Bo'ai Special Zone
The Bo'ai Special Zone is a restricted zone in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan, which was established to protect the Presidential Office Building. As part of the historical center of Taipei, the zone also houses several critical government office buildings as well as historic sites.[1][2]
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 Bo'ai Special Zone in Zhongzheng District of Taipei City | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 臺北市博愛警備管制區 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Introduction
The Bo'ai special zone is located in the historical center of Taipei. Taipei is the capital of Taiwan since late 19th century. Modern constructions started in the 1910s in Japanese era when the new office of the Governor-General of Taiwan was built here. Plenty of buildings belong to agencies under the Government-General of Taiwan were also built around the office and made here the central place of Taiwanese government since then. In late 1949, the Government of the Republic of China relocated to Taipei and moved into the governmental buildings formerly used by the Japanese administration. The President of the Republic was settled in the building which used to house the Governor-General of Taiwan and renamed it the Presidential Office Building.
 Japanese era map around the Government-General of Taiwan building |
 Detailed map of Bo'ai special zone |
The zone was claimed jointly by the Ministry of National Defense and Ministry of the Interior according to the National Security Act to protect the head of state and commander-in-chief. The zone covers of the surrounding area of the Presidential Office Building within distance between 200 and 500 meters. Buildings built within this area are subject to height limit of 24 meters, with some extra requirements of window sizes. The area is also designed as a prohibited airspace.
Governmental Buildings also recognized as National Monuments
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Other government agencies
- Academia Historia (Taipei municipal monument, formerly the Communications Bureau of Government-General of Taiwan)
- Armed Forces Reserve Command of Ministry of National Defense (Taipei municipal monument, formerly the Taiwan Army of Japan Headquarter)[3]
- Central Weather Bureau
- Ministry of Justice
- National Development Council
- Supreme Administrative Court
- Supreme Court
- Supreme Prosecutors Office
- Taiwan High Court
- Taiwan High Prosecutors Office
- Taiwan Taipei District Court
Other historical sites
- Bank of Taiwan Head Office (Taipei municipal monument)
- Chunghwa Telecom Bo'ai Service Center (Taipei municipal monument, formerly the Telephone exchange office of Government-General of Taiwan)
- National Taiwan Museum (National monuments, formerly the Museum of Government-General of Taiwan)
- Natural History Branch of National Taiwan Museum (Taipei municipal monument, formerly Nippon Kangyo Bank Taihoku Branch)
- Taipei First Girls' High School (Taipei municipal monument, formerly Taihoku First Girls' High School)
Other locations
Schools:
- Chinese Culture University Yanping Extension Education Center
- Soochow University Downtown Campus
- Taipei First Girls' High School (formerly Taihoku First Girls' High School)
- University of Taipei Bo'ai Campus (formerly Taihoku Normal School of Government-General of Taiwan)
Parks:
- 228 Peace Memorial Park (formerly Taihoku New Park)
- Jieshou Park
See also
References
- Liu, John (10 November 2014). "MND is Slated to Move Into New 'Military Park'". The China Post. Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
- 臺北市博愛警備管制區範圍示意圖 (PDF) (in Chinese). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2021-10-08 – via laws.taipei.gov.tw.
- Ko, Shu-ling; Mo, Yan-chih (30 September 2009). "Security Fears May Affect Boai Buildings". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2021.