Tainan City
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| Image:N/A City Flag | Image:Tainan City seal.png City Seal |
| Abbreviation | Southern City 南市 |
| Nickname | The ancient capital city 府城 / 古都 |
| Capital | Anping Dist.(安平區) |
| Region | Southwestern Taiwan |
| Mayor | Tain-Tsair Hsu (許添財) |
| Area | 175.6456 km² (Ranked 17 of 25) |
| Population (May 2004) | |
| - Population | 751,902 (Ranked 11 of 25) |
| - Density | 4,281 /km² |
| Districts | 6 |
| Website | English Trad. Chinese |
| Symbols | |
| - Bird | Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) |
| - Flower | Royal Poinciana Delonix regia |
| - Tree | Royal Poinciana Delonix regia |
| Image:Tainan City location.png | |
- "Tainan" redirects here; for the county of the same name see Tainan County
Tainan (Chinese: 台南; Hanyu Pinyin: Táinán, Wade-Giles: T'ai-nan; POJ: Tâi-lâm) is a city located in southern Taiwan and is the fourth largest after Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung.
Tainan was established as the ancient capital of Taiwan in 1661 by Koxinga after he took over the island from Dutch colonial rule. In 1684, the Qing Dynasty conquered Taiwan and established "Taiwan Fu" (Taiwan Government) as the first official local government in Taiwan. This was later renamed to "Tainan Fu" in 1885 when Taiwan was established as a province. Because it's the former capital of Taiwan, Tainan is also called Fu-cheng.
Historically it is regarded as one of the earliest cities on Taiwan, when the Dutch colonists developed a nearby port, called An-ping. Now, it is one of the cultural capitals in Taiwan, as it houses the First Confucian School/Temple built 1665 on the island, the remains of the Northern and Southern gates of the old city, and countless other historical monuments.
Image:02-Feb-2004-Tainan-Temple--Round-Gate.jpg
Tainan is known as the city with the most Buddhist and/or Taoist temples on the island of Taiwan. Tainan City (台南市) is administratively a municipality of Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. It is surrounded on north and east by Tainan County and South China Sea to the west and south.
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District
Tainan City had 7 districts: Anping, Annan, East, West, Central, South and North district.
In 2004, Central District and West District were merged into a new district naming Central West District. There are 6 districts in Tainan City now.
Education
Higher education
- National Cheng Kung University, one of the leading universities in southern Taiwan located in East Dist., Tainan.In 1931,NCKU established as Tainan Technical College, located on the present Cheng-Kung Campus, total area of 183,000 square metres. In 1942, it renamed in Japanese, its English name unchanged.
- Chang Jung Christian University,located on 396,Sec.l, Chang Jung Rd, Kway Jen, Tainan, 711, Taiwan, R.O.C..CJU actively pursues excellence and diversity in master and doctoral programs to provide more opportunities for
people who have advanced knowledge and the Christian spirit of fraternity, justice and service for Taiwan.
- Southern Taiwan University of Technology,founded in 1969,
STUT located near the northeastern border of Tainan City, within 30-minute driving distance from the Tainan Airport.
Senior high school
Private
Public
Notable Natives
- Ang Lee, movie director
- Chien-Ming Wang, professional baseball player for the Yankee
Sister cities
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Carbondale, Illinois, USA
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Orlando, Florida, USA
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg San Jose, California, USA
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Kansas City, Missouri, USA
External links
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de:Tainan
id:Kota Tainan
ja:台南市
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zh:臺南市
