Zhongzheng District

The district is named after former President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek. This district has many cultural and educational sites including the Taipei Botanical Garden, the National Taiwan Museum, the National Museum of History, the National Central Library, National Theater and Concert Hall and the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute. Other museums include the Chunghwa Postal Museum, the Taipei City Traffic Museum for Children, and the Taipei Museum of Drinking Water. Much of the Qing-era city of Taipeh lies within this district.

High School and college students frequent the area immediately south of the Taipei Main Station. This area has a high concentration of bookstores, cram schools, learning centers, private tutoring centers and test-prep centers.

The district was formed in 1990 after the merging of Chengzhong District (城中區) and Guting District (古亭區).

• Evergreen Maritime Museum
• Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre
• Insect Science Museum
• Mayor's Residence Art Salon
• Museum of Drinking Water
• Museum of Medical Humanities
• Nanhai Academy
• National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
• National Central Library
• National Museum of History
• National Taiwan Museum
• National Theater and Concert Hall
• Republic of China Armed Forces Museum
• Republic of China Presidential Museum
• Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute
• Wellspring Theater

• Presidential Office Building
• Executive Yuan
• Legislative Yuan
• Judicial Yuan
• Control Yuan
• Ministry of Culture
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ministry of the Interior
• Ministry of Economic Affairs
• Ministry of Finance
• Ministry of Education
• Ministry of Transportation and Communications
• Ministry of Justice
• Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
• Supreme Court of the Republic of China
• Taiwan High Court
• Youth Development Administration
• Central Weather Bureau
• National Immigration Agency
• National Police Agency
• National Development Council
• Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development
• Bureau of Foreign Trade
• Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection
• Centers for Disease Control
• Consumer Protection Committee
• Political Warfare Bureau
• Forestry Bureau
• Agriculture and Food Agency
• Taiwan Forestry Research Institute
• Taiwan Railway^[2]

• Taipei City Walls
• Zhongshan Hall
• Taipei Post Office Building
• Taiwan Education Association Building
• 228 Peace Memorial Park
• Taipei Guest House
• National Taiwan Museum
• Monopoly Bureau Building
• Bank of Taiwan Building
• Treasure Hill
• Qidong Street Japanese Houses (Taipei Qin Hall)
• Remains of Taipei prison walls
• Shandao Temple
• Taiwan Provincial City God Temple
• Taipei Cultural Mosque
• Huashan 1914 Creative Park
• Cafe Astoria
• Qing Dynasty Taiwan Provincial Administration Hall
• Li Kwoh-ting's Residence
• Sun Yun-suan Memorial Museum
• Thome Courtyard

Zhongzheng District has the best transportation links of any district in Taipei. It contains Taipei Main Station, a major bus and rail hub. Taipei Main Station is a major stop on the Taiwan Railway's Western Line, and the Taiwan High Speed Rail. The Red Line, Blue Line, Orange Line, Green Line of the Taipei Metro and the Airport MRT connect the district, eleven stations are located in the district: Zhongxiao Xinsheng, Shandao Temple, Taipei Main Station, Ximen, Xiaonanmen, National Taiwan University Hospital, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Dongmen, Guting, Taipower Building and Gongguan.

Two notable hospitals are in this district. One is the National Taiwan University Hospital. The other is the Taipei Municipal Heping (Hoping) Hospital, which was quarantined for being the center of the SARS outbreak in Taiwan.

Chunghwa Telecom,^[4][5] and A.mart (Far Eastern Ai Mai) have their headquarters in the district.^[6][7] Pxmart previously had its headquarters in the district.^[8]

Several bazaars and traditional markets are scattered throughout the district. This includes streets and alleys associated either as a camera and photography bazaar, clothing bazaar, and traditional produce markets such as the Dongmen Market and the Nanmen Market. The Gongguan Night Market caters to the students of the National Taiwan University. Shopping malls in the district are Guang Hua Digital Plaza and Syntrend Creative Park.

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  The Liberty Square is located in Zhongzheng District .
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  The Presidential Office (center) and the Judicial Yuan (upper left).
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  The 228 Memorial Park.
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  A view of Ketagalan Boulevard from the Presidential Building towards the East Gate.

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