Beitun District

Beitun District (lit: northern camp) is a district in Taichung, Taiwan. Located in the northern part of the city, it is a half mountainous, half urban area. Though Beitun District used to be considered part of the countryside, the new Taiyuan Station has urbanized it considerably. The highest point of Taichung City is located in Beitun, Douliu Hill (859 m).

History
The district used to be part of Taichung provincial city before the merger with Taichung County to form Taichung special municipality on 25 December 2010.

Administrative divisions
Beitun District is divided into 42 Li (里, or villages):

Education

 * Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology
 * Morrison Academy



Spots

 * Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium

Tourist attractions

 * Beitun Wenchang Temple
 * Dakeng hiking and biking trails
 * Songzhu Temple
 * Taichung Folklore Park
 * Taichung Military Kindred Village Museum
 * Yide Mansion

Railway

 * Songzhu railway station
 * Taiyuan railway station

Taichung Metro

 * Beitun Main metro station
 * Jiushe metro station
 * Songzhu station
 * Sihwei Elementary School metro station
 * Wenxin Chongde metro station

Roads

 * Provincial Highway No. 1A
 * Provincial Highway No. 3
 * Provincial Highway No. 74

Notable natives

 * Dewi Chien, singer
 * Joe Cheng, model, actor and singer