Shilin District

Shilin District
Shilin District
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	士林區
Simplified Chinese	士林区
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shìlín Qū
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Sū-lîm-khu
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	八芝蘭
Simplified Chinese	八芝兰
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Bāzhīlán
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Pat-chi-lân
Ketagalan name
Ketagalan	Pattsiran
Hakka name
Hakka	Sṳ-lìm-khî
	(Ketagalan word for "hot spring"; transliterated into Chinese as "八芝蘭" Bāzhīlán) (old name)

Shilin

士林區
Shirin
Shilin 士林區 Shirin
District
	Shilin District
Country	Taiwan
Region	Northern Taipei
Divisions	List 51 villages; 988 neighborhoods;
Area
• Total	62.3682 km2 (24.0805 sq mi)
• Rank	Ranked 1st of 12
Population (January 2023)
• Total	265,462
• Rank	Ranked 2nd of 12
• Density	4,300/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Postal code	111
Website	sldo.gov.taipei (in Chinese)

Map including Shilin (labeled as Shih-lin-chuang (Shirinshō) 士林庄) (1950)

Shilin District (also spelled Shihlin District, Chinese: 士林區; pinyin: Shìlínqū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sū-lîm-khu) is a district of Taipei. The central command center of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) is located in Shilin.