Shilin

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**Shilin District**
**士林區**
An alley at the edge of the Shilin Night Market.
Old name: Pattsiran (Ketagalan for "hot spring"; transliterated into Chinese as "八芝蘭" Bāzhīlán)
Region	Northern Taipei (postal code 111)
Director	unknown
Area	Ranked 1st of 12
Total	km²
Population	Ranked 2nd of 12
Total	288,659
Density	4,628/km²
Villages (里 li):	51
Neighborhoods (鄰 lin):	985

Shilin District (Chinese: 士林區; Pinyin: shílínqū; Wade-Giles: Shih-lin Ch'ü; Tongyong Pinyin: Shihlin Qu; Taiwanese: Sū-lîm-khu) is a district of Taipei, the largest city in Taiwan. It is home to one of the most famous Taiwan Night Markets as well as a large portion of the Taipei population.

Well known neighbourhoods of Shilin include Tianmu and Waishuangxi (外雙溪). A substantial portion of the Yangmingshan National Park is within the Shilin District.

A large foreign population lives in Tianmu and Yangmingshan. The Taipei American School and the Taipei Japanese School are located in Tianmu. The Taipei European School is located on Yangmingshan.

Shilin tourist attractions include the Shilin Night Market (士林夜市), the National Palace Museum, and Chiang Kai-shek's official residence and summer residence. Chiang Kai-shek's official residence has been converted into a miniature botanical garden.

Shilin was once famous for its cutting knives (士林名刀) and for scholars that passed the Chinese imperial civil service exams. In fact the name Shilin is literally translated as "Scholarly Woods."

The district has three universities: Ming Chuan University, Soochow University, and the Chinese Culture University.

Sister cities

Los Altos, California, USA

Walnut, California, USA

External link

[Official Site in English]

Bird's eye view of Shilin District

Another view

	Districts of Taipei
	Songshan \| Xinyi \| Daan \| Zhongshan \| Zhongzheng \| Datong \| Wanhua \| Wenshan \| Nangang \| Neihu \| Shilin \| Beitou

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