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Tamsui (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.

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  • 1626 Map of Keelung and Tamsui Harbor, Formosa-Taiwan by Spanish 西班牙人所繪福爾摩沙基隆港與淡水港

    1626 Map of Keelung and Tamsui Harbor

  • 1895Tamsui

    Tamsui in 1895.

  • Txu-pclmaps-oclc-6550512-tansui-2322-i

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

  • Danshui 080120 3

    Fort San Domingo

  • MRT Tamsui Station 20070709

    MRT Tamsui Station

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Tamsui para niños

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