This accounts for the name of Tataocheng, which means literally "the great paddy field," or in another context, "rice river," the allusion being to its situation on the banks of the Tamsui River. Today, the area is roughly bounded by the North Gate in the south, Taipei Bridge in the north, the Tamsui River in the West and the Circle Restaurants in the east.
其位置南自北門起，北到益保裕街台北橋頭止，西到淡水河，東邊則到重慶北路一帶。概括的說：鐵路以北，大龍峒地區除外，都在當年大稻埕的範圍之內。