Sinshih
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[edit]From the Tongyong Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Sinshìh.
Pronunciation
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[edit]Sinshih
- A district of Tainan, Taiwan.
- 2005, Shih-Sheng 邱士生 Chiu, 飛閱台灣新動脈:第二高速公路空中攝影專輯(再版) [New Artery From The Air in Taiwan: Aerial Photography of Second Freeway][3], →ISBN, →OCLC:
- The Sinshih Interchange is situated in the southern outskirts of Sinshih Township, where Fwy No. 8 crosses Hwy No. 1 and the west side of the Cross-island Railway.
- 2010, David Emanuel Andersson, Oliver F. Shyr, edited by M. Bruna Zolin, Current Issues in Economic Integration: Can Asia Inspire the 'West'?[4], published 2016, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 234:
- Figure 12.3 is a map of the Tainan metropolitan area, which shows that the HSR station is located in a suburban area to the southeast of the downtown core. The science park (not shown on the map) is located in the middle of the Sinshih Township in the northeast.
- 2017, B. R. Wu, M. W. Huang, S. S. Ke, W. S. Lee, “Mesh-based soil liquefaction analysis for emergency response-case study of the Meinong earthquake in Taiwan”, in 16th World Conference on Earthquake[5], Santiago, Chile, archived from the original on May 31, 2021, page 6:
- Tens of residential buildings settled or tilted due to soil liquefaction in the Annan district, Sinshih district, and Guanmiao district which drew considerable attention of Taiwanese people. The embankment of the Freeway #3 in the Shanhua District was sliding failure because of soil liquefaction.
- 2021 October 4, Brian Kaberline, “Garmin's new Taiwan plant could double production”, in American City Business Journals[6], archived from the original on 4 October 2021:
- The company, which makes electronic devices for the fitness, automotive, boating and other markets, recently received approval for registration of a new plant in Tainan’s Sinshih District, the Taipei Times reports. The plant represents an investment of approximately $324 million and will generate annual production value of more than $1.8 billion, according to the publication. The new facility will hire 1,000 initially and its workforce could increase to more than 7,500, according to information from the Tainan City Economic Development Bureau.
- 2024 October 19, Charlotte Lee, “TSMC factory expansions fuel Taiwan property values”, in Taiwan News[7], archived from the original on November 8, 2024, Business[8]:
- Property prices in 10 Taiwan districts where TSMC has factories have surged by over 20% since 2020, with Baoshan Township in Hsinchu and Sinshih District in Tainan leading the growth. […]
Among the 10 districts hosting TSMC factories, Sinshih in Tainan has seen the most remarkable rise in property prices. The growth of the Tainan Science Park has attracted a significant number of high-income tech workers to Sinshih, leading to a surge in property prices.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sinshih.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info[1], 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01[2]: “鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 新市鄉 / Xinshi / Xīnshì / Sinshih / Hsinshih”
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