• Total	65.9968 km2 (25.4815 sq mi)
Population (February 2023)
• Total	22,190
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Postal code	252
Area code	02
Website	www.sanzhi.ntpc.gov.tw (in Chinese)

Sanzhi District (Chinese: 三芝區; pinyin: Sānzhī Qū) is a rural district in northern New Taipei, Taiwan. It is notable as the hometown of the former president Lee Teng-hui.

History[edit]

During the period of Japanese rule, Sanshi Village (三芝庄), and was governed under Tamsui District (淡水郡) of Taihoku Prefecture.

The district administers thirteen urban villages:^[1]^[2]

Baxian (八賢里), Putou (埔頭里), Guzhuang (古庄里), Xinzhuang (新庄里), Puping (埔坪里), Maochang^[3]^[4] (茂長里), Hengshan (橫山里), Xiban (錫板里), Houcuo (後厝里), Fude (福德里), Yuanshan (圓山里), Dianzi (店子里) and Xinghua (興華里) Village.

The main road route through Sanzhi is the Provincial Highway No. 2. There are also a number of county-level highways within the district.

Chiang Wen-yeh, musician and composer active mainly in Japan and the People's Republic of China^[5]
Lee Teng-hui, former ROC president, spiritual leader of the Taiwan Solidarity Union
Lu Hsiu-yi, former Democratic Progressive Party politician and member of the Legislative Yuan
Tseng Wen-hui, former First Lady of the Republic of China, wife of former President Lee Teng-hui
Tu Tsung-ming, founder of Kaohsiung Medical University and the first Taiwanese PhD

^ 行政區域. Sanzhi District Office New Taipei City 新北市三芝區公所 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 24 April 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2019. 新庄里古庄里埔頭里橫山里茂長里後厝里埔坪里錫板里八賢里福德里圓山里店子里興華里
^ "2018 Local Elections". Central Election Commission. Retrieved 6 July 2019. Baxian Vil. Putou Vil. Guzhuang Vil. Xinzhuang Vil. Puping Vil. Maozhang[sic] Vil. Hengshan Vil. Xiban Vil. Houcuo Vil. Fude Vil. Yuanshan Vil. Dianzi Vil. Xinghua Vil., Chinese version: [1]
^ 1060713 茂長里門面綠美化馬賽克磚牆打造藝術村. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Every time '茂長' is spoken aloud in this video, it seems to be read as 'Màocháng'.
^ Maochang Cun (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
^ "江文也 (Jiang Wen-ye)" (in Chinese). Sanzhi District Government.