Pingxi District

Pingxi (Chinese平溪 区, pinyin Pingxi Qū, PEH oē - jī Peng- khe ) is a district of the city of New Taipei City in northern Taiwan, Republic of China. It is the district with the lowest population of the city.

Location

The largely hilly Pingxi is surrounded by the neighboring districts Xizhi and Shiding in the West, Pinglin in the south, as well as Shuangxi and Ruifang to the east and northeast. In the north, the district borders the city of Keelung. In the area of Pingxi the River Keelung, which interrupted the District of some waterfalls rises in a north-westerly direction through flows.

History and Significance

The basis of their hilly inland location only sparsely populated area of ​​Pingxi gained due to the existing coal reserves at the beginning of the 20th century during the Japanese rule over Taiwan economic importance and owed this circumstance also be connected to the railway network. After the Second World War, the coal reserves were running low and the attack was stopped at the end of the 20th century. The resulting loss of jobs had is the result that the population of the district greatly decreased and now the lowest among all districts of New Taipei.

Today Pingxi is mainly of tourist importance. Attractions are the large and small waterfalls of the Keelung River, but especially the remains of the coal mines and old railway lines. In the museum of Taiwanese coal mining, one can get an overview of the history of mining and retract to visit in the tunnel of a former mine.

Every year, the Chinese Lantern Festival, the Kong Ming Lantern Festival takes place in Pingxi.