Ximending

Also known as Seimonchō, Se-mn̂g-ting, Shi-men-ting, Hsi-men-ting, Nishimonchō

Ximending is a neighborhood and shopping district in the Wanhua District of Taipei, Taiwan. The Ximending Pedestrian Area was the first pedestrian zone constructed in Taipei and remains the largest in Taiwan.

Key facts

Chinese.revhep: Seimon-chō
Settlement.name: Ximending
Settlement.type: Neighborhood
Settlement.native_name: 西門町
Settlement.native_name_lang: zh-TW
Settlement.image_skyline: 從屈臣氏西門門市到錢櫃台北中華新館 20211204.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Intersection of Hanzhong Street and Chengdu Road
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Taiwan
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Special municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Taipei
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Wanhua
Chinese.title: Ximending
Chinese.s: 西门町
Chinese.p: Xīméndīng
Chinese.w: Hsimenting
Chinese.bpmf: ㄒㄧㄇㄣˊㄉㄧㄥ

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History
Name
Theater street
Historic sites
Shops
Transportation
Crime
See also
References
External links

==History== ===Name=== The area is named after the administrative division , which existed during the Japanese rule, referring to an area outside the west gate of the city. The area of Seimon-chō included modern-day Chengdu Road (), Xining South Road (), Kunming Street (), and Kangding Road ().