Two ROCAF military dependents’ villages of around 150 households established in former Japanese military barracks off Yanping Road (延平路) in Hsinchu, an area residents knew as Bingying (兵營), literally “barracks”. Both have since been demolished and the land given over to a park, parking, and apartment blocks.
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Note: this location has vanished. Any information presented here is only for reference.
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- Air Force No. 15 Village (空軍十五村)—Vanished (已消失)
Established in November 1948 for 85 households of the 8th Group, the first air force families to settle in the former Japanese barracks. Brick and tile homes replaced the barracks after typhoons in 1961 and 1963; the land is now Beixin Park (北新公園) and a parking lot.
- Air Force No. 16 Village (空軍十六村)—Vanished (已消失)
Barracks first occupied by 20th Group airlift personnel, taken over in 1953 by 69 households of the 2nd Wing. The site was later rezoned for commercial use and built over with apartment blocks.
Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
Themes
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
- Taiwan Military Villages (台灣眷村)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.