Shilin District

Shilin District (also spelled Shihlin District, ) is a district of Taipei. The central command center of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) is located in Shilin. History The name Shilin was derived from Pattsiran, the indigenous Ketagalan word for "hot springs". It was then transliterated into Chinese as "", which has been written as Pat-chi-na or Pachina. Prior to Han Chinese settlement, the area was home to the Kimassauw community of the Taiwanese indigenous peoples. During the Qing era, a fort was set up, later called Zhilan Yi Bao (first fort/settlement of Pattsiran, ). By the late Qing dynasty, "many literary talents from Shilin had passed the imperial examination", prompting the local gentry to rename it Shilin, meaning "congregation of scholars and talents". In the 1920s under Japanese colonial rule, the area was organized as and in 1933 , under , Taihoku Prefecture. In 1945 after World War II, it was modified to Shilin Township, Taipei County.