Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Zhongzheng.
Are Tatung and Wanhua districts considered “downtown”? What are the Chungshan, Chungcheng, Taan, Sungshan and Hsinyi districts like?
2002 October 27, WorkingVaca, “Districts & Neighborhoods: Comparisons”, in Forumosa, archived from the original on 20 Mar 20235 more examples
Most districts feature stores which specialize in general reading materials and schools supplies. More serious readers requiring specialized or critical editions would shop along Heng yang Street in Chungcheng district. Here the venerable old printing houses from mainland China, such as the Commercial Press and the Chung Hwa Book Company, relocated after 1949. An additional source for specialized and technical materials is the book stores found around the colleges and universities in Taipei.
1995, Roger Mark Selya, “Taipei as a center of culture”, in Taipei, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 228By the late I9th century, the Chinese Qing dynasty had established most of its administrative agencies in Taipei, and the city center had moved from Wanhua to the Chungcheng district, today home to the presidential palace and the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.
2003, “Taipei”, in Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 127The Taipei city government said 1,000 soldiers trained for chemical warfare would disinfect the city's Wanhua and Chungcheng districts on Monday.
2003 May 12, Thomas Crampton, “Viruses seem to attack cells in the same fashion, expert says : AIDS offers a clue in SARS fight”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2023, WORLDSuperintendent of Taipei YMH Wang Tai-lung (王泰隆) admitted yesterday that there were some problems with trafficking inside the hospital, which might be the reason for the in-hospital cluster infection.[…] While YMH's cluster infection raised tension just as SARS seemed to be receding, a few days ago there were fears of a community outbreak in South Airport Community (南機場) in Chungcheng district.
2003 June 8, Debby Wu, “SARS death toll remains unchanged for 10 days”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2003, Taiwan News, page 2The sixth constituency will cover the Taan administrative district, and the seventh constituency will contain the Hsinyi district and 13 boroughs in the Sungshan district, while the eighth constituency will incorporate the Wenshan district and 10 boroughs in the Chungcheng district.
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2009 January 1, 資訊管理室 [Information Management Office], “TAIPEI CITY TO HAVE 8 CONSTITUENCIES FOR LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS”, in Yangmingshan National Park, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2022
Origin
- Mandarin中正
- EnglishChungcheng
From Mandarin 中正 (Zhōngzhèng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chung¹-chêng⁴.
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