Datong District, Taipei
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Datong 大同區 |
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| Country | Taiwan |
| Region | Western Taipei |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 5.6815 km2 (2.1936 sq mi) |
| Area rank | Ranked 12th of 12 |
| Population | |
| • Total | 131,029 |
| • Rank | Ranked 11th of 12 |
| Postal code | 103 |
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| Literal meaning | Great Harmony District | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 大稻埕 | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Dàtóng Qū |
| Wade–Giles | Ta-t'ung Chü |
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| Hokkien POJ | Tāi-tông-khu |
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| Hokkien POJ | Tōa-tiū-tiâⁿ |
Datong District or Tatung is a district of Taipei City, Taiwan. It is located between the Taipei Metro Red Line and eastern shore of the Tamsui River, and between Civic Boulevard and the Sun Yat-sen Freeway. The southern part of this area used to be the site of Twatutia, one of the first settlements in what is now Taipei and for a time the area's commercial center.
Taipei's commercial center has since shifted south east to Zhongzheng, Da'an and Xinyi, and Datong is far less important economically. One of the last vestiges of Twatutia's commercial importance disappeared with the closing of the Chien-Cheng Circle in 2006. The north was the site of the village of Daronpon.
During the Qing Dynasty, the district was named Daronpon (Chinese: 大浪泵; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tōa-lông-pōng), Paronpon, and other variants, but was renamed Toaliongtong (大隆同; Toā-liông-tông) in 1844. Following the Second Opium War, a port was opened in Twatutia for international trade. Foreign trade resulted in the economic development of the district.
In 1946, the name was changed to Tatung (大同; "Great Unity"). In 1990, the district merged with neighboring Jiancheng and Yanping Districts to create today's Datong District. The district is named after the Confucian notion of utopia.
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