Eastern District of Taipei

In its broadest sense, the Eastern District of Taipei is the whole region east of Fuxing South Road.

During Japanese rule, the development of a downtown was only extended eastward to the Horikawa Drainage Channel (present day Xinsheng Road).

The situation changed in the early 1940s when the Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan with 2 million people.

These factors lead to a sharp increase in population, causing overpopulation in the Western District.

Furthermore, the Tamsui River hindered the expansion of Taipei City to develop in a westerly direction.