Beitun District (Chinese: 北屯區; pinyin: Běitún Qū; Wade–Giles: Pei3-t'un2 Ch'ü1; lit. 'northern settlement') 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, Touke Mountain (859 m).
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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
Transportation
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