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Site is the physical character of a place.
Situation is the location of a place relative to other places, also helps us understand the importance of a location.
Pacific American School
Toponym
Pamela Chu, the founder of Pacific American School, named the school Pacific American because the school locates in Taiwan, which locates on the Pacific Ocean.
Site
Pacific American School located on the East side of Hsinchu downtown.
Situation
Pacific American School is one of the four international schools in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Pacific American School has one of the best college acceptance rate in Taiwan.
Hsinchu
Toponym
Hsinchu was called Zhu Qian before Qing dynasty conquered this island. After Qing dynasty came to Taiwan. They want a new name differ from the name that the aboriginals named it. So the Qing dynasty used Hsin(新), means new, and Zhu(竹) from the original name and combined it together and created Hsinchu (新竹).
Site
Hsinchu located on the North West of Taiwan. Laying on the lower elevation of the central mountain range, which shapes the back bone of Taiwan.
Situation
Hsinchu is the major center of technology in Taiwan. Most of major technology companies locates in Hsinchu Science Park, which is one of the major technology community in South East Asia.
Formal regions is an area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.
Functional regions ( a.k.a nodal region) is an area organized around a node or a focal point.
Vernacular regions is an that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.
Pacific American School/Hsinchu
Formal Regions
Vernacular Regions
Dense, Concentration, and Pattern
PAS locates in the most populated area of Hsinchu. Most of the population concentrated in the downtown area, where Big City locates. Chupei's population, on the other hand, is not that dense compare to that of Hsinchu. However, there are both student from downtown and Chupei attend Pacific American School.
The living standard of Hsinchu generally consider as high in Taiwan. With the existence of Science Park, Hsinchu is the highest earning city in Taiwan.
Globalization and Culture
Hsinchu is a cosmopolitan city with western influence. There are totally 4 international schools in Hsinchu, which showed the common idea of sending children to a better education institution and a larger world. Hsinchu also has a lot of western chain shops such as, Starbucks and McDonalds. In fact, There are MOS burger, Starbucks, and McDonald's next to Pacific American School.
Hsinchu is well known for its rice noodle. Hsinchu has a nickname called "The Windy City" because Hsinchu has a lot of wind, which contributed to the making of rice noodle that requires wind to dry of the noodle.
Hsinchu is a unique place because of Science Park, which attract foreigners to live in Hsinchu. Being a city with influence by globalization, Hsinchu also has a robust culture of making rice noodle and meatballs. Hsinchu is has the best traditional Chinese orchestra in Taiwan.
Hsinchu is similar to other place on Earth because Hsinchu is a city that has been influence by globalization. English can be understand by most of the people in Hsinchu and also a lot of western shops can be found in Hsinchu.
oponym is the origin of the name given to a place on Earth. Site is the physical character of a place.
Situation is the location of a place relative to other places, also helps us understand the importance of a location.
Pacific American School
Toponym
Pamela Chu, the founder of Pacific American School, named the school Pacific American because the school locates in Taiwan, which locates on the Pacific Ocean.
Site
Pacific American School located on the East side of Hsinchu downtown.
Situation
Pacific American School is one of the four international schools in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Pacific American School has one of the best college acceptance rate in Taiwan.
Hsinchu
Toponym
Hsinchu was called Zhu Qian before Qing dynasty conquered this island. After Qing dynasty came to Taiwan. They want a new name differ from the name that the aboriginals named it. So the Qing dynasty used Hsin(新), means new, and Zhu(竹) from the original name and combined it together and created Hsinchu (新竹).
Site
Hsinchu located on the North West of Taiwan. Laying on the lower elevation of the central mountain range, which shapes the back bone of Taiwan.
Situation
Hsinchu is the major center of technology in Taiwan. Most of major technology companies locates in Hsinchu Science Park, which is one of the major technology community in South East Asia.
Formal regions is an area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.
Functional regions ( a.k.a nodal region) is an area organized around a node or a focal point.
Vernacular regions is an that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.
Pacific American School/Hsinchu
Formal Regions
- Subtropical: Hsinchu is slightly above the tropical line which means Pacific American School is also in subtropical zone.
- East District of Hsinchu City: Hsinchu has been separated into 3 district. East District, North District, and Xianshen District. Pacific American School locates in East District.
- GuangFu Rd. Section 2 in Hsinchu City
- Big City: Being the largest mall in North of Taiwan, Big City is the main location for entertainment in Hsinchu. People tend to live next to Big City because it is where the downtown locate also.
- Science Park: The most important technological community in Taiwan and also one of the most important technological communities in South East Asia. Attract people to live in Hsinchu because of work reasons.
- Chupei: One of the eight High Speed Rail stations in Taiwan located in Chupei city, Hsinchu. The convenient transportation attract people who work in other cities to live in Chupei.
Vernacular Regions
- Hsinchu is one of the cities that support KMT because of the influence back when KMT first came to Taiwan, establishing Hsinchu as one of the most important city in Taiwan.
- Hsinchu has two top tier university in Taiwan, NCTU and NTHU.
Dense, Concentration, and Pattern
PAS locates in the most populated area of Hsinchu. Most of the population concentrated in the downtown area, where Big City locates. Chupei's population, on the other hand, is not that dense compare to that of Hsinchu. However, there are both student from downtown and Chupei attend Pacific American School.
The living standard of Hsinchu generally consider as high in Taiwan. With the existence of Science Park, Hsinchu is the highest earning city in Taiwan.
Globalization and Culture
Hsinchu is a cosmopolitan city with western influence. There are totally 4 international schools in Hsinchu, which showed the common idea of sending children to a better education institution and a larger world. Hsinchu also has a lot of western chain shops such as, Starbucks and McDonalds. In fact, There are MOS burger, Starbucks, and McDonald's next to Pacific American School.
Hsinchu is well known for its rice noodle. Hsinchu has a nickname called "The Windy City" because Hsinchu has a lot of wind, which contributed to the making of rice noodle that requires wind to dry of the noodle.
Hsinchu is a unique place because of Science Park, which attract foreigners to live in Hsinchu. Being a city with influence by globalization, Hsinchu also has a robust culture of making rice noodle and meatballs. Hsinchu is has the best traditional Chinese orchestra in Taiwan.
Hsinchu is similar to other place on Earth because Hsinchu is a city that has been influence by globalization. English can be understand by most of the people in Hsinchu and also a lot of western shops can be found in Hsinchu.