Zhongzheng District

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Alternative meaning: Chiang Chung-cheng

**Zhongzheng District**
**中正區**
Image:Zhongzheng seal.png Zhongzheng District seal
Old name: Chengzhong (城中)
Region	Western Taipei
Director	(孫清泉)
Area	Ranked 11th of 12
Total	7.6071 km²
Population	Ranked 10th of 12
Total	158,650
Density	20,856/km²
Villages (里; li):	31
Neighborhoods (鄰; lin):	584
ROC zip code	100

Zhongzheng District (traditional Chinese: 中正區; pinyin: Zhōngzhèng Qū; Wade-Giles: Chung-cheng Chü) is the home of most of the national government buildings of the Republic of China. This includes the Presidential Office, the Executive Yuan, the Control Yuan, the Legislative Yuan, the Judicial Yuan, and various government ministries. This district of Taipei City is named after the late President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek.

The district has many cultural and educational sites including the Botanical Gardens, the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, the National Museum of History, the Taiwan Museum, the National Central Library, the 228 Memorial Park, the National Theater, the National Concert Hall, and the Chinese Taipei Film Archive. Other museums include the Postal Museum, the Taipei City Traffic Museum for Children, and the Taipei Museum of Drinking Water. Much of the Qing Dynasty era Taipei City lies within this district.

The 228 Memorial Park, formerly known as the New Park, the park has been a major gathering place for gay men in Taipei city for a long time. Writer Pai Hsien-yung wrote stories that took place in the park. The first Taiwan Pride, the annual gay pride parade, started from the 228-Memorial park.

High School and college students frequent the area immediately south of the Taipei Train Station in the Zhongzheng District. This area has a high concentration of bookstores, cram schools, learning centers, private tutoring centers, and test-prep centers.

Several bazaars and traditional markets are scattered throughout the district. This includes streets and alleys associated either as a camera and photography bazaar, clothing bazaar, and traditional produce markets such as the Dongmen Market and the Nanmen Market. The Gongguan Night Market caters to the students of the National Taiwan University.

Two notable hospitals are in this district. One is the National Taiwan University Hospital. The other is the Taipei Municipal Heping (Hoping) Hospital, which was quarantined for being the epicenter of the SARS outbreak in Taiwan.

Morrison Academy-Bethany Campus, an international Christian K-9 school, is located in this district, near the Taipower Building.

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The 228 Memorial Park	The Presidential Office (center) and the Judicial Yuan (upper left).	The East Gate of the old walled city of Taipei is a famous landmark.	A view of Ketagalan Boulevard from the Presidential Building towards the East Gate.]]
The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is located in Zhongzheng.