Tamsui District

Tamsui District (Chinese: 淡水鎮, Taiwanese: Tām-súi/Tām-chúi, Tongyong Pinyin: Danshuei, Hanyu Pinyin: Danshui) is a sea-side town in Taipei County, Taiwan. The town has a population of 130,105 people. It is named after a river whose name means "Freshwater". The town is also popular as a site for viewing the sun setting into the Taiwan Strait. There are three universities in this small town.

Tamsui District Media

• 淡水 Tamchuy - Couple from Tamsui, Taiwan - Boxer Codex (1590).jpg

  Taiwanese natives in Tamsui under Spanish Formosa

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  Tamsui (淡水code: zh is deprecated )

• 1895Tamsui.jpg

  Taiwan Tamsui in 1895

• Map of northwest Tamsui (labeled as Tansui) and surrounding area (1944)

• Map of Tamsui town (labeled as Tansui), Tamsui River and surroundings (1945)

• Map of northern Tamsui (labeled as Tan-shui (Tansui) 淡水code: zh is deprecated ) (1950)

• Tamsui Old Street Buildings 08.23 (4).jpg

  Shophouses along Zhongzheng road

• Danshui 080120 3.jpg

  Fort San Domingo

• MRT Tamsui Station 20070709.jpg

  MRT Tamsui Station