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On 19 December 1897, the Taipei Observatory moved to the location presently occupied by the Central Weather Administration. In 1945 when the Kuomintang took control of Taiwan the various stations set up by the Japanese were incorporated into the new Taiwan Provincial Weather Institution, under the Chief Executive of Taiwan Province, Chen Yi.
Located on the left bank of the Tamsui River in New Taipei, the floodway passes through the districts of Sanchong, Xinzhuang, Wugu, and Luzhou. Generally following the path of smaller natural tributaries of the Tamsui, the Erchong Floodway is separated by as much as 3.5 km (2.2 mi) from the main course of the Tamsui.
The Tamsui River (alternatively Danshui River, Chinese: 淡水河; pinyin: Dànshǔi Hé; Wade–Giles: Tan 4-shui 3 Ho 2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tām-chúi-hô; lit. 'Freshwater River') is the third longest river in Taiwan after Zhuoshui River and Gaoping River, with a total length of 158.7 km (98.6 mi), flowing through Hsinchu County, Taoyuan, Taipei and New Taipei City.
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Tamsui" is consistent with Hokkien literary readings, [10] [11] and (possibly by chance) is equal to the Church Romanization of an older pronunciation (Tām-súi) minus tone markings and hyphen. [12] By 1900, the "Tamsui" variant was already well-known [13] and featured prominently in two English-language maps of the area. [14]