Tanshui Facts and Figures Tanshui Township (also spelled Tamsui) is part of Taipei County. It abuts Sanchih Rural Township to the northeast, the Kuantu area of Taipei City to the southeast, and the Taiwan Strait to the northwest; to the southwest it faces Pali Rural Township over the Tanshui River.
淡水鎮，隸屬台北縣，北鄰三芝鄉，南以關渡和台北相接，西瀕台灣海峽，並與八里一水之隔。