Beitou

bēitóu běitóu Běitóu bèitóu English Beitou District, Taipei Alternative forms en Peitou Wade-Giles Etymology From en cmn 北投. Pronunciation bāʹtōʹen 1952 Peitow or Pei-t’ou Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1446 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1446/ 1 Peitow.Jap. [Japanese] Hokuto (hōʹko͝o-tō),2 or Pei-t’ou (bāʹtōʹ), Jap. [Japanese] Hokuto en Bei tou Proper noun en district city/Taipei c/Taiwan. en 29 May 2017 Pro-Beijing activist held over vandalized colonial era statues in Taipei w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20170529094006/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2096102/pro-beijing-activist-held-over-vandalized-colonial w:Kyodo https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2096102/pro-beijing-activist-held-over-vandalized-colonial May 29, 2017 1563-9371 648902513 Policies & Politics 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. en 06/01/2020 Beitou District Office, Taipei City About Beitou District Taipei City Government https://web.archive.org/web/20200630014838/https://english.gov.taipei/cp.aspx?n=1163FEB04E2A3189 https://english.gov.taipei/cp.aspx?n=1163FEB04E2A3189 June 30, 2020 Administrative Districts 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. en February 16, 2023 Yimou Lee Taipei hit by small earthquake, no immediate reports of damage -weather bureau Muralikumar Anantharaman w:Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20231122133825/https://www.reuters.com/article/taiwan-quake-idAFT8N2PC048/ 22 November 2023 https://www.reuters.com/article/taiwan-quake-idAFT8N2PC048/ Commodities 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. Translations district Chinese: Cantonese: yue 北投 Mandarin: cmn 北投 Běitóu References Further reading en 1998 Peitou Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/ 3 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2393 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/2393/ 1 en 2-syllable words