Region belongs to the community fountain fountains Beitou District, Taipei City, the old name "Eighteen." New Beitou MRT station, along the fountain on the road trip, and after a densely populated residential area, the smell of sulfur on to Takuangtsui can find banyan tree lined, "Eighteen" steles welcome your visit.

Eighteen of development in the early years of the Qing Emperor Qianlong, remember the old lease two hundred and forty years ago Eighteen village, by the government of Quanzhou Anxi, Tongan Xian Zhan, Wu and Wang, High, Yan and Chen et surnames, raising co-investment reclamation, reclaimed land is divided into eighteen parts, sharing the ballot by shares, Han gathered into the village, due to the "Eighteen village" bent along so far. Anxi, Fujian Quanzhou Prefecture, Tongan immigrants along the Tamsui River into the harbor, to the mountain development. Eighteen mountain originally Beitou Pingpu hunting club, residents of this mountain paths Wu, location, until such time as the Japanese occupation period still called "Lu Chang Po" in.


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After ancestors into Ken leased to the contracting party reclaimed the mountains, to be satisfied that the fixed annual "Big Fan rent" opened at the beginning of the village, which were funded by the owners Eighteen construction workers Chun, Chun cited eighteen dig big creek water reclamation Mountain Park and terraces, have depended.

Fountain in the east to the large range of hills in the creek and bounded on the south by the river and Huanggang Linquan, the center is bounded roughly west of Yuen Street West, Chiang Kai-shek in the west side of the valley and enlightened, Datun Village is bounded. North to Jhuzihhu industrial road and the lake is bounded by fields. An area of ​​5.03887 square kilometers, a population of 21 400 people. 17 meters from each pull of the postal employee training, to CKS Lookout 646 meters above sea level so far, the source of positive community located in the south hillside Datun for faces south, overlooking the Taipei basin, enjoy the scenery, steep slope, good vision. Residents more focused on Lingjiao Lingtou, Po Tsai, top pit, Kengzi, sulfur Aberdeen, nozzle orifice and the top lake settlements.

Most of the source of the community were included within the scope of Yangmingshan National Park, limited construction and development, most of the region still retains the natural landscape. Datun the community back chairs. Overlooking Qixingshan, Shamao Hill, Guanyin Mountain and the entire Taipei basin glance. The weather is nice you can see snow-capped mountains and more mountains, orchards, vegetable gardens, garden, nursery, surrounded by trees, a fountain of living in the community, wore sky, body, mind, and spirit washing with excellent results.

Datun whole area, from 250 to 700 meters above sea level, are producing Tankan, quite a wide range of distribution, where there is equality, Grassy, ​​fountains Datun, the Xing Fu Liu, of which the best quality CKS mountain area, The most concentrated flavor. Since transportation facilities, the wages to be expensive, losing to South Central transported to the cheap fruit, seed Tankan fewer people, only a small number of farmers are currently operating. Which pits the top Zhanxing agricultural growers operating tetracarboxylic, the largest yield in short supply.

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