Xinban Special District
Xinban Special District — city hall, a civic square and department stores around Banqiao Station's four-rail hub

Xinban Special District — city hall, a civic square and department stores around Banqiao Station's four-rail hub
Banqiao's old town centre, ringed by Lin Family Mansion and Garden, cram schools, and Nanya Night Market
Jiangzicui, New Taipei's gateway to Taipei — Shuangshi Road lined with chain stores and dense apartments
Around Xinpu Station — market and university by day, Yumin Street night market after dark
Dingxi — soy milk shops at the Zhongzheng Bridge end and Lehua Night Market, with Taipei just across the bridge
Park No. 4, an 11-hectare park with a library built right inside
Two MRT lines meet at one junction in a small neighbourhood you can walk end to end
Xingnan Night Market and Myanmar Street, houses built all the way to the foot of the hills
Old streets at the Taipei Bridge end: morning market, then night market
The MRT station on Jixian Road connects to a shopping centre, and Sanchong is just across the road
A morning market by the temple that turns into a night market, and an old settlement with the Li Family Residence, a national monument
New high-rises and wide roads, a secondary centre of office towers and shopping malls
Temple street night market and three old temples, an old market street from the days of the Tamsui River's inner harbour
Two MRT lines meet at Dapinglin, city living along Beixin Road
Shi'erzhang's old town centre, beside Liugong Park, west to Xiaobitan and Meihe City
Beside Shisizhang Historical Park, Zhongyang Xincun sits alongside the new Yangbei housing
An old street by Bitan Suspension Bridge, with 800 metres of Guangming Street selling rice noodle soup and fried tofu
An old street with a riverside walk for sunsets, backed by Tamkang University's hill
Danhai New Town, where the light rail runs through, with large tracts of land in the north left for later development
A commuter district between two TRA stations, with office towers to the south
A new town full of new high-rises, with the Airport MRT running direct to the airport and to Taipei
Shops along Yumin Road by Haishan Station, with schools from primary to vocational high school all in the neighbourhood
Where the name Tucheng began — district office, primary school and market all beside Tucheng Station
Old market streets on both sides of a station that spans the tracks, with a night market on Bo'ai Street
The old street of northern Taiwan's pottery town, selling ceramics, with hands-on pottery making too
A university town of grid-planned streets, high-rise communities and a university campus
Red-brick old street by the Zushi Temple, once known for cloth dyeing
By the Xindian River dike, home to Xiulang Elementary, which once had more than 10,000 students
A riverside strip where industry gave way to housing — the left bank of Zhonghe
A public market and the remains of Haishan Shrine within an old community in Jisui, Zhonghe
Shop after shop along Wuhua Street; Bihua Street once had two hundred fabric shops
Residential south Banqiao, where Far Eastern Hospital and a university connect to the MRT station
A densely packed residential area in southern Xinzhuang, home to the Xisheng temple fair in the tenth lunar month
Sanchong's administrative hub, with the city hospital, a park and a sports ground all by the station
Touqianzhuang Station, where two MRT lines meet, by a wide tree-lined boulevard in a reorganised development zone
Zhongshan Road Section 2 runs to Guangfu Bridge, with the market and primary school clustered around Banxin Station
Old town centre that grew up around the Zhonghe Grand Temple, by Zhonghe Station on the Circular Line
By Sanhe Junior High School Station, a junior high, a senior high and a vocational school one after another
South of Qiaohe Station, just across the road from the sports park and hospital
Jimei Street's education-minded residential area, within walking distance of the Social Education Hall, Rose Park and the market
After shopping at the evening market, a loop on the newly paved walkway around Chongqing Elementary School
Living in a bend of the Dahan River, where walks and bike rides head for the riverside wetlands
Walking the kids to school on traffic-calmed streets, and going to Shijian Street to see a doctor
Newly laid-out blocks by the Dahan River, where young families are moving in one by one
Taking the kids to Guoguang Park after school, and to the lawns of the 435 Art Zone at weekends
Groceries and the doctor both on Xikun 2nd Street, and a game at Xibei Park in the evening
Life on Chang'an Street, where groceries, meals and the doctor are all close by
In the park amid the grid of streets, the willows came from the banks of the old vegetable fields
Buying groceries on Sanmin Street, with six local parks to take turns walking in
Children play baseball at the primary school facing the old temple, and cycle to the floodway riverside on days off
Living on the Sanchong side of the district line, walking to Xingfu Market on Sanhe Road for groceries
Primary school, secondary school and parks all within walking distance, where children grow up
Breakfast shops and a traditional market on Jianguo Road, one everyday street shared by Fu Jen students and residents
A few minutes' walk to the market and clinics, with daily life revolving around Siwei Road
Living in the lanes off Xingfu Road, with supermarkets and big stores lined up along your way out
Blocks of flats grown from lotus ponds and paddy fields, with school runs and shopping all on Zhongping Road
Life in an older Banqiao apartment complex, with the doctor, school and everyday shopping all on foot
A few steps from school to the park and the library, with Minzu Road tying Shuinan's old streets together
Living on the riverbank among the mangroves, cycling along the river to Tamsui in the evening
Groceries from the evening market after work, and weekend rides along the Dahan River
By day, buying groceries on Qingshui Road; by night, strolling to the night market on Yanji Street
Moving into a big estate on the Tutan hillside, where Taipei Xiaocheng's detached and semi-detached houses climb all the way up the slope
Out of Fengnian Elementary School and into the park, then a few more steps to the riverside: children grow up here
Swimming, running and taking the kids to the children's park, all a short walk away in the sports park
An older residential area set back from the main roads, with the hospital down a lane and an evening walk to the Keelung River
Mornings for groceries at Zhonghou Market, evenings for dinner at Zhangshu Night Market
Downstairs and into Jinhe Sports Park, then after a run, up the trail on Zhongkeng Hill
Evening bike rides and ball games by the Xindian River, then home to the lanes of old flats
Tightly packed homes, yet the street corner still keeps a small park you can climb to the top of
Living by the water where the Sanxia River meets Hengxi Creek, and seeing the lanterns at Guangxing Temple at the Lantern Festival
Living beside the century-old primary school on Ganyuan Street, with farmland just beyond
Commuting from a small station beside the rail yard, and stepping off to buy everyday things on Zhongshan Road Section 3
A few minutes' walk to the century-old heritage station, and evenings at the railway park looking at the old locomotives
Groceries from Ankang Market, and for a walk, the Xindian riverside one way or the wooded slope behind the tower blocks the other
Live by the first stop of the Ankeng Light Rail, where the trains from the hillside depot start their run
New square blocks on the plain, with schools close by and one park after another
Living on a quiet lane of townhouses and villas, a short walk from Dongshi Market for groceries
Buying groceries on a kilometre-long old street, Linkou's oldest commercial strip
In the narrow lanes of an old residential area, long-time locals live next door to Ming Chi University of Technology students
Breakfast picked along Mingzhi Road, groceries from the public market, a stroll round Cixiu Park
Studios on Xuefu Road change tenants with the university term, while hillside homes up Pingding Road look out to the mountains or the river
Chengtai Road is where you go for groceries — old market and supermarket strung together along the street
At dusk, the market at the end of Gongshang Road fills with people — old neighbours who've lived here for decades
At night, walk up to Shuidui Viewing Park and the lights of Greater Taipei are spread out below you
A small town ringed by hills, where neighbours chat under the old bishop wood tree at the head of the Old Street
Across the Bitan Suspension Bridge, a home in the hillside estates at the foot of Hemeishan
Home between the Xindian River and the hillside, with wooded hills on either side of the estates
Living on the north bank of the Keelung River, following Xiwan Road up into the hills
An evening lap of Jinlong Lake, and children walking to Jinlong Elementary
Beneath the old flats on Anxi Road and Guangming Road, noodle stalls and small shops that have been running for years
Lanes of almost nothing but homes, and at weekends a walk west puts you on the Yuanwei Mountain Trail
The Zhonghua Road area keeps its own character, and groceries mean a walk into the lanes off Taishun Street to Pengcuo Market
An evening stroll to the night market on Section 2 of Bao'an Street, the same street as the children's primary school
Every year on Dadaogong's birthday, the temple fair comes alive beside Bao'an Market, where you buy your groceries
At weekends, follow Chengtian Road towards the hills, where a stone-slab pilgrims' path leads up to Chengtian Chan Temple
Yingge beyond the Old Street: kids skate in Jianshan Park, and home is in the tidy new blocks
Cycling home along the left bank of the Tamsui River, with Guanyin Mountain at your back
Cycling along the left bank at weekends, with the Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology on the way
Life turns around a few short streets, and a walk to Jinbaoli Street brings you to a Mazu temple more than 200 years old
Evening rides to the mouth of the Tamsui River, watching the sun sink into the sea
Near the station a few shops still pack Fulong bento boxes, and a short walk on brings you to the beach where the Shuangxi River meets the sea
Cats and people share one footbridge; nearly every cat in the street has been given a name by locals
The old wooden station still sees trains stop, with the former coal mine right beside it
Fewer crowds than Jiufen, with artists and guesthouses quietly settling into the old mining hillside
Shuqi Road climbs three hundred-odd steps and no car can get up, so you walk home on your own two legs
A flat settlement in the Beishi River valley, surrounded on all sides by Pouchong tea hills
Trains rumble over the old street on an iron bridge, with the street tucked by the stream below
Gold miners' "going to Ruifang" gave the town its name — the market and district office are still on these same streets
A farming town on the slopes below the Datun volcanoes, water bamboo and watermelon fields just beyond the streets
The old street still keeps a covered stretch, and stilt houses sit with their backs to the stream
The railway splits the old street in two, and when no train is coming everyone walks along the tracks
The Mudan and Pinglin streams meet beside the old street, and the town is named after the pair
A valley shared by Atayal and Han people, with hot springs right by the street
A fishing village at the root of the cape, boats unloading squid and cuttlefish, life carries on once the tourists leave
Living in readjusted blocks with wide lanes, and walking to the sports centre to work up a sweat
From morning to night, groceries and meals all revolve around Zhongxing Road and Zhongxing Market
Picking up a few things on Datong Road Section 3, then an evening stroll in Baochang Park by the Keelung River
Living in neat new blocks, with evening walks to catch the breeze at New Taipei Metropolitan Park by the floodway
Living up Section 2 of Shuiyuan Road, in the hillside estates on Xizhi's southern edge
Mornings start at Hengke Market, with breakfast and the day's groceries
Living on the hillside east of Xintai 5th Road, or in the old settlement in the Baozhangkeng valley
The address says Tucheng, but the children go to school at Banqiao's Xinyi Elementary School
Sijiaoting, a Japanese-era coal-mining area, where a trail leads to a coastal-defense battery built by the Japanese in 1901
Dingkan, an old industrial area on Sanchong's western edge, where the Chicony Electronics headquarters rises among the factories
Tucheng's new grid of streets, where a prehistoric site over 2,000 years old became Zhanlongshan Archaeological Park
Metal-roofed factories beside New Taipei Industrial Park Station, where office towers and corporate headquarters are going up
The western peaks of the Datun volcano group, where water fills the crater atop Mt. Xiangtian to form Xiangtian Pond
Taiwan's northernmost lighthouse, its octagonal tower painted in black-and-white anti-fog stripes
A botanical garden you must book ahead to enter, with an aquatic plant pond in the middle of natural broadleaf forest
A cape where volcanic lava runs into the sea, its shore stones worn sharp-edged by monsoon winds and waves
A medical university founded in memory of George Leslie Mackay, its facades modeled on Tamsui's Oxford College and Fort San Domingo
A forest recreation area deep in the Sanxia mountains, called a waterfall paradise, with rainbows often hanging over Virgin Falls
A forest recreation area in a Wulai valley, where Neidong Falls drops in three tiers
New Taipei's largest park, built in the Erchong Floodway, with fields of flowers on its south side in spring
The Yehliu cape juts into the sea on the north coast, where erosion and weathering carved the Queen's Head and the Fairy's Shoe
Taiwan's first tourist cable car, opened in 1967, crossing a gorge with Wulai Falls in view on the way up

Whole-district averages, for when you need the wide view.
Start with the neighborhoods people actually name. Boundaries follow the streets locals use.
Neighborhood boundaries follow named streets. Most are a union of villages (MOI village boundaries), counted in when more than half a village's area falls inside; a few with an official gazetted extent — Taichung's Seventh Zone, Xinyi Planning District, Banqiao's Xinban — are traced directly along street centrelines. A grid cell belongs to a neighborhood when its centre falls inside; values are the mean of those cells; relative position compares neighborhoods within one city only — never against districts, never across cities. Metrics with fewer than 30 cells show “Not enough data”.
