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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Folk_cultures" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Folk_cultures"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Folk cultures</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Folk_cultures-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cuisine" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cuisine"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Cuisine</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cuisine-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Temples" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Temples"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Temples</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Temples-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Music" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Music"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Music</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Music-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Museums_and_parks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Museums_and_parks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Museums and parks</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Museums_and_parks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tourism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tourism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Tourism</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Tourism-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Tourism subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Tourism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Taiwan_Confucian_Temple" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Taiwan_Confucian_Temple"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Taiwan Confucian Temple</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Taiwan_Confucian_Temple-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_Museum_of_Taiwan_History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Museum_of_Taiwan_History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>National Museum of Taiwan History</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Museum_of_Taiwan_History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_Museum_of_Taiwan_Literature" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Museum_of_Taiwan_Literature"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>National Museum of Taiwan Literature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Museum_of_Taiwan_Literature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_Cheng_Kung_University_Museum" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Cheng_Kung_University_Museum"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>National Cheng Kung University Museum</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Cheng_Kung_University_Museum-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fort_Provintia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fort_Provintia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Fort Provintia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fort_Provintia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shopping_and_recreation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shopping_and_recreation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Shopping and recreation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shopping_and_recreation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Beehives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Beehives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>Beehives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Beehives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cityscape" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cityscape"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Cityscape</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Cityscape-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Cityscape subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Cityscape-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-The_Great_Cross_Street" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Great_Cross_Street"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>The Great Cross Street</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Great_Cross_Street-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Japanese_Redevelopment_Program" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Japanese_Redevelopment_Program"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Japanese Redevelopment Program</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Japanese_Redevelopment_Program-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Three_Ring_Belts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Three_Ring_Belts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Three Ring Belts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Three_Ring_Belts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_River_South_Region" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_River_South_Region"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>The River South Region</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_River_South_Region-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_River_North_Region" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_River_North_Region"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>The River North Region</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_River_North_Region-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government_and_politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government_and_politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Government and politics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Government_and_politics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Government and politics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Government_and_politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-City_mayor" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#City_mayor"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>City mayor</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-City_mayor-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Presidential_elections" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Presidential_elections"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Presidential elections</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Presidential_elections-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-1996_presidential_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1996_presidential_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.1</span> <span>1996 presidential election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1996_presidential_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2000_presidential_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2000_presidential_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.2</span> <span>2000 presidential election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2000_presidential_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2004_presidential_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2004_presidential_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.3</span> <span>2004 presidential election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2004_presidential_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2008_presidential_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2008_presidential_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.4</span> <span>2008 presidential election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2008_presidential_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2012_presidential_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2012_presidential_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.5</span> <span>2012 presidential election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2012_presidential_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Administrative_districts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Administrative_districts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Administrative districts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administrative_districts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Economy-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Economy subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Industry" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Industry"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Industry</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Industry-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Agriculture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Agriculture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Agriculture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Agriculture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tourism_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tourism_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Tourism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tourism_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Retail" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Retail"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Retail</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Retail-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Transportation</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="cdx-button 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class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Road</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Road-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Air" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>Air</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Education-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Education subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Elementary_schools" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elementary_schools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Elementary schools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elementary_schools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Junior_high_schools" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Junior_high_schools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Junior high schools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Junior_high_schools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Senior_high_schools" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Senior_high_schools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>Senior high schools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Senior_high_schools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_natives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_natives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Notable natives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_natives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_relations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_relations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>International relations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-International_relations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon 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Available in 63 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-63" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">63 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86" title="تاينان – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="تاينان" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8" title="তাইনান – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="তাইনান" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A2i-l%C3%A2m-chh%C4%AB" title="Tâi-lâm-chhī – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Tâi-lâm-chhī" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C" title="Тайнань – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Тайнань" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Тайнан – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Тайнан" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan_(lalawigan)" title="Tainan (lalawigan) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Tainan (lalawigan)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchaj-nan" title="Tchaj-nan – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Tchaj-nan" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajnano" title="Tajnano – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Tajnano" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86" title="تاینان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تاینان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82" title="臺南市 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="臺南市" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%B2i-n%C3%A0m-s%E1%B9%B3" title="Thòi-nàm-sṳ – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Thòi-nàm-sṳ" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%83%80%EC%9D%B4%EB%82%9C%EC%8B%9C" title="타이난시 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="타이난시" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kota_Tainan" title="Kota Tainan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kota Tainan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%C3%ADnan" title="Taínan – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Taínan" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%9F" title="טאינאן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="טאינאן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86" title="تاینان – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="تاینان" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taina%C5%86a" title="Tainaņa – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Tainaņa" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainanas" title="Tainanas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Tainanas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajnan" title="Tajnan – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Tajnan" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ტაინანი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ტაინანი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86" title="تاينان – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="تاينان" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A0i-n%C3%A0ng" title="Dài-nàng – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Dài-nàng" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C" title="Тайнань – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Тайнань" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan_(stad)" title="Tainan (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Tainan (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82" title="台南市 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="台南市" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%27aynam" title="T'aynam – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="T'aynam" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C" title="Тайнань – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Тайнань" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchaj-nan" title="Tchaj-nan – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Tchaj-nan" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99" title="ไถหนาน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ไถหนาน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Tainan" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a 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style="width:282px;max-width:282px;border:none"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:280px;max-width:280px"><div style="height:185px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Downtown_Tainan(2012)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Downtown_Tainan%282012%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/278px-Downtown_Tainan%282012%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="278" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Downtown_Tainan%282012%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/417px-Downtown_Tainan%282012%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Downtown_Tainan%282012%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/556px-Downtown_Tainan%282012%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="682" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Tainan" title="List of tallest buildings in Tainan">Skyline of Tainan</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:111px;max-width:111px"><div style="height:109px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chihkan_Tower_03171.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Chihkan_Tower_03171.jpg/109px-Chihkan_Tower_03171.jpg" decoding="async" width="109" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Chihkan_Tower_03171.jpg/164px-Chihkan_Tower_03171.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Chihkan_Tower_03171.jpg/218px-Chihkan_Tower_03171.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1880" data-file-height="1896" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Fort_Provintia" title="Fort Provintia">Fort Provintia</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:167px;max-width:167px"><div style="height:109px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Starting.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Starting.jpg/165px-Starting.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Starting.jpg/248px-Starting.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Starting.jpg/330px-Starting.jpg 2x" data-file-width="752" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div><div>Fireworks in <a href="/wiki/Yanshuei" class="mw-redirect" title="Yanshuei">Yanshuei</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:131px;max-width:131px"><div style="height:96px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Qimei_Museum_%E5%A5%87%E7%BE%8E%E5%8D%9A%E7%89%A9%E9%A4%A8_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Qimei_Museum_%E5%A5%87%E7%BE%8E%E5%8D%9A%E7%89%A9%E9%A4%A8_-_panoramio.jpg/129px-Qimei_Museum_%E5%A5%87%E7%BE%8E%E5%8D%9A%E7%89%A9%E9%A4%A8_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="129" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Qimei_Museum_%E5%A5%87%E7%BE%8E%E5%8D%9A%E7%89%A9%E9%A4%A8_-_panoramio.jpg/194px-Qimei_Museum_%E5%A5%87%E7%BE%8E%E5%8D%9A%E7%89%A9%E9%A4%A8_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Qimei_Museum_%E5%A5%87%E7%BE%8E%E5%8D%9A%E7%89%A9%E9%A4%A8_-_panoramio.jpg/258px-Qimei_Museum_%E5%A5%87%E7%BE%8E%E5%8D%9A%E7%89%A9%E9%A4%A8_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Chimei_Museum" title="Chimei Museum">Chimei Museum</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:147px;max-width:147px"><div style="height:96px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tan_Tsai_Noodle_of_Tu_Hsiao_Yue_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Tan_Tsai_Noodle_of_Tu_Hsiao_Yue_2015.jpg/250px-Tan_Tsai_Noodle_of_Tu_Hsiao_Yue_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Tan_Tsai_Noodle_of_Tu_Hsiao_Yue_2015.jpg/330px-Tan_Tsai_Noodle_of_Tu_Hsiao_Yue_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="1408" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Danzai_noodles" class="mw-redirect" title="Danzai noodles">Danzai noodles</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Clockwise from top: Downtown Tainan, statue of <a href="/wiki/Yoichi_Hatta" title="Yoichi Hatta">Yoichi Hatta</a>, <a href="/wiki/THSR_Tainan_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="THSR Tainan Station">THSR Tainan Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danzai_noodles" class="mw-redirect" title="Danzai noodles">danzai noodles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Provintia" title="Fort Provintia">Fort Provintia</a>, beehive firework in <a href="/wiki/Yanshuei_District" title="Yanshuei District">Yanshuei</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Tainan_City.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Tainan City"><img alt="Flag of Tainan City" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Tainan_City.svg/120px-Flag_of_Tainan_City.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Tainan_City.svg/250px-Flag_of_Tainan_City.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="581" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tainan_City_Government_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Tainan City"><img alt="Official seal of Tainan City" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Tainan_City_Government_Logo.svg/100px-Tainan_City_Government_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Tainan_City_Government_Logo.svg/150px-Tainan_City_Government_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">府城</span></span>), Nanying (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">南瀛</span></span>)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container floatright" style="width: 300px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" data-height="200" data-zoom="8" data-lat="23.11" data-lon="120.28" data-overlays="["_adfba66296beac2c40202f1471459c66b0e46523"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/8/23.11/120.28/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,23.11,120.28,300x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Tainan&revid=1279281186&groups=_adfba66296beac2c40202f1471459c66b0e46523" width="300" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,23.11,120.28,300x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Tainan&revid=1279281186&groups=_adfba66296beac2c40202f1471459c66b0e46523 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taiwan_ROC_political_division_map_Tainan_City_(2010).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Tainan City"><img alt="Location of Tainan City" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Taiwan_ROC_political_division_map_Tainan_City_%282010%29.svg/250px-Taiwan_ROC_political_division_map_Tainan_City_%282010%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="353" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Taiwan_ROC_political_division_map_Tainan_City_%282010%29.svg/500px-Taiwan_ROC_political_division_map_Tainan_City_%282010%29.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Republic of China (Taiwan)</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed under <a href="/wiki/Fort_Zeelandia_(Taiwan)" title="Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)">Fort Zeelandia</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1624</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tungning" title="Kingdom of Tungning">Kingdom of Tungning</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1661</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Tainan_Prefecture" title="Tainan Prefecture">Tainan Prefecture</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1895</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provincial_city_(Taiwan)" title="Provincial city (Taiwan)">Provincial city</a> status</th><td class="infobox-data">25 October 1945</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Upgraded to special municipality and merger with <a href="/wiki/Tainan_County" title="Tainan County">Tainan County</a></th><td class="infobox-data">25 December 2010</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anping_District" title="Anping District">Anping</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xinying_District" title="Xinying District">Xinying</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/District_(Taiwan)" title="District (Taiwan)">Districts</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>37</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Xinying_District" title="Xinying District">Xinying</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Yanshuei_District" title="Yanshuei District">Yanshuei</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Baihe_District" title="Baihe District">Baihe</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Liouying_District" title="Liouying District">Liouying</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Houbi_District" title="Houbi District">Houbi</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Dongshan_District,_Tainan" title="Dongshan District, Tainan">Dongshan</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Madou_District" title="Madou District">Madou</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Xiaying_District" title="Xiaying District">Xiaying</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Lioujia_District" title="Lioujia District">Lioujia</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Guantian_District" title="Guantian District">Guantian</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Danei_District" title="Danei District">Danei</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Jiali_District" title="Jiali District">Jiali</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Syuejia_District" title="Syuejia District">Syuejia</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Sigang_District,_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sigang District, Tainan">Sigang</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Cigu_District" title="Cigu District">Cigu</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Jiangjun_District" title="Jiangjun District">Jiangjun</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Beimen_District" title="Beimen District">Beimen</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Sinhua_District,_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhua District, Tainan">Sinhua</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Shanhua_District" title="Shanhua District">Shanhua</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Sinshih_District,_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinshih District, Tainan">Sinshih</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Anding_District,_Tainan" title="Anding District, Tainan">Anding</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Shanshang_District" title="Shanshang District">Shanshan</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Yujing_District" title="Yujing District">Yujing</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Nansi_District,_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nansi District, Tainan">Nansi</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Nanhua_District" title="Nanhua District">Nanhua</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Zuojhen_District" title="Zuojhen District">Zuojhen</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Rende_District" title="Rende District">Rende</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Gueiren_District" title="Gueiren District">Gueiren</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Guanmiao_District" title="Guanmiao District">Guanmiao</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Longci_District" title="Longci District">Longci</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Yongkang_District" title="Yongkang District">Yongkang</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/East_District,_Tainan" title="East District, Tainan">East</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/South_District,_Tainan" title="South District, Tainan">South</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/North_District,_Tainan" title="North District, Tainan">North</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Annan_District" title="Annan District">Annan</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Anping_District" title="Anping District">Anping</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/West_Central_District" title="West Central District">West Central</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tainan_City_Government" title="Tainan City Government">Tainan City Government</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Tainan_City_Council" title="Tainan City Council">Tainan City Council</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mayors of Tainan">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Huang_Wei-cher" class="mw-redirect" title="Huang Wei-cher">Huang Wei-cher</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Democratic Progressive Party">DPP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Special_municipality_of_Taiwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Special municipality of Taiwan">Special municipality</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,191.65 km<sup>2</sup> (846.20 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">259 km<sup>2</sup> (100 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_administrative_divisions_of_Taiwan" title="List of administrative divisions of Taiwan">7 out of 22</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(March 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Special_municipality_of_Taiwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Special municipality of Taiwan">Special municipality</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,856,642</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_administrative_divisions_of_Taiwan" title="List of administrative divisions of Taiwan">6 of 22</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">850/km<sup>2</sup> (2,200/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,205,000</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban density</th><td class="infobox-data">4,700/km<sup>2</sup> (12,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B8" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+8">UTC+8</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="National Standard Time">National Standard Time</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postal code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">700–745</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">(0)6</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">TW-TNN</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bird</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pheasant-tailed_jacana" title="Pheasant-tailed jacana">Pheasant-tailed jacana</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Flower</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Phalaenopsis" title="Phalaenopsis">Phalaenopsis</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tree</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Delonix_regia" title="Delonix regia">Delonix regia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tainan.gov.tw/en/">www<wbr />.tainan<wbr />.gov<wbr />.tw<wbr />/en<wbr />/</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140631#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> <span class="languageicon">(in English)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color:#b0c4de">Tainan City</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Chinese name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97" class="extiw" title="wikt:臺南">臺南</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Simplified Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97" class="extiw" title="wikt:台南">台南</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Táinán Shì</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bopomofo" title="Bopomofo">Bopomofo</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Bopo" style="font-style: normal;">ㄊㄞˊ   ㄋㄢˊ   ㄕˋ</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Spelling_in_Gwoyeu_Romatzyh" title="Spelling in Gwoyeu Romatzyh">Gwoyeu Romatzyh</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Tairnan Shyh</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn"><span>T'ai<sup>2</sup>-nan<sup>2</sup> Shih<sup>4</sup></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tongyong_Pinyin" title="Tongyong Pinyin">Tongyong Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Táinán Shìh</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Mandarin_Phonetic_Symbols_II" title="Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II">MPS2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Táinán Shr̀</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">IPA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="IPA" lang="cmn-Latn-fonipa" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">[tʰǎɪ.nǎn ʂɻ̩̂]</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Hakka_Chinese" title="Hakka Chinese">Hakka</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Pha%CC%8Dk-fa-s%E1%B9%B3" title="Pha̍k-fa-sṳ">Pha̍k-fa-sṳ</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Hakka-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="hak-Latn">Thòi-nàm-sṳ</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Min" title="Southern Min">Southern Min</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a> <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">POJ</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Min Nan Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="nan-Latn">Tâi-lâm-chhī</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Romanization_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwanese Romanization System">Tâi-lô</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Min Nan Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="nan-Latn">Tâi-lâm-tshī</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Japanese name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hiragana" title="Hiragana">Hiragana</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">たいなんし</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Katakana" title="Katakana">Katakana</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">タイナンシ</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%ABjitai" title="Kyūjitai">Kyūjitai</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">臺南市</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Shinjitai" title="Shinjitai">Shinjitai</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">台南市</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hepburn_romanization" title="Hepburn romanization">Revised Hepburn</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="ja-Latn">Tainan-shi</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Kunrei-shiki_romanization" title="Kunrei-shiki romanization">Kunrei-shiki</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="ja-Latn">Tainan-si</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Tainan</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>/</a></span></span>),<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> officially <b>Tainan City</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-word1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-word1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>I<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Special_municipality_(Taiwan)" title="Special municipality (Taiwan)">special municipality</a> in southern <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, facing the <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Strait" title="Taiwan Strait">Taiwan Strait</a> on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and commonly called the "<a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Prefecture" title="Taiwan Prefecture">prefectural</a> capital"<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>II<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for its over 260 years of history as the capital of Taiwan under the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Formosa" title="Dutch Formosa">Dutch rule</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tungning" title="Kingdom of Tungning">Kingdom of Tungning</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_under_Qing_rule" title="Taiwan under Qing rule">Qing dynasty rule</a> until 1887. Tainan's complex history of comebacks, redefinitions and renewals inspired its popular nickname "the Phoenix City".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tainan is classified as a "Sufficiency"-level <a href="/wiki/Global_city" title="Global city">global city</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Globalization_and_World_Cities_Research_Network" title="Globalization and World Cities Research Network">Globalization and World Cities Research Network</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Taiwan's oldest <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">urban area</a> with over 400 years history, Tainan was initially established by the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">Dutch East India Company</a> (VOC) as a ruling and trading base called <a href="/wiki/Fort_Zeelandia_(Taiwan)" title="Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)">Fort Zeelandia</a> during <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Formosa" title="Dutch Formosa">the Dutch colonial rule on the island</a>. After <a href="/wiki/Koxinga" title="Koxinga">Koxinga</a> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_Zeelandia" title="Siege of Fort Zeelandia">seized the Dutch fort</a> in 1662, Tainan remained as the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tungning" title="Kingdom of Tungning">Tungning Kingdom</a> ruled by <a href="/wiki/House_of_Koxinga" title="House of Koxinga">House of Koxinga</a> until 1683 and afterwards the capital of <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Prefecture" title="Taiwan Prefecture">Taiwan Prefecture</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing dynasty</a> until 1887, when the new provincial capital was first moved to present-day <a href="/wiki/Taichung" title="Taichung">Taichung</a>, and then to <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a> eventually. Following the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_shimonoseki" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of shimonoseki">cession of Taiwan</a>, Tainan became the second capital of the short-lived <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Formosa" title="Republic of Formosa">Republic of Formosa</a> from June to October in 1895 until the <a href="/wiki/Capitulation_of_Tainan" title="Capitulation of Tainan">Capitulation of Tainan</a> by the invading forces of <a href="/wiki/Japanese_empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese empire">Japanese empire</a>. Under <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_under_Japanese_rule" title="Taiwan under Japanese rule">Japanese rule</a>, the city was the seat of <a href="/wiki/Tainan_Prefecture" title="Tainan Prefecture">Tainan Prefecture</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">surrender of Japan</a> in World War II, the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a> took control of Taiwan in 1945 and reorganized the city as a <a href="/wiki/Provincial_city_(Taiwan)" title="Provincial city (Taiwan)">provincial city</a> in <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Province" title="Taiwan Province">Taiwan Province</a>; a role that would remain in place until 2010 when the city was merged with nearby <a href="/wiki/Tainan_County" title="Tainan County">Tainan County</a> into a new special municipality. </p><p>The legacy of Tainan's long history of establishment has left significant impact on Taiwan, and its former name, Tayouan, has been claimed to be the origin of the name "Taiwan". It is also one of Taiwan's cultural capitals, for its rich folk cultures including the famous <a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_cuisine" title="Taiwanese cuisine">local street food and traditional cuisine</a>, extensively preserved <a href="/wiki/Taoist" class="mw-redirect" title="Taoist">Taoist</a> rites and other living local traditions covering everything from child birth to funerals. The city houses the first <a href="/wiki/Tainan_Confucian_Temple" title="Tainan Confucian Temple">Confucian school–temple</a> in Taiwan, built in 1665,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the remains of the Eastern and Southern gates of the old city, and countless other historical monuments. Tainan claims more <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a> and Taoist temples than any other city in Taiwan. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Archaeological excavations in <a href="/wiki/Zuojhen_District,_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="Zuojhen District, Tainan">Zuojhen District</a> suggest that the Tainan region has been inhabited for at least 20,000 to 31,000 years. The indigenous <a href="/wiki/Siraya_people" title="Siraya people">Siraya</a> tribe dominated the region by the 16th century. The Sakam people of the Sinkan sub-tribe inhabited the area of the present-day city.<sup id="cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-蔡玉仙等編-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other Sirayan sub-tribes, including the Soelangh, Mattauw and Baccloangh inhabited the surrounding area. </p><p>By the late 16th century, Chinese merchants and fishermen had set up several bases along the west coast of the island, including a sandbar across the <i>Taikang Inner Sea</i> (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%87%BA%E6%B1%9F%E5%85%A7%E6%B5%B7" class="extiw" title="zh:臺江內海">臺江內海</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">Pe̍h-ōe-jī</a>: <i><span lang="nan-Latn">Tâi-kang lāi-hái</span></i>) off the bay of Sakam village (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Fort_Provintia" title="Fort Provintia">Fort Provintia</a>). The Chinese adopted <i><a href="/wiki/Taioan" class="mw-redirect" title="Taioan">Taioan</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%93%A1" class="extiw" title="zh:大員">zh</a>]</span></i> (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Anping_District" title="Anping District">Anping</a>) as the name of the sandbar.<sup id="cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-蔡玉仙等編-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shih_Shou-chien_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shih_Shou-chien-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kato_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kato-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Slightly north of <i>Taioan</i>, along the shoreline near <i>Bassemboy</i> (<span lang="zh-Hant">北線尾</span>; <i><span lang="nan-Latn">Pak-siàn-bóe</span></i>), Japanese traders established bases for trade with China.<sup id="cite_ref-Shih_Shou-chien_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shih_Shou-chien-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The early Chinese and Japanese also traded with the Sirayan people. Salt and food was exchanged for deer hides and dried deer meat. The Siraya people were influenced by both Chinese and Japanese cultures and lifestyles. They started to use Chinese words in their language, use Japanese <a href="/wiki/Tant%C5%8D" title="Tantō">tantō</a> in ritual events, and also migrated inland due to the influx of newcomers. By the time the Europeans arrived, the influence of Chinese and Japanese traders and fishermen was already prominent.<sup id="cite_ref-Shih_Shou-chien_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shih_Shou-chien-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Murray_A._Rubinstein_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray_A._Rubinstein-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dutch_colony">Dutch colony</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Dutch colony"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tainan_Taiwan_Fort-Zeelandia-01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Tainan_Taiwan_Fort-Zeelandia-01.jpg/220px-Tainan_Taiwan_Fort-Zeelandia-01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Tainan_Taiwan_Fort-Zeelandia-01.jpg/330px-Tainan_Taiwan_Fort-Zeelandia-01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Tainan_Taiwan_Fort-Zeelandia-01.jpg/440px-Tainan_Taiwan_Fort-Zeelandia-01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5193" data-file-height="3462" /></a><figcaption>Anping Fort (site of the <a href="/wiki/Fort_Zeelandia_(Taiwan)" title="Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)">Fort Zeelandia</a>)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vereenigde_Oostindische_Compagnie_spiegelretourschip_Amsterdam_replica.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Vereenigde_Oostindische_Compagnie_spiegelretourschip_Amsterdam_replica.jpg/220px-Vereenigde_Oostindische_Compagnie_spiegelretourschip_Amsterdam_replica.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Vereenigde_Oostindische_Compagnie_spiegelretourschip_Amsterdam_replica.jpg/330px-Vereenigde_Oostindische_Compagnie_spiegelretourschip_Amsterdam_replica.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Vereenigde_Oostindische_Compagnie_spiegelretourschip_Amsterdam_replica.jpg/440px-Vereenigde_Oostindische_Compagnie_spiegelretourschip_Amsterdam_replica.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4272" /></a><figcaption>Replica of an <a href="/wiki/East_Indiaman" title="East Indiaman">East Indiaman</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">Dutch East India Company</a>/<a href="/wiki/United_East_Indies_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="United East Indies Company">United East Indies Company</a> (VOC).</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Formosa" title="Dutch Formosa">Dutch Formosa</a></div> <p>Early Dutch colonists had attempted but failed to control <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Penghu_islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Penghu islands">Penghu islands</a>. In July 1622, the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">Dutch East India Company</a> textile merchant <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cornelis_Reijersen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cornelis Reijersen (page does not exist)">Cornelis Reyersz</a> sailed to Taiwan in search of a suitable location to build a trading post. In 1624 he established a small fort named 'Orange' on the sandy peninsula they called <b>Tayouan</b> (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Anping_District" title="Anping District">Anping</a>). The fort was then expanded and renamed <span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Fort_Zeelandia_(Taiwan)" title="Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)">Fort Zeelandia</a></b></span>. The settlement was initially designed as a base to attack their Spanish rivals and as a trading post between China and <a href="/wiki/Batavia,_Dutch_East_Indies" title="Batavia, Dutch East Indies">Batavia</a> in Indonesia. Later the post became the center of Dutch trade between China, Japan and Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-Shih_Shou-chien_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shih_Shou-chien-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Murray_A._Rubinstein_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray_A._Rubinstein-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the governorship of <a href="/wiki/Pieter_Nuyts" title="Pieter Nuyts">Pieter Nuyts</a> (1627–29), there was hostility between the Dutch and Japanese merchants, leading at one point to Nuyts being held hostage by a Japanese trader, Hamada Yahee.<sup id="cite_ref-Kato_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kato-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Murray_A._Rubinstein_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray_A._Rubinstein-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Dutch_pacification_campaign_on_Formosa" title="Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa">Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa</a> was a series of military actions and diplomatic moves undertaken in 1635 and 1636. They aimed at subduing hostile aboriginal villages in the south-western region of the island. In 1642 the Dutch seized the Spanish garrison at <a href="/wiki/Santisima_Trinidad_(Taiwan)" title="Santisima Trinidad (Taiwan)">Santisima Trinidad</a> in <a href="/wiki/Keelung" title="Keelung">Keelung</a>. The Dutch East India Company became the first authority to claim control of the whole of Formosa, with Fort Zeelandia as the seat of government.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tensions arose between the Dutch and the Chinese inhabitants of Taiwan due to heavy Dutch taxation and Dutch participation in plunder during the collapse of the <a href="/wiki/Ming_dynasty" title="Ming dynasty">Ming dynasty</a>. Eventually, this led to the brief, but bloody, <a href="/wiki/Guo_Huaiyi_Rebellion" class="mw-redirect" title="Guo Huaiyi Rebellion">Guo Huaiyi Rebellion</a> in 1652.<sup id="cite_ref-Murray_A._Rubinstein_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray_A._Rubinstein-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dutch crushed the revolt only with the help of the local Sinkanese. </p><p>The settlements near to Fort Zeelandia expanded as a result of the Dutch trading post in the area. In 1653, the Dutch built a new fort, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Provintia" title="Fort Provintia">Fort Provintia</a>, in the Sakam area as a center for an agricultural colony. The Dutch encouraged Chinese farmers to migrate to Taiwan to grow rice and sugar cane. The Dutch settlement in southern Taiwan was so successful that, by the 1650s, it had overtaken Batavia.<sup id="cite_ref-Shih_Shou-chien_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shih_Shou-chien-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kingdom_of_Tungning">Kingdom of Tungning</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Kingdom of Tungning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Statue_of_Koxinga.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Statue_of_Koxinga.jpg/220px-Statue_of_Koxinga.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Statue_of_Koxinga.jpg/330px-Statue_of_Koxinga.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Statue_of_Koxinga.jpg/440px-Statue_of_Koxinga.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2523" /></a><figcaption>Statue of <a href="/wiki/Koxinga" title="Koxinga">Koxinga</a> in Koxinga's Shrine</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tungning" title="Kingdom of Tungning">Kingdom of Tungning</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Koxinga" title="Koxinga">Koxinga</a> (also known as Zheng Chenggong) was a Ming loyalist and chief commander of the Ming troops on the maritime front for the later emperors of the withering dynasty. In 1661, Koxinga attacked the Dutch colonists in Taiwan. After a nine-month siege, the Dutch Governor of Taiwan, <a href="/wiki/Frederik_Coyett" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederik Coyett">Frederik Coyett</a>, surrendered Fort Zeelandia to Koxinga on 1 February 1662.<sup id="cite_ref-Shih_Shou-chien_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shih_Shou-chien-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This effectively ended 38 years of Dutch rule on Taiwan. Koxinga then devoted himself to transforming Taiwan into a military base for loyalists who wanted to restore the <a href="/wiki/Ming_dynasty" title="Ming dynasty">Ming dynasty</a>. </p><p>Koxinga set about making Taiwan a base for the Ming loyalist movement. Fort Provintia was renamed <i><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tungning" title="Kingdom of Tungning">Tungtu</a></i>, and Fort Zeelandia became <a href="/wiki/Anping_District" title="Anping District">Anping</a>. Koxinga set up military colonies on the surrounding plains to help feed his forces.<sup id="cite_ref-Shih_Shou-chien_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shih_Shou-chien-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many suburbs surrounding Tainan City today include in their names "Ying", "Jia", and "Tian", all derived from this event. After the death of Koxinga in 1662, his son, <a href="/wiki/Zheng_Jing" title="Zheng Jing">Zheng Jing</a>, changed the name of Dongdu to Dong Ning. His chief minister, <a href="/wiki/Chen_Yonghua" title="Chen Yonghua">Chen Yonghua</a>, introduced Chinese bureaucracy, built <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Confucian_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwan Confucian Temple">the first Confucius temple</a> on the island, and introduced the method of salt production to coastal areas. The British were invited to set up a trading post in <a href="/wiki/Anping_District" title="Anping District">Anping</a> to continue trade between Taiwan, Japan, and South East Asia. This helped to maintain the region as a center of trade. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qing_dynasty">Qing dynasty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Qing dynasty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E6%8E%A5%E5%AE%98%E4%BA%AD%E7%9F%B3%E5%9D%8A.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E6%8E%A5%E5%AE%98%E4%BA%AD%E7%9F%B3%E5%9D%8A.JPG/220px-%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E6%8E%A5%E5%AE%98%E4%BA%AD%E7%9F%B3%E5%9D%8A.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E6%8E%A5%E5%AE%98%E4%BA%AD%E7%9F%B3%E5%9D%8A.JPG/330px-%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E6%8E%A5%E5%AE%98%E4%BA%AD%E7%9F%B3%E5%9D%8A.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E6%8E%A5%E5%AE%98%E4%BA%AD%E7%9F%B3%E5%9D%8A.JPG/440px-%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E6%8E%A5%E5%AE%98%E4%BA%AD%E7%9F%B3%E5%9D%8A.JPG 2x" data-file-width="864" data-file-height="648" /></a><figcaption>Jieguanting (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">接官亭</span></span>) in <i>Go-tiau-kang</i>, Tainan gateway to the sea during the Qing dynasty</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_under_Qing_rule" title="Taiwan under Qing rule">Taiwan under Qing rule</a></div> <p>The death of Zheng Jing in 1681 was followed by a struggle for succession. Seizing the advantage presented by the infighting, on July 17, 1683, <a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing</a> naval commander <a href="/wiki/Shi_Lang" title="Shi Lang">Shi Lang</a> defeated the Tungning fleet in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Penghu" title="Battle of Penghu">Battle of Penghu</a>. Two days later, Qing troops landed at Tungning and encountered little resistance. In 1684 the kingdom was incorporated into the Qing Empire as part of Fujian province, ending two decades of rule by the Zheng family.<sup id="cite_ref-Murray_A._Rubinstein_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray_A._Rubinstein-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Prefecture" title="Taiwan Prefecture">Taiwan Prefecture</a> was established, with its prefectural seat <b>Taiwanfu</b><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at modern-day Tainan. Taiwan County is also established as the first county of the Prefecture, located around the prefecture seat. </p><p>In 1721, Chinese peasants and indigenous tribes rose in rebellion against Qing misrule. The rebels, led by <a href="/wiki/Zhu_Yigui" title="Zhu Yigui">Zhu Yigui</a>, captured Tainan without a fight. Turmoil ensued as the rebels soon fought amongst themselves. It was only after a Qing army was dispatched from mainland China that order was restored. Zhu was captured and executed. As Qing law prohibited the building of city walls in Taiwan, Qing authorities decided to create a defensive boundary around the city by growing bamboo around the perimeter. After several further uprisings across the island, work on a city wall began in the late 1780s.<sup id="cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-蔡玉仙等編-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A flood in 1823 brought rich silt from nearby rivers, which formed a widespread new fertile plain across the Taijiang bay area between Tainan and Anping. A canal system called <i>Go-tiau-kang</i> (<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%94%E6%A2%9D%E6%B8%AF_(%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97)" class="extiw" title="zh:五條港 (臺南)">五條港</a>; <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">Pe̍h-ōe-jī</a>: <i><span lang="nan-Latn">Gō͘-tiâu-káng</span></i>) was built to keep the port in Tainan functioning but prevented large ships from entering the bay.<sup id="cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-蔡玉仙等編-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1825 until 1866 a shipyard in Tainan produced warships for the Qing navy from native wood.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After 174 years of restrictions on trade with the Europeans, the Qing reopened <a href="/wiki/Anping_District" title="Anping District">Anping port</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Tianjin" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Tianjin">Tianjin treaty</a> following the <a href="/wiki/Second_Opium_War" title="Second Opium War">Second Opium War</a> in 1858. The Anping Customs house was established in 1864. Western merchants built trading posts near the remains of <a href="/wiki/Fort_Zeelandia_(Taiwan)" title="Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)">Fort Zeelandia</a>. </p><p>Following the murder of 54 Japanese sailors by Paiwan aborigines near the southwestern tip of Taiwan in 1871, the punitive <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Expedition_of_1874_to_Taiwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Expedition of 1874 to Taiwan">Japanese Expedition of 1874 to Taiwan</a> revealed the fragility of the Qing dynasty's hold on Taiwan. As a result, the Qing sent the imperial commissioner <a href="/wiki/Shen_Baozhen" title="Shen Baozhen">Shen Baozhen</a> to Taiwan to strengthen its defense. In Tainan, Shen made several efforts to modernize the defenses including inviting French engineers to design the <a href="/wiki/Eternal_Golden_Castle" title="Eternal Golden Castle">Eternal Golden Castle</a> in Erkunshen. He also recommended setting up a telegraph cable link between Tainan and <a href="/wiki/Amoy" class="mw-redirect" title="Amoy">Amoy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-蔡玉仙等編-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Murray_A._Rubinstein_16-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray_A._Rubinstein-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some parts of the castle were built using bricks taken from Fort Zeelandia.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After over 200 years of development, Tainan had become the largest city in Taiwan and a Chinese city with foreign influence. The following is a description of the city by the Scottish missionary <a href="/wiki/William_Campbell_(missionary)" title="William Campbell (missionary)">William Campbell</a> upon his first arrival to the island in 1871: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>As to Taiwan-fu itself, I may say that the brick wall which surrounds it is about fifteen feet in thickness, twenty-five in height, and some five miles in circumference. Lofty watch-towers are built over the four main gateways, and large spaces within the city are given to the principal temples and <i>yamens</i>—or quarters occupied by the civil and military mandarins. There is much need in Taiwan-fu for the carrying out of a City Improvement Scheme. Pleasant walks, no doubt, there are, and some of the shops have an appearance which is decidedly attractive; but, as a rule, the streets are narrow, winding, ill-paved, and odorous.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In 1885, the Qing government commenced work to develop the island into <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Province_(Qing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwan Province (Qing)">Taiwan Province</a>. The capital of the island (and its designation as "Taiwanfu") was moved to Toatun (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Taichung" title="Taichung">Taichung</a>). The name of the old Taiwanfu was changed to <b>Tainanfu</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the seat of <a href="/wiki/Tainan_Prefecture_(Qing_dynasty)" title="Tainan Prefecture (Qing dynasty)">Tainan Prefecture</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japanese_rule">Japanese rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Japanese rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tainan_Taiwan_Martial-Art-Hall_Butokuden-01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Tainan_Taiwan_Martial-Art-Hall_Butokuden-01.jpg/220px-Tainan_Taiwan_Martial-Art-Hall_Butokuden-01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Tainan_Taiwan_Martial-Art-Hall_Butokuden-01.jpg/330px-Tainan_Taiwan_Martial-Art-Hall_Butokuden-01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Tainan_Taiwan_Martial-Art-Hall_Butokuden-01.jpg/440px-Tainan_Taiwan_Martial-Art-Hall_Butokuden-01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5493" data-file-height="2945" /></a><figcaption>Tainan Butokuden (Martial Arts Hall)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tainanshu_Kannaizu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Tainanshu_Kannaizu.jpg/250px-Tainanshu_Kannaizu.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Tainanshu_Kannaizu.jpg/330px-Tainanshu_Kannaizu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Tainanshu_Kannaizu.jpg/500px-Tainanshu_Kannaizu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2260" data-file-height="2794" /></a><figcaption>Tainan Prefecture</figcaption></figure> <p>As a consequence of the Chinese losing the <a href="/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War" title="First Sino-Japanese War">First Sino-Japanese War</a> in 1895, Taiwan and the Penghu Islands were ceded to Japan by the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Shimonoseki" title="Treaty of Shimonoseki">Treaty of Shimonoseki</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Formosa" title="Republic of Formosa">Republic of Formosa</a> was proclaimed in Tainan in May 1895, in an effort to forestall the incoming Japanese occupation. A Japanese army arrived at Tainan in October 1895. <a href="/wiki/Liu_Yongfu" title="Liu Yongfu">Liu Yongfu</a> and the other Republican leaders fled, leaving the city in disarray. A Scottish missionary, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Barclay_(missionary)" title="Thomas Barclay (missionary)">Thomas Barclay</a>, was chosen by local elites and foreign merchants to negotiate the Japanese entry into the city. As a result, Tainan was <a href="/wiki/Capitulation_of_Tainan_(1895)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capitulation of Tainan (1895)">taken without resistance</a>. Under <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_under_Japanese_rule" title="Taiwan under Japanese rule">Japanese rule</a>, Tainan was initially administered under <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tainan Ken</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">臺南縣</span></span>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-蔡玉仙等編-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With a population of about 50,000 in 1904, Tainan was Taiwan's most populous city.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The anti-Japanese uprising known as the <a href="/wiki/Tapani_Incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Tapani Incident">Tapani Incident</a> began in Ta-pa-ni (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Yujing_District" title="Yujing District">Yujing</a>) on April 9, 1915. The revolt, led by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yu_Qingfang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yu Qingfang (page does not exist)">Yu Qingfang</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%99%E6%B8%85%E8%8A%B3" class="extiw" title="zh:余清芳">zh</a>]</span>, spread quickly across the whole island and was supported by both Chinese and indigenous Taiwanese. The Japanese crushed the uprising. Many villages were destroyed and thousands of people were killed during the repression which followed. Yu Qingfang was captured on August 22, 1915. More than 800 people were sentenced to death in Tainan. Over 100 of them were executed while the rest were pardoned by the new <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Taish%C5%8D" title="Emperor Taishō">Taishō Emperor</a>. The place where the rebellion began, Xilai Temple in Tainan (<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E8%A5%BF%E4%BE%86%E5%BA%B5" class="extiw" title="zh:臺南西來庵">臺南西來庵</a>), was demolished.<sup id="cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-蔡玉仙等編-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The event marked a turning point in Japanese policy from forced pacification to full integration of Taiwan into the Japanese Empire. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-6550512-tainan-north-2116-iii.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Txu-pclmaps-oclc-6550512-tainan-north-2116-iii.jpg/250px-Txu-pclmaps-oclc-6550512-tainan-north-2116-iii.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Txu-pclmaps-oclc-6550512-tainan-north-2116-iii.jpg/330px-Txu-pclmaps-oclc-6550512-tainan-north-2116-iii.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Txu-pclmaps-oclc-6550512-tainan-north-2116-iii.jpg/500px-Txu-pclmaps-oclc-6550512-tainan-north-2116-iii.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4662" data-file-height="4193" /></a><figcaption>Map of northern Tainan and surrounding region (1944)</figcaption></figure> <p>The Japanese renamed the city to <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tainan Chō</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">臺南廳</span></span>)</span> in 1901, and then <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tainan Shū</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">臺南州</span></span>)</span> in 1920. <a href="/wiki/Tainan_Prefecture" title="Tainan Prefecture">Tainan Prefecture</a> included modern-day <a href="/wiki/Yunlin_County" title="Yunlin County">Yunlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chiayi_County" title="Chiayi County">Chiayi</a>, and the wider region of Tainan. Tainan served as the capital city. The Japanese transformed Tainan by building modern infrastructure, including schools, a courthouse, city hall, new telecommunication facilities, an extensive freight and passenger rail network, a new Anping canal replacing the <i>Go-tiau-kang</i>, an airport, and an <a href="/wiki/Chianan_Canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Chianan Canal">irrigation system</a> across the Tainan and Chiayi regions. Modern urban designs were introduced; old narrow streets and city walls were demolished and replaced with wide streets that form the cityscape of the modern-day Tainan city center.<sup id="cite_ref-Kato_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kato-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also introduced much needed sanitary reforms.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republic_of_China">Republic of China</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Republic of China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TainanDistrict.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/TainanDistrict.png/220px-TainanDistrict.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/TainanDistrict.png/330px-TainanDistrict.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/TainanDistrict.png 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="364" /></a><figcaption>Tainan City in 1945–2010</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a> (ROC) <a href="/wiki/History_of_Taiwan_since_1945" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Taiwan since 1945">took over</a> Taiwan on 25 October 1945 after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Tainan <a href="/wiki/Provincial_city_(Taiwan)" title="Provincial city (Taiwan)">City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tainan_County" title="Tainan County">Tainan County</a> were established and became separate local entities under <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Province" title="Taiwan Province">Taiwan Province</a> in 1946. There was civil unrest in Tainan as part of the <a href="/wiki/February_28_Incident" class="mw-redirect" title="February 28 Incident">February 28 Incident</a> in 1947. <a href="/wiki/Tang_De-Jhang" class="mw-redirect" title="Tang De-Jhang">Tang De-Jhang</a>, an ethnic Japanese man and Japanese educated lawyer, was a member of government which set up "The February 28 Incident Commission" and a popular candidate for city mayor, was accused of being a separatist and arrested by the ROC army on March 11. He was tortured and executed the next day in the park in front of Tainan City Hall (now named <a href="/wiki/Tang_Te-chang_Memorial_Park" title="Tang Te-chang Memorial Park">Tang Te-chang Memorial Park</a>). Tang was posthumously pronounced not guilty by court later in March.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like other regions in Taiwan, many people in Tainan suffered for their real or perceived opposition to the <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a> (KMT, Chinese Nationalist Party) during the <a href="/wiki/White_Terror_(Taiwan)" title="White Terror (Taiwan)">autocratic era</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Txu-oclc-6557994-index-451.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Txu-oclc-6557994-index-451.jpg/250px-Txu-oclc-6557994-index-451.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Txu-oclc-6557994-index-451.jpg/330px-Txu-oclc-6557994-index-451.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Txu-oclc-6557994-index-451.jpg/500px-Txu-oclc-6557994-index-451.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5000" data-file-height="3800" /></a><figcaption>Map of northern Tainan and surrounding region (1950)</figcaption></figure> <p>The city held its first councilor and mayoral elections in 1950. In the 1960s, Tainan was overtaken by <a href="/wiki/Kaohsiung" title="Kaohsiung">Kaohsiung</a> as the economic center of southern Taiwan due to the redevelopment of <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Kaohsiung" title="Port of Kaohsiung">Kaohsiung port</a>. While Tainan City struggled through the second half of twentieth century, the county, especially the river south region, benefited from prioritization by national programs. The completion of the <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_No._1_(Taiwan)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway No. 1 (Taiwan)">National Highway No. 1</a> was followed by the building of many industrial parks and other road improvements. As a result, the city sprawled inland into North, East and then the Yongkang and Rende districts. </p><p>In 1992, a redevelopment plan in the West district, to widen Haian Rd and build an underground plaza proved a failure as lack of geological surveying and overall planning meant that the works ran into a layer of groundwater. The development destroyed part of the historic <i>Go-tiau-kang</i> area. As a consequence, the Zhongzheng Road district, previously the most popular shopping precinct in Tainan since Japanese rule, went into decline due to the poor quality of the environment. By the mid-1990s, there was a growing awareness of the need to protect Tainan's historical and cultural treasures. Since then, the government and civil societies have worked to protect Tainan's heritage. It is an ongoing issue for Tainan to protect its past while reviving its old business center. </p><p>Following the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Taiwan_Science_Park" title="Southern Taiwan Science Park">Southern Taiwan Science Park</a> in 1995, the outskirt of the city saw a rapid growth in population through the 2000s. The city became more prosperous after the completion of several major transport infrastructure plans. The city center shifted eastward in the mid-1990s, closer to the densely populated Yongkang, East and North districts. There are several redevelopment plans to transform these districts into the new business centers of the city. </p><p>On <a href="/wiki/3-19_shooting_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="3-19 shooting incident">March 19, 2004</a>, President <a href="/wiki/Chen_Shui-bian" title="Chen Shui-bian">Chen Shui-bian</a> was shot while campaigning for reelection in Tainan, a city that has been a major center for the pro-independent movement since the end of Japanese rule. On October 21, 2008, Chinese ARATS Vice President <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Mingqing" title="Zhang Mingqing">Zhang Mingqing</a> was injured when he encountered protesters in Tainan Confucius Temple.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kaohsiung-Tainan_before_and_after_2010-2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Kaohsiung-Tainan_before_and_after_2010-2.svg/220px-Kaohsiung-Tainan_before_and_after_2010-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Kaohsiung-Tainan_before_and_after_2010-2.svg/330px-Kaohsiung-Tainan_before_and_after_2010-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Kaohsiung-Tainan_before_and_after_2010-2.svg/440px-Kaohsiung-Tainan_before_and_after_2010-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="557" /></a><figcaption>Map of Tainan City before and after 25 December 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>In June 2009, the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Yuan" title="Executive Yuan">Executive Yuan</a> approved the plan to merge <a href="/wiki/Tainan_County" title="Tainan County">Tainan County</a> and Tainan City to form a larger municipality of Tainan City.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 25 December 2010, Tainan County and Tainan City merged to become Tainan <a href="/wiki/Special_municipality_(Taiwan)" title="Special municipality (Taiwan)">special municipality</a>. </p><p>On February 6, 2016, the area was hit by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake, causing 116 fatalities<sup id="cite_ref-2016twquake_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016twquake-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and major damage, including building collapses (see <a href="/wiki/2016_Kaohsiung_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Kaohsiung earthquake">2016 Kaohsiung earthquake</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chuniaomugong.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Chuniaomugong.JPG/220px-Chuniaomugong.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Chuniaomugong.JPG/330px-Chuniaomugong.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Chuniaomugong.JPG/440px-Chuniaomugong.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1512" data-file-height="2016" /></a><figcaption>Ritual adulthood celebration for all 16-year-olds</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bawan_umiao.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Bawan_umiao.jpg/250px-Bawan_umiao.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Bawan_umiao.jpg/330px-Bawan_umiao.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Bawan_umiao.jpg/500px-Bawan_umiao.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ba-wan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ba-wan">Ba-wan</a> served with sweet sauce</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PICT0345.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/PICT0345.JPG/250px-PICT0345.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/PICT0345.JPG/330px-PICT0345.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/PICT0345.JPG/500px-PICT0345.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Datianhou Gong, built in 1664</figcaption></figure> <p>Tainan claims its name as one of the Taiwanese cultural capitals for its abundant historic monument and citizen lifestyle. The city is dotted by Taoist temples, Buddhist temples and churches. Many of them are among the oldest in Taiwan. The city also has its own unique traditions and cuisines developed by Chinese frontiers over its long history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Folk_cultures">Folk cultures</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Folk cultures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The lives of Tainan citizens are closely related to many <a href="/wiki/Shen_(Chinese_religion)" title="Shen (Chinese religion)">Chinese Deities</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chinese_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese temple">temples</a>. Parents bring their children to the "Weaving Maid Goddess" (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">七娘媽</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">Pe̍h-ōe-jī</a>: <i><span lang="nan-Latn">Chhit-niû-má</span></i>), the children's goddess, to wish for goodwill. Traditionally Chinese people step into adulthood when they are 20. In Tainan, there is a large ritual celebration for all 16-year-olds on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the goddess's birthday. This extended celebration is unique to Tainan: In the past, families with children working in the harbour took the advantage of this ceremony to show the employers that their children should be paid in adult rate after this day. </p><p>Before any form of examination, people visit the temple of <a href="/wiki/Wenchang_Wang" title="Wenchang Wang">Wenchangdijun</a>, the God of Literature, to pray for blessings of good grades. One of the Wenchang temples is on the top floor of the <a href="/wiki/Fort_Provintia" title="Fort Provintia">Fort Provintia</a>. Many final-year high school students preparing for university exams visit the temple in June, before the exam. Those seeking for good marriage will worship <a href="/wiki/Yue_Lao" title="Yue Lao">Yuelao</a>, the God of Marriage. People also visit temples for many reasons, from simply praying for good luck to celebrating particular Deity's birthday to even communicating with the Netherworld.<sup id="cite_ref-台南市文資導讀_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-台南市文資導讀-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A wedding ceremony in Tainan is a series of complex processes that are very exact and detailed. Both groom and bride need to prepare 12 specific gifts representing different meanings during their engagement ceremony with more to come in the wedding. People believe this complexity is a sign of being civilized.<sup id="cite_ref-台南市文資導讀_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-台南市文資導讀-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Anping residents use a special symbol called Sword Lion to keep bad spirits away. During Zheng's regime, Anping was one of Koxinga's main naval stations. When returning home from military drills, soldiers would put lion-face shields on the main gates of their houses and insert their swords crosswise in the lion's mouth. Locals incorporate this symbol into the design of their houses as a symbol of spiritual security.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cuisine">Cuisine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the more than 200 years that Tainan spent as the local capital the population developed cosmopolitan tastes due to exposure to food from around the world. Portions are often larger than elsewhere in Taiwan.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many well-known <a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_cuisine" title="Taiwanese cuisine">Taiwanese food dishes</a> originated in Tainan. Since Tainan was a center of sugar production, Tainan cuisine tends to be sweeter than other Taiwanese cuisines. For example, eel noodle soup has a distinctive sweet and sour taste. <a href="/wiki/Milkfish" title="Milkfish">Milkfish</a> dishes are very popular in Tainan, where locals also call it "Koxinga's fish" (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">國姓魚</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">Pe̍h-ōe-jī</a>: <i><span lang="nan-Latn">kok-sèng-hî</span></i>). People believe the Chinese name of the fish (<span lang="zh-Hant">虱目魚</span>; <i><span lang="nan-Latn">sat-ba̍k-hî</span></i>) was given by Koxinga, and this name has been loaned into Japanese as <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">sabahī</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">サバヒー</span></span>)</span>. The fish are bred in farms located in the coastal outskirts of the city. Many Tainan restaurants and snack stands have histories that trace back to the Qing or Japanese eras.<sup id="cite_ref-台南市文資導讀_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-台南市文資導讀-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On Guo Hua Street (國華街), a lot of restaurants and street vendors sell local cuisine, including such dishes as "savory rich pudding" (<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A2%97%E7%B2%BF" class="extiw" title="zh:碗粿">碗粿</a>), o-a-tsian (<a href="/wiki/Oyster_omelet" class="mw-redirect" title="Oyster omelet">oyster omelet</a>), <a href="/wiki/Gua_bao" class="mw-redirect" title="Gua bao">gua bao</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Popiah" title="Popiah">popiah</a>. Local people tend to have these dishes either in the morning or at noon.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Tainan is considered the center of Taiwanese coffee culture with a number of coffee producers in the hills around the city. Coffee plants were first brought to Tainan in 1884 by the British.<sup id="cite_ref-Coffee_Culture_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coffee_Culture-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Temples">Temples</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E7%AB%B9%E6%BA%AA%E5%AF%BA%E5%B1%B1%E9%96%80.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E7%AB%B9%E6%BA%AA%E5%AF%BA%E5%B1%B1%E9%96%80.JPG/220px-%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E7%AB%B9%E6%BA%AA%E5%AF%BA%E5%B1%B1%E9%96%80.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E7%AB%B9%E6%BA%AA%E5%AF%BA%E5%B1%B1%E9%96%80.JPG/330px-%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E7%AB%B9%E6%BA%AA%E5%AF%BA%E5%B1%B1%E9%96%80.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E7%AB%B9%E6%BA%AA%E5%AF%BA%E5%B1%B1%E9%96%80.JPG/440px-%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E7%AB%B9%E6%BA%AA%E5%AF%BA%E5%B1%B1%E9%96%80.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Zhuxi Temple</figcaption></figure> <p>Tainan is famous for its diversity and density of <a href="/wiki/Chinese_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese temple">temples and shrines</a>. Some of them are the only of its kind in Taiwan. In all, there are officially listed seven Buddhist temples and eight Taoist shrines (七寺八廟).<sup id="cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-蔡玉仙等編-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2015<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Tainan has the most numbers of registered temples among other municipalities, cities or counties in Taiwan, reaching 1,613 temples.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The seven Buddhist temples are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kaiyuan_Temple_(Taiwan)" title="Kaiyuan Temple (Taiwan)">Kaiyuan Temple</a>, originally the royal gardens of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tungning" title="Kingdom of Tungning">Tungning Kingdom</a>, became a Buddhist temple in 1690.</li> <li>Zhuxi Temple, founded in the Tungning Kingdom period.</li> <li>Fahua Temple, founded in the Tungning Kingdom period.</li> <li>Mituo Temple, founded in the Tungning Kingdom period.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan_Longshan_Temple&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tainan Longshan Temple (page does not exist)">Longshan Temple</a>, founded in the Qing dynasty.</li> <li>Chongqing Temple, founded in the Qing dynasty.</li> <li>Huangbo Temple, founded in the Qing dynasty but demolished by the Japanese. The worshiped statues were migrated to the Altar of Heaven temple.</li></ul> <p>The eight Taoist shrines are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Matsu_Temple" title="Grand Matsu Temple">Grand Matsu Temple</a> (大天后宮), dedicated to the Goddess of Sea, <a href="/wiki/Mazu" title="Mazu">Mazu</a>. Originally the residence of the <a href="/wiki/King_Ningjing" class="mw-redirect" title="King Ningjing">King Ningjing</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tungning" title="Kingdom of Tungning">Tungning Kingdom</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidian_Wumiao" class="mw-redirect" title="Sidian Wumiao">Sidian Wumiao</a> (祀典武廟), the Official Martial God temple, dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Guan_Yu" title="Guan Yu">Lord Guan</a>, was built in 1665.</li> <li>Dongyue Dian (東嶽殿), the Lord of Underworld temple, dedicated to Dongyue Dadi, was built in 1673.</li> <li>Fuchenghuang Temple (府城隍廟), the temple of the Prefecture <a href="/wiki/Chenghuangshen" class="mw-redirect" title="Chenghuangshen">City God</a>, was built in 1669.</li> <li>Longwang Temple (龍王廟), the shrine dedicated to the <a href="/wiki/Dragon_King" title="Dragon King">Dragon King</a> of Eastern Sea, was built in 1716 but demolished by the Japanese.</li> <li>Fongshen Temple (風神廟), the God of Wind temple, was built in 1739. This is the only temple in Taiwan that dedicated to the God of Wind.<sup id="cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-蔡玉仙等編-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Yaowang Temple (藥王廟), the God of Medicine temple, was built in 1685.</li> <li>Shuisian Temple (水仙宮), the Water Deities temple, built during the Qing dynasty after <i>Go-tiau-kang</i> was constructed.</li></ul> <p>There are many other well-known temples and shrines not on this list, such as <a href="/wiki/Anping_District,_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="Anping District, Tainan">Anping District</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Tianhou_Temple_(Anping)" title="Tianhou Temple (Anping)">Tianhou Temple</a> (supposedly the oldest on Taiwan proper), the Altar of Heaven temple (天壇), and the re-built Xilai temple (西來庵) etc. They are all the centers of faith in Tainan. </p><p>Due to its abundant numbers of temples and shrines, the traditional temple decoration crafters and their business flourishes in Tainan. There are existing masters still passing on their knowledge and skills to preserve the temples in the traditional way.<sup id="cite_ref-台南市文資導讀_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-台南市文資導讀-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sihcao_Green_Tunnel_of_Mangroves.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Sihcao_Green_Tunnel_of_Mangroves.JPG/220px-Sihcao_Green_Tunnel_of_Mangroves.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Sihcao_Green_Tunnel_of_Mangroves.JPG/330px-Sihcao_Green_Tunnel_of_Mangroves.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Sihcao_Green_Tunnel_of_Mangroves.JPG/440px-Sihcao_Green_Tunnel_of_Mangroves.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Taijiang National Park, Sicao green tunnel of Manggroves</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Nanguan_music" title="Nanguan music">Nanyin</a> and Shisanyin were the first types of Chinese music introduced to Tainan; Nanyin is performed mostly for entertainment while Shisanyin is performed in the Confucius worship ceremony. There are two Nanyin clubs in Tainan: Zhenshengshe, a 200-year-old club once dissolved in the 1980s for ten years which then returned with the support from younger generation musicians and Nanshengshe, a 95-year-old club performing globally.<sup id="cite_ref-台南市文資導讀_28-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-台南市文資導讀-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Music performance is being promoted in Tainan. Tainan City has its own Chinese orchestra<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and symphony orchestra. There are also private performance groups such as Chimei <a href="/wiki/Mandolin" title="Mandolin">Mandolin</a> Performance Group, Chimei Philharmonic Orchestra<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Chang Jung Christianity University Symphony Orchestra.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ten Drum Art Percussion Group (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant">十鼓擊樂團</span></span>) is a percussion performance group established in the year 2000. The group is dedicated in producing percussion performances that highlights the history, the culture and the image of Taiwan. The group first performed internationally in the festivals during the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Following this event, the group has performed in many occasions both internationally and domestically. The group has its own campus located in an <a href="/wiki/Ten_Drum_Rende_Creative_Park" title="Ten Drum Rende Creative Park">old sugar factory</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rende_District" title="Rende District">Rende District</a>. The campus provides education on percussion performances at all levels and regular performances to general public.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums_and_parks">Museums and parks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Museums and parks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On top of its plentiful living culture, Tainan host several museums and parks. The <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Taiwan_Literature" title="National Museum of Taiwan Literature">National Museum of Taiwan Literature</a> is in the former city hall; <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Taiwan_History" title="National Museum of Taiwan History">National Museum of Taiwan History</a> is in the Annan district; <a href="/wiki/Chimei_Museum" title="Chimei Museum">Chimei Museum</a> is in the Rende district; <a href="/wiki/Taijiang_National_Park" title="Taijiang National Park">Taijiang National Park</a> follows the coast; <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anping_Historic_Scenic_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anping Historic Scenic Park (page does not exist)">Anping Historic Scenic Park</a> includes the entire old Anping town and the north ward of Anping harbor; and <a href="/wiki/Siraya_National_Scenic_Area" title="Siraya National Scenic Area">Siraya National Scenic Area</a> includes the <a href="/wiki/Wusanto_Reservoir" class="mw-redirect" title="Wusanto Reservoir">Wusanto Reservoir</a> built by <a href="/wiki/Yoichi_Hatta" title="Yoichi Hatta">Yoichi Hatta</a>. In the city center, many historic monuments from Zheng's regime, the <a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing dynasty</a>, and the Japanese colonial era are preserved including the Confucius temple, two major city gates and former city hall. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tainan has a tangible sense of history and is the site of several spectacular religious festivals. As well as its string of forts, the first capital of Taiwan has some 300 ancient sanctuaries, from the island's first Confucian temple to its first Taoist temple. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Exterior_of_Tainan_Confucius_Temple_in_November_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Exterior_of_Tainan_Confucius_Temple_in_November_2018.jpg/240px-Exterior_of_Tainan_Confucius_Temple_in_November_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Exterior_of_Tainan_Confucius_Temple_in_November_2018.jpg/360px-Exterior_of_Tainan_Confucius_Temple_in_November_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Exterior_of_Tainan_Confucius_Temple_in_November_2018.jpg/480px-Exterior_of_Tainan_Confucius_Temple_in_November_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Tainan's <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Confucian_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwan Confucian Temple">Taiwan Confucian Temple</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E6%96%87%E5%AD%B8%E9%A4%A8%E5%B7%A6%E5%81%B4_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E6%96%87%E5%AD%B8%E9%A4%A8%E5%B7%A6%E5%81%B4_-_panoramio.jpg/240px-%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E6%96%87%E5%AD%B8%E9%A4%A8%E5%B7%A6%E5%81%B4_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E6%96%87%E5%AD%B8%E9%A4%A8%E5%B7%A6%E5%81%B4_-_panoramio.jpg/360px-%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E6%96%87%E5%AD%B8%E9%A4%A8%E5%B7%A6%E5%81%B4_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E6%96%87%E5%AD%B8%E9%A4%A8%E5%B7%A6%E5%81%B4_-_panoramio.jpg/480px-%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E6%96%87%E5%AD%B8%E9%A4%A8%E5%B7%A6%E5%81%B4_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>National Museum of Taiwan Literature</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chihkan_Tower_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Chihkan_Tower_03.jpg/220px-Chihkan_Tower_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Chihkan_Tower_03.jpg/330px-Chihkan_Tower_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Chihkan_Tower_03.jpg/440px-Chihkan_Tower_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Fort Provintia is located at <a href="/wiki/West_Central_District" title="West Central District">West Central District</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Starting.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Starting.jpg/220px-Starting.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Starting.jpg/330px-Starting.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Starting.jpg/440px-Starting.jpg 2x" data-file-width="752" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Bee hives shoot out rapidly in the downtown of <a href="/wiki/Yanshuei_District" title="Yanshuei District">Yanshuei District</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taiwan_Confucian_Temple">Taiwan Confucian Temple</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Taiwan Confucian Temple"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Confucian_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwan Confucian Temple">Taiwan Confucian Temple</a> (or the Scholarly Temple) was built in 1665 by Cheng Ching, son of Koxinga, to offer lectures and cultivate intellectuals. It was the first learning institute for children when Taiwan was ruled by the <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_under_Qing_dynasty_rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwan under Qing dynasty rule">Qing dynasty</a>. As a result, it is also called the First Academy of Taiwan. </p><p>The temple is a popular tourist attraction and preserves ancient Confucian ceremonies, which are conducted regularly. The grounds include storerooms for the ritual implements and musical instruments that are used in these ceremonies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Museum_of_Taiwan_History">National Museum of Taiwan History</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: National Museum of Taiwan History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Taiwan_History" title="National Museum of Taiwan History">National Museum of Taiwan History</a> is located in the <a href="/wiki/Annan_District" title="Annan District">Annan District</a>. The construction of the Exhibition and Education Building began in 2005, and opened on 29 October 2011. The main objectives of this museum include collection, categorization, preservation, research, exhibition, education and promotion of artifacts related to Taiwan's history and culture for both locals and visitors. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Museum_of_Taiwan_Literature">National Museum of Taiwan Literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: National Museum of Taiwan Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Taiwan_Literature" title="National Museum of Taiwan Literature">National Museum of Taiwan Literature</a> researches, catalogs, preserves, and exhibits local literary artifacts as part of its multilingual, multi-ethnic focus. The museum is housed in the former Tainan City Hall, constructed in 1916 and famous for its historical significance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Cheng_Kung_University_Museum">National Cheng Kung University Museum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: National Cheng Kung University Museum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Cheng_Kung_University_Museum" title="National Cheng Kung University Museum">National Cheng Kung University Museum</a> is located at the National Cheng Kung University. One of the youngest museums in Tainan. Exhibits important objects from the history of education in southern Taiwan. The museum is ICOM member since 2016. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fort_Provintia">Fort Provintia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Fort Provintia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Fort_Provintia" title="Fort Provintia">Fort Provintia</a> was built in 1653 by the Dutch during their colonization of Taiwan and was eventually surrendered to Koxinga. Since 1945, the site has been known as "Chihkan Tower", a phonetic derivation from "Sakam" (also spelled "Chakam" or "Sakkam"). In addition to the site's architectural and artistic significance, its library of dictionaries and business transactions documents the Siraya language spoken by the native inhabitants of the region during Dutch rule. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shopping_and_recreation">Shopping and recreation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Shopping and recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hayashi_Department_Store_(night).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Hayashi_Department_Store_%28night%29.jpg/220px-Hayashi_Department_Store_%28night%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Hayashi_Department_Store_%28night%29.jpg/330px-Hayashi_Department_Store_%28night%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Hayashi_Department_Store_%28night%29.jpg/440px-Hayashi_Department_Store_%28night%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>One of the oldest department stores in Tainan, built during <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Taiwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Taiwan">Japanese Taiwan</a> era.</figcaption></figure> <p>As Tainan is one of the larger metropolitan areas in Taiwan, it has many department stores, shopping malls and prestigious boutiques. Several of the best-known luxury brands have branches or counters in Tainan. Flower Night Market is one of the most famous <a href="/wiki/Night_markets_in_Taiwan" title="Night markets in Taiwan">Night markets in Taiwan</a> and it is often considered to be the largest night market in Taiwan; however, unlike the others, this night market is open for business three days a week – Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beehives">Beehives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Beehives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Yanshuei_District" title="Yanshuei District">Yanshuei District</a>, the most important and prominent fireworks in <a href="/wiki/Lantern_Festival" title="Lantern Festival">Lantern Festival</a> are the so-called "beehives", essentially multiple launchers of bottle rockets. These rocket forts are actually thousands of bottle rockets arranged row atop row in an iron-and-wooden framework. The set-up looks like a beehive full of unleashed gunpowder. When the contraption is ignited, rockets shoot out rapidly in all directions. Dazzling explosives whiz and whirl across the sky and often into the crowd itself, both thrilling and intimidating the spectators.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tainan has a warm <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a>,<a href="/wiki/Tropical_wet_and_dry_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical wet and dry climate">tropical wet and dry climate</a> near(<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <i>Aw</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with mild, dry winters and hot, humid summers. Beyond south of the city, the climate transitions from subtropical to tropical. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Tainan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1897–present） </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.4<br />(90.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(91.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.1<br />(97.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.4<br />(95.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF1D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(99.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1900; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">37.8<br />(100.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(99.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(99.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.6<br />(97.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.2<br />(95.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.9<br />(91.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF1900; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">37.8<br />(100.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(75.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.3<br />(84.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.4<br />(88.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.4<br />(90.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(91.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.6<br />(90.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.1<br />(82.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">29.0<br />(84.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.9<br />(66.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8913; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.6<br />(70.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.5<br />(81.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.4<br />(84.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(83.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.6<br />(67.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.5<br />(59.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.0<br />(64.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.7<br />(71.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9225; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.3<br />(68.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(61.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8913; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">21.6<br />(70.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6<br />(36.7) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4<br />(36.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.1<br />(41.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(48.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.9<br />(66.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.3<br />(66.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.4<br />(59.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.9<br />(37.2) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.3<br />(39.7) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2.4<br />(36.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #DFFFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(0.82) </td> <td style="background: #D8FFD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(0.93) </td> <td style="background: #D0FFD0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.1<br />(1.22) </td> <td style="background: #94FF94; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.1<br />(2.72) </td> <td style="background: #10FF10; color:#000000;" class="notheme">160.1<br />(6.30) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">369.5<br />(14.55) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">353.5<br />(13.92) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">478.9<br />(18.85) </td> <td style="background: #00FB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">167.6<br />(6.60) </td> <td style="background: #DAFFDA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.6<br />(0.97) </td> <td style="background: #D5FFD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.9<br />(1.06) </td> <td style="background: #E7FFE7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.6<br />(0.61) </td> <td style="background: #22FF22; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,741.5<br />(68.55) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9 </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2 </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.3 </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0 </td> <td style="background: #6363FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.2 </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.5 </td> <td style="background: #3C3CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.8 </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0 </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4 </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6 </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7 </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">83.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000DD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000E3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000E0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000DD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000D6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000DA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000D2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000DE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000E7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000E1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000E4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000DE; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">75.2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #D0D000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">177.5 </td> <td style="background: #D1D100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">163.4 </td> <td style="background: #D2D200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">180.7 </td> <td style="background: #D3D300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">178.2 </td> <td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">195.8 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">196.3 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">208.8 </td> <td style="background: #CFCF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">175.4 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">184.8 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">201.1 </td> <td style="background: #D0D000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">170.6 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">170.3 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,202.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Central Weather Bureau<sup id="cite_ref-CWB_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWB-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CWBrecordhighs1_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWBrecordhighs1-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CWBrecordhighs2_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWBrecordhighs2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CWBrecordlows1_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWBrecordlows1-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CWBrecordlow2_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWBrecordlow2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cityscape">Cityscape</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Cityscape"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1807_Taiwan_city_fortifications.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/1807_Taiwan_city_fortifications.jpg/220px-1807_Taiwan_city_fortifications.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/1807_Taiwan_city_fortifications.jpg/330px-1807_Taiwan_city_fortifications.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/1807_Taiwan_city_fortifications.jpg/440px-1807_Taiwan_city_fortifications.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2507" data-file-height="1916" /></a><figcaption>Map of Tainan during the Qing dynasty</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Central_Tainan_City_Plan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Central_Tainan_City_Plan.jpg/220px-Central_Tainan_City_Plan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Central_Tainan_City_Plan.jpg/330px-Central_Tainan_City_Plan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Central_Tainan_City_Plan.jpg/440px-Central_Tainan_City_Plan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1699" data-file-height="781" /></a><figcaption>Tainan city center during WWII</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Downtown_Tainan(2012).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Downtown_Tainan%282012%29.jpg/220px-Downtown_Tainan%282012%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Downtown_Tainan%282012%29.jpg/330px-Downtown_Tainan%282012%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Downtown_Tainan%282012%29.jpg/440px-Downtown_Tainan%282012%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="751" /></a><figcaption>Downtown Tainan</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chianan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Chianan.jpg/220px-Chianan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Chianan.jpg/330px-Chianan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Chianan.jpg/440px-Chianan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2047" data-file-height="911" /></a><figcaption>A typical scene of River North Region</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Great_Cross_Street">The Great Cross Street</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: The Great Cross Street"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The earliest plan of the city was designed by Dutch colonist Cornelis Jansz. Plockhoy, the designer of this new settlement, laid a 25-30m wide main street (on today's Minquan Rd Sec. 2) across the settlement and radial roads than ran deep into agricultural developments.<sup id="cite_ref-Shih_Shou-chien_14-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shih_Shou-chien-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Han Chinese settlement “Heliaogang Jie” (today's Zhongyi Rd) later crossed the main street of Provintia and formed the so-called <i>Shizi Dajie</i> (十字大街) or The Great Cross Street.<sup id="cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-蔡玉仙等編-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the fall of the Ming dynasty, new migrants flooded into the settlement. Chinese population boomed from 5,000 to 35,000 between 1640 and 1661. As a result, farmers, deer hunters, traders and craftsmen each formed a colony on the cross street.<sup id="cite_ref-都市空間的溯源與演化_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-都市空間的溯源與演化-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to the Chinese tradition where different trades and regions worship different Taoist gods, the city later developed into neighborhoods, each with own center temple.<sup id="cite_ref-都市空間的溯源與演化_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-都市空間的溯源與演化-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Now, after 300 years of Chinese migration, the city has become a showcase of both Taoist and Chinese Buddhist temples. Although the city has transformed dramatically since the late 19th century, the temples remain because of their importance to the locals. Some of the early administration centers have also been transformed into temples for political and social reasons. An administrative building of the Tungning Kingdom became temple of the <a href="/wiki/Mazu_(goddess)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mazu (goddess)">sea goddess</a>, and the location where Tungning Kingdom performed annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven is now the Altar of Heaven Temple. Castle Provintia, one of two Dutch forts in Tainan, now has a sea god temple and a literacy god temple built on top of it, creating East-West fusion architecture. Many Han Chinese religious and historic monuments can be found near the old cross street centered by the Castle Provintia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japanese_Redevelopment_Program">Japanese Redevelopment Program</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Japanese Redevelopment Program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The cityscape of modern Tainan was founded under the urban redevelopment programs carried out by Japanese colonial government. The city center adopted a Baroque design similar to the <a href="/wiki/Haussmann%27s_renovation_of_Paris" title="Haussmann's renovation of Paris">Paris renovation in mid 19th century</a>, the plan connected major facilities via a system of wide streets and five square-roundabouts. Among the five squares, Taishō Park<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">大正公園</span></span>, modern-day <a href="/wiki/Tang_Te-chang_Memorial_Park" title="Tang Te-chang Memorial Park">Tang Te-chang Memorial Park</a>)</span> at the center is the most important crossing point. The square is surrounded by the city hall, the fire brigade and the weather bureau. It is connected by a number of avenues heading towards the train station, the airport, military bases and the dock at the end of the Anping cannel. With the police station and the court nearby, this area demonstrated the power of the colonial government within the city.<sup id="cite_ref-都市空間的溯源與演化_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-都市空間的溯源與演化-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The financial district was located in <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Shirokanechō</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">白金町</span></span>)</span> and <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Ōmiyachō</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">大宮町</span></span>)</span> between Taishō park and Anping cannel along <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Ginzadōri</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">銀座通り</span></span>)</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-Kato_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kato-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the modern day Zhongzheng Rd. It was the busiest street of the city from Japanese rule to the mid-1990s. Many Colonial Baroque style historic buildings from Japanese era can be found in this part of the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Three_Ring_Belts">Three Ring Belts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Three Ring Belts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A three-belt system was adopted by the provincial city official:<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the green boulevard ring, the blue belt Anping cannel and the Zhonghua road system. The green boulevard ring and Zhonghua road system first appeared on the 1937 city redevelopment plan proposed by the Japanese colonial government. </p><p>The green boulevard was a Japanese response to the <a href="/wiki/Garden_city_movement" title="Garden city movement">garden city trend</a> of early 20th century urban planning.<sup id="cite_ref-都市空間的溯源與演化_43-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-都市空間的溯源與演化-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This system connects the Shuipingwen Park to the west, Tainan Park to the north, <a href="/wiki/National_Cheng_Kung_University" title="National Cheng Kung University">NCKU</a> to the east and the Athletic park complex to the south. Zhonghua Rd system is an arterial road system, the system now connects major new development areas surrounding the old city center. The Anping cannel <i>blue belt</i> was created after the completion of the <i>Fifth redevelopment area</i>. The project of <i>Fifth redevelopment area</i> filled the <a href="/wiki/Floodplain" title="Floodplain">floodplain</a> of old Taijiang lagoon and extended the Japanese Anping cannel into Kunshen lagoon to form an artificial island, this area is also known as <i>New Anping</i>. In contrast to the low rise old city center, many high rise buildings are built along these three rings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_River_South_Region">The River South Region</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: The River South Region"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beyond the city center, Tainan city can be divided into two: the River South Region and the River North Region, bounded by the <a href="/wiki/Zengwen_River" title="Zengwen River">Zengwen River</a>. </p><p>River South Region belongs to the Tainan metropolitan area. Satellite towns spread across the region in a radial pattern from the city center. <a href="/wiki/Southern_Taiwan_Science_Park" title="Southern Taiwan Science Park">Southern Taiwan Science Park</a> <a href="/wiki/Tainan_Science_Park" title="Tainan Science Park">Tainan campus</a> is located at the north of the region. According to the <a href="/wiki/Council_for_Economic_Planning_and_Development" title="Council for Economic Planning and Development">Council for Economic Planning and Development</a>, this region is designated to grow further into suburban sprawl.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_River_North_Region">The River North Region</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: The River North Region"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This region is one of the major agricultural centers in Taiwan. There are several regional centers; some of them are as old as Tainan city. These centers are: <a href="/wiki/Xinying_District" title="Xinying District">Xinying</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yujing_District" title="Yujing District">Yujing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jiali_District" title="Jiali District">Jiali</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Madou_District" title="Madou District">Madou</a>. </p><p>Xinying was the seat of the former Tainan County Government and currently serves as the administration center for the region. Yujing is a regional center for the hilly districts east of the city; it is famous for its mango and was the scene of the <a href="/wiki/Tapani_incident" title="Tapani incident">Tapani incident</a>. Jiali is the regional center of the coastal Tainan. It was the base of the Soelangh sub-tribe. Near the bank of the <a href="/wiki/Zengwen_River" title="Zengwen River">Zengwen River</a>, Madou is the regional center of the lower plain area that bears the name of the river. The town was home to the Mattauw sub-tribe. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Tainan_City_Government" title="Tainan City Government">Tainan City Government</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tainan_City_Council" title="Tainan City Council">Tainan City Council</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mayors of Tainan">List of mayors of Tainan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_municipal_elections,_2010#Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of China municipal elections, 2010">Republic of China municipal elections, 2010 § Tainan</a></div> <p>Tainan City is a <a href="/wiki/Special_municipality_(Republic_of_China)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special municipality (Republic of China)">special municipality</a>, which is the highest level local government under Local Government Law of <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of China">Republic of China</a>. Technically it is at the same level as Province, although Province is being streamlined. The city is led by the elected city mayor and supervised by the city council. Its subdivisions <i>qu</i> or districts do not have the autonomy power, instead they are administration units only. Further to the citywide election, there are urban villages (里 <i>li</i>) and neighborhood (鄰 <i>lin</i>) functioning as primary local autonomy entity. </p><p>Currently there are two administration centers, one in <a href="/wiki/Anping_District" title="Anping District">Anping District</a> and another in <a href="/wiki/Xinying_District" title="Xinying District">Xinying District</a>. They are former Provincial Tainan city government and Tainan county government respectively. Administration centers manages citywide affairs and developments such as education and city planning. Apart from administration centers, there are district offices functioning as local access point to the governmental services. </p><p>The city has generally been seen as a powerbase for the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Democratic Progressive Party">Democratic Progressive Party</a>, especially in nationwide elections. Although before the merger, the <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a> (KMT) have always had more seats in the provincial Tainan city council and KMT won the presidential elections (2008) by a narrow margin in the city. On the other hand, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Democratic Progressive Party">Democratic Progressive Party</a> always dominated former Tainan county. In the first municipal election, after the merger, DPP dominated the political demographics of the city. William Lai, a former member of the Legislative Yuan from the DPP won the first mayoral election in 2010. </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E6%B0%B8%E8%8F%AF%E5%B8%82%E6%94%BF%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83_20120721.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E6%B0%B8%E8%8F%AF%E5%B8%82%E6%94%BF%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83_20120721.jpg/180px-%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E6%B0%B8%E8%8F%AF%E5%B8%82%E6%94%BF%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83_20120721.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E6%B0%B8%E8%8F%AF%E5%B8%82%E6%94%BF%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83_20120721.jpg/270px-%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E6%B0%B8%E8%8F%AF%E5%B8%82%E6%94%BF%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83_20120721.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E6%B0%B8%E8%8F%AF%E5%B8%82%E6%94%BF%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83_20120721.jpg/360px-%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E6%B0%B8%E8%8F%AF%E5%B8%82%E6%94%BF%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83_20120721.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="3216" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tainan_City_Government" title="Tainan City Government">Tainan City Government</a> – Yonghua Civic Center</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Minjhih_Civic_Center,_Tainan_City_Government_20140318.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Minjhih_Civic_Center%2C_Tainan_City_Government_20140318.jpg/180px-Minjhih_Civic_Center%2C_Tainan_City_Government_20140318.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Minjhih_Civic_Center%2C_Tainan_City_Government_20140318.jpg/270px-Minjhih_Civic_Center%2C_Tainan_City_Government_20140318.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Minjhih_Civic_Center%2C_Tainan_City_Government_20140318.jpg/360px-Minjhih_Civic_Center%2C_Tainan_City_Government_20140318.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tainan_City_Government" title="Tainan City Government">Tainan City Government</a> – Minjhih Civic Center</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82%E8%AD%B0%E6%9C%83.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82%E8%AD%B0%E6%9C%83.JPG/180px-%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82%E8%AD%B0%E6%9C%83.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82%E8%AD%B0%E6%9C%83.JPG/270px-%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82%E8%AD%B0%E6%9C%83.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82%E8%AD%B0%E6%9C%83.JPG/360px-%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82%E8%AD%B0%E6%9C%83.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tainan_City_Council" title="Tainan City Council">Tainan City Council</a></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tainan_Taiwan_Tainan-District-Court-01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Tainan_Taiwan_Tainan-District-Court-01.jpg/250px-Tainan_Taiwan_Tainan-District-Court-01.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Tainan_Taiwan_Tainan-District-Court-01.jpg/330px-Tainan_Taiwan_Tainan-District-Court-01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Tainan_Taiwan_Tainan-District-Court-01.jpg/500px-Tainan_Taiwan_Tainan-District-Court-01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5269" data-file-height="2964" /></a><figcaption>Tainan District Court</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taiwan_High_Court_Tainan_Branch_Court.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Taiwan_High_Court_Tainan_Branch_Court.JPG/250px-Taiwan_High_Court_Tainan_Branch_Court.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Taiwan_High_Court_Tainan_Branch_Court.JPG/330px-Taiwan_High_Court_Tainan_Branch_Court.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Taiwan_High_Court_Tainan_Branch_Court.JPG/500px-Taiwan_High_Court_Tainan_Branch_Court.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Taiwan High Court Tainan Branch Court</figcaption></figure> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="City_mayor">City mayor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: City mayor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Huang_Wei-Che-2-by_Ring_Chang_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Huang_Wei-Che-2-by_Ring_Chang_%28cropped%29.JPG/220px-Huang_Wei-Che-2-by_Ring_Chang_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Huang_Wei-Che-2-by_Ring_Chang_%28cropped%29.JPG/330px-Huang_Wei-Che-2-by_Ring_Chang_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Huang_Wei-Che-2-by_Ring_Chang_%28cropped%29.JPG/440px-Huang_Wei-Che-2-by_Ring_Chang_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1774" data-file-height="2217" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Huang_Wei-cher" class="mw-redirect" title="Huang Wei-cher">Huang Wei-cher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Tainan" title="Mayor of Tainan">Mayor of Tainan</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2001, <a href="/wiki/Hsu_Tain-Tsair" class="mw-redirect" title="Hsu Tain-Tsair">Hsu Tain-Tsair</a> of the Democratic Progressive Party was elected with 43% of the vote. His closest rival was Kuomintang legislator Chen Rong-sheng, who garnered 37%. In 2005. Mayor Hsu was re-elected, polling 46% to Chen Rong-sheng's 41%. In 2010, <a href="/wiki/William_Lai" class="mw-redirect" title="William Lai">William Lai</a> of the DPP was elected mayor. However, after Lai's appointment as Premier of the Republic of China in September 2017, the mayor position was filled by <a href="/wiki/Li_Meng-yen" title="Li Meng-yen">Li Meng-yen</a> as acting mayor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential_elections">Presidential elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Presidential elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A majority of city residents have voted for the winning candidates in many presidential elections since the position was first chosen by popular vote in 1996. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1996_presidential_election">1996 presidential election</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: 1996 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1996_Republic_of_China_presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 Republic of China presidential election">1996 Republic of China presidential election</a></div> <p>In common with every other city and county in the Republic of China, with the exception of <a href="/wiki/Nantou_City" title="Nantou City">Nantou</a>, a majority of Tainan residents voted for eventual winner <a href="/wiki/Lee_Teng-hui" title="Lee Teng-hui">Lee Teng-hui</a> and vice-president <a href="/wiki/Lien_Chan" title="Lien Chan">Lien Chan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2000_presidential_election">2000 presidential election</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: 2000 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="noprint"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2000_Republic_of_China_presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 Republic of China presidential election">2000 Republic of China presidential election</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party </th> <th colspan="2">Candidate </th> <th rowspan="2">Votes </th> <th rowspan="2">Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <th>President </th> <th>Vice president </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:black;"> </td> <td align="left">Independent </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/James_Soong" title="James Soong">James Soong</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Chang_Chau-hsiung" title="Chang Chau-hsiung">Chang Chau-hsiung</a> </td> <td align="right">114,299 </td> <td align="right">27.53% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#009;"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lien_Chan" title="Lien Chan">Lien Chan</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Siew" title="Vincent Siew">Vincent Siew</a> </td> <td align="right">107,679 </td> <td align="right">25.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:yellow;"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Party_(Taiwan)" title="New Party (Taiwan)">New Party</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Li_Ao" title="Li Ao">Li Ao</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Fung" title="Elmer Fung">Elmer Fung</a> </td> <td align="right">580 </td> <td align="right">0.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:black;"> </td> <td align="left">Independent </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Hsu_Hsin-liang" title="Hsu Hsin-liang">Hsu Hsin-liang</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Josephine_Chu" title="Josephine Chu">Josephine Chu</a> </td> <td align="right">1,408 </td> <td align="right">0.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#1b9431;"> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Democratic Progressive Party">Democratic Progressive Party</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Chen_Shui-bian" title="Chen Shui-bian">Chen Shui-bian</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Annette_Lu" title="Annette Lu">Annette Lu</a></b> </td> <td align="right"><b>191,261</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>45.06%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2004_presidential_election">2004 presidential election</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: 2004 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="noprint"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2004_Republic_of_China_presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Republic of China presidential election">2004 Republic of China presidential election</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party </th> <th colspan="2">Candidate </th> <th rowspan="2">Votes </th> <th rowspan="2">Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <th>President </th> <th>Vice president </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#1b9431;"> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Democratic Progressive Party">Democratic Progressive Party</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Chen_Shui-bian" title="Chen Shui-bian">Chen Shui-bian</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Annette_Lu" title="Annette Lu">Annette Lu</a></b> </td> <td align="right"><b>251,397</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>57.77%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#009;"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lien_Chan" title="Lien Chan">Lien Chan</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/James_Soong" title="James Soong">James Soong</a> </td> <td align="right">183,786 </td> <td align="right">42.23% </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2008_presidential_election">2008 presidential election</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: 2008 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="noprint"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2008_Republic_of_China_presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Republic of China presidential election">2008 Republic of China presidential election</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party </th> <th colspan="2">Candidate </th> <th rowspan="2">Votes </th> <th rowspan="2">Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <th>President </th> <th>Vice president </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#1b9431;"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Democratic Progressive Party">Democratic Progressive Party</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Hsieh" title="Frank Hsieh">Frank Hsieh</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Su_Tseng-chang" title="Su Tseng-chang">Su Tseng-chang</a> </td> <td align="right">216,815 </td> <td align="right">49.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#009;"> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Ma_Ying-jeou" title="Ma Ying-jeou">Ma Ying-jeou</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Siew" title="Vincent Siew">Vincent Siew</a></b> </td> <td align="right"><b>223,034</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>50.71%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2012_presidential_election">2012 presidential election</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: 2012 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="noprint"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2012_Republic_of_China_presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Republic of China presidential election">2012 Republic of China presidential election</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party </th> <th colspan="2">Candidate </th> <th rowspan="2">Votes </th> <th rowspan="2">Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <th>President </th> <th>Vice president </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#009;"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ma_Ying-jeou" title="Ma Ying-jeou">Ma Ying-jeou</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Wu_Den-yih" title="Wu Den-yih">Wu Den-yih</a> </td> <td align="right">435,274 </td> <td align="right">39.80% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#1b9431;"> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Democratic Progressive Party">Democratic Progressive Party</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Tsai_Ing-wen" title="Tsai Ing-wen">Tsai Ing-wen</a></b> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Su_Jia-chyuan" title="Su Jia-chyuan">Su Jia-chyuan</a></b> </td> <td align="right">631,232 </td> <td align="right">57.72% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FF6310;"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People_First_Party_(Republic_of_China)" class="mw-redirect" title="People First Party (Republic of China)">People First</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/James_Soong_Chu-yu" class="mw-redirect" title="James Soong Chu-yu">James Soong Chu-yu</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lin_Ruey-shiung" title="Lin Ruey-shiung">Lin Ruey-shiung</a> </td> <td align="right">8,090 </td> <td align="right">2.48% </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_districts">Administrative districts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Administrative districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table 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style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1995 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,788,612</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,842,337</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2005 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,866,727</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,873,794</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2015 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,885,541</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,874,917</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.6%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source:<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171216064040/http://www.ris.gov.tw/zh_TW/346">"Populations by city and country in Taiwan"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Interior_(Taiwan)" title="Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan)">Ministry of the Interior</a> Population Census. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ris.gov.tw/app/portal/346">the original</a> on 2017-12-16<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-05-01</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Populations+by+city+and+country+in+Taiwan&rft.pub=Ministry+of+the+Interior+Population+Census&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ris.gov.tw%2Fapp%2Fportal%2F346&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATainan" class="Z3988"></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tainan_Districts.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Tainan_Districts.PNG/220px-Tainan_Districts.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Tainan_Districts.PNG/330px-Tainan_Districts.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Tainan_Districts.PNG/440px-Tainan_Districts.PNG 2x" data-file-width="658" data-file-height="558" /></a><figcaption>Tainan City with its districts before merger with Tainan County in 2010</figcaption></figure> <div class="noprint"> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Population_density_map_of_Tainan_(Dec_2009).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Population_density_map_of_Tainan_%28Dec_2009%29.svg/220px-Population_density_map_of_Tainan_%28Dec_2009%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Population_density_map_of_Tainan_%28Dec_2009%29.svg/330px-Population_density_map_of_Tainan_%28Dec_2009%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Population_density_map_of_Tainan_%28Dec_2009%29.svg/440px-Population_density_map_of_Tainan_%28Dec_2009%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="565" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption>Population density map of Tainan.</figcaption></figure> <p>Tainan uses romanizations derived from <a href="/wiki/Tongyong_Pinyin" title="Tongyong Pinyin">Tongyong Pinyin</a> in street<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and district names. Tainan has a total of 37 <a href="/wiki/District_(ROC)" class="mw-redirect" title="District (ROC)">districts</a>, the second most districts after <a href="/wiki/Kaohsiung_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaohsiung City">Kaohsiung City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-govtnzh_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-govtnzh-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-govtnen_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-govtnen-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-moi_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moi-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7">Map of Tainan </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="7"><div style="position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Tainan_districts_colored.svg/600px-Tainan_districts_colored.svg.png" decoding="async" width="600" height="568" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Tainan_districts_colored.svg/900px-Tainan_districts_colored.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Tainan_districts_colored.svg/1200px-Tainan_districts_colored.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="565" data-file-height="535" /></span></span> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:246px; top:332px"><a href="/wiki/Anding_District,_Tainan" title="Anding District, Tainan">Anding</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:189px; top:372px"><a href="/wiki/Annan_District" title="Annan District">Annan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:189px; top:427px"><a href="/wiki/Anping_District" title="Anping District">Anping</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:434px; top:92px"><a href="/wiki/Baihe_District" title="Baihe District">Baihe</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:174px; top:140px"><a href="/wiki/Beimen_District" title="Beimen District">Beimen</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:379px; top:292px"><a href="/wiki/Danei_District" title="Danei District">Danei</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:429px; top:170px"><a href="/wiki/Dongshan_District,_Tainan" title="Dongshan District, Tainan">Dongshan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:254px; top:432px"><a href="/wiki/East_District,_Tainan" title="East District, Tainan">East</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:330px; top:434px"><a href="/wiki/Guanmiao_District" title="Guanmiao District">Guanmiao</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:334px; top:242px"><a href="/wiki/Guantian_District" title="Guantian District">Guantian</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:304px; top:467px"><a href="/wiki/Gueiren_District" title="Gueiren District">Gueiren</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:349px; top:82px"><a href="/wiki/Houbi_District" title="Houbi District">Houbi</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:212px; top:262px"><a href="/wiki/Jiali_District" title="Jiali District">Jiali</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:149px; top:222px"><a href="/wiki/Jiangjun_District" title="Jiangjun District">Jiangjun</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:389px; top:212px"><a href="/wiki/Lioujia_District" title="Lioujia District">Lioujia</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:344px; top:160px"><a href="/wiki/Liouying_District" title="Liouying District">Liouying</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:384px; top:467px"><a href="/wiki/Longci_District" title="Longci District">Longci</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:264px; top:247px"><a href="/wiki/Madou_District" title="Madou District">Madou</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:513px; top:322px"><a href="/wiki/Nanhua_District" title="Nanhua District">Nanhua</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:484px; top:252px"><a href="/wiki/Nansi_District,_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nansi District, Tainan">Nansi</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:234px; top:402px"><a href="/wiki/North_District,_Tainan" title="North District, Tainan">North</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:154px; top:292px"><a href="/wiki/Cigu_District" title="Cigu District">Cigu</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:259px; top:467px"><a href="/wiki/Rende_District" title="Rende District">Rende</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:299px; top:292px"><a href="/wiki/Shanhua_District" title="Shanhua District">Shanhua</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:354px; top:332px"><a href="/wiki/Shanshang_District" title="Shanshang District">Shanshang</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:334px; top:382px"><a href="/wiki/Sinhua_District,_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhua District, Tainan">Sinhua</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:219px; top:457px"><a href="/wiki/South_District,_Tainan" title="South District, Tainan">South</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:212px; top:414px"><a href="/wiki/West_Central_District" title="West Central District">West-</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:232px; top:422px"><a href="/wiki/West_Central_District" title="West Central District">Cen.</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:274px; top:204px"><a href="/wiki/Xiaying_District" title="Xiaying District">Xiaying</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:226px; top:300px"><a href="/wiki/Sigang_District,_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sigang District, Tainan">Sigang</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:304px; top:342px"><a href="/wiki/Sinshih_District,_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinshih District, Tainan">Sinshih</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:312px; top:127px"><a href="/wiki/Xinying_District" title="Xinying District">Xinying</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:209px; top:187px"><a href="/wiki/Syuejia_District" title="Syuejia District">Syuejia</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:244px; top:165px"><a href="/wiki/Yanshuei_District" title="Yanshuei District">Yanshuei</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:262px; top:394px"><a href="/wiki/Yongkang_District" title="Yongkang District">Yongkang</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:434px; top:312px"><a href="/wiki/Yujing_District" title="Yujing District">Yujing</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:394px; top:382px"><a href="/wiki/Zuojhen_District" title="Zuojhen District">Zuojhen</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:344px; top:22px"><a href="/wiki/Chiayi_County" title="Chiayi County"><span style="color:green;">Chiayi County</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:429px; top:-8px"><a href="/wiki/Chiayi" title="Chiayi"><span style="color:green;">Chiayi<br />City</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:474px; top:472px"><a href="/wiki/Kaohsiung" title="Kaohsiung"><span style="color:green;">Kaohsiung City</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:574px; top:552px"><a href="/wiki/Pingtung_County" title="Pingtung County"><span style="color:green;">Pingtung County</span></a></div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Region</th> <th>Name<sup id="cite_ref-govtnen_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-govtnen-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-moi_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moi-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Chinese<sup id="cite_ref-govtnzh_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-govtnzh-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Hokkien" title="Taiwanese Hokkien">Taiwanese</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Hakka" title="Taiwanese Hakka">Hakka</a></th> <th>Population (January 2023)</th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>) </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="6"><b>Inner<br />Tainan</b><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Central_District" title="West Central District">West Central</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E8%A5%BF#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:中西">中西</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Tiong-se</td> <td>Chûng-sî </td> <td align="right">77,487</td> <td align="right">6.2600 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_District,_Tainan" title="East District, Tainan">East</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:東">東</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Tang</td> <td>Tûng </td> <td align="right">180,828</td> <td align="right">14.4281 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_District,_Tainan" title="South District, Tainan">South</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:南">南</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Lâm</td> <td>Nàm </td> <td align="right">121,212</td> <td align="right">27.2681 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_District,_Tainan" title="North District, Tainan">North</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8C%97#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:北">北</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Pak</td> <td>Pet </td> <td align="right">126,229</td> <td align="right">10.4340 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anping_District" title="Anping District">Anping</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E5%B9%B3#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:安平">安平</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>An-pêng</td> <td>An-phìn </td> <td align="right">68,217</td> <td align="right">11.0663 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Annan_District" title="Annan District">Annan</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E5%8D%97#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:安南">安南</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>An-lâm</td> <td>An-nàm </td> <td align="right">199,502</td> <td align="right">107.2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="14"><b>River<br />South<br />Region<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yongkang_District" title="Yongkang District">Yongkang</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B8%E5%BA%B7#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:永康">永康</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Éng-khong</td> <td>Yún-không </td> <td align="right">234,351</td> <td align="right">40.275 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gueiren_District" title="Gueiren District">Gueiren <small>(Guiren)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%AD%B8%E4%BB%81#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:歸仁">歸仁</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Kui-jîn</td> <td>Kûi-yìn </td> <td align="right">68,140</td> <td align="right">55.7913 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sinhua_District,_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhua District, Tainan">Sinhua <small>(Xinhua)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E5%8C%96#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:新化">新化</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Sin-hòa</td> <td>Sîn-fa </td> <td align="right">42,523</td> <td align="right">62.0579 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Zuojhen_District,_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="Zuojhen District, Tainan">Zuojhen <small>(Zuozhen)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B7%A6%E9%8E%AE#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:左鎮">左鎮</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Chó-tìn</td> <td>Tsó-tsṳ́n </td> <td align="right">4,361</td> <td align="right">74.9025 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yujing_District" title="Yujing District">Yujing</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%8E%89%E4%BA%95#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:玉井">玉井</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Gio̍k-chéⁿ</td> <td>Ngiu̍k-tsiáng </td> <td align="right">13,121</td> <td align="right">76.366 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nansi_District,_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nansi District, Tainan">Nansi <small>(Nanxi)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A5%A0%E8%A5%BF#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:楠西">楠西</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Lâm-se</td> <td>Nàm-sî </td> <td align="right">8,853</td> <td align="right">109.6316 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nanhua_District" title="Nanhua District">Nanhua</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E5%8C%96#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:南化">南化</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Lâm-hòa</td> <td>Nàm-fa </td> <td align="right">8,112</td> <td align="right">171.5198 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rende_District" title="Rende District">Rende</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BB%81%E5%BE%B7#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:仁德">仁德</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Jîn-tek</td> <td>Yìn-tet </td> <td align="right">76,983</td> <td align="right">50.7664 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guanmiao_District" title="Guanmiao District">Guanmiao</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%97%9C%E5%BB%9F#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:關廟">關廟</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Koan-biō</td> <td>Kûan-meu </td> <td align="right">33,436</td> <td align="right">53.6413 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Longci_District" title="Longci District">Longci <small>(Longqi)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%BE%8D%E5%B4%8E#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:龍崎">龍崎</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Liông-kiā</td> <td>Liùng-khì </td> <td align="right">3,600</td> <td align="right">64.0814 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shanhua_District" title="Shanhua District">Shanhua</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%96%84%E5%8C%96#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:善化">善化</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Siān-hòa</td> <td>San-fa </td> <td align="right">51,900</td> <td align="right">55.309 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shanshang_District" title="Shanshang District">Shanshang</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%8A#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:山上">山上</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>San-siōng</td> <td>Sân-song </td> <td align="right">6,975</td> <td align="right">27.8780 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Xinshi_District,_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="Xinshi District, Tainan">Sinshih <small>(Xinshi)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E5%B8%82#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:新市">新市</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Sin-chhī</td> <td>Sîn-sṳ </td> <td align="right">37,534</td> <td align="right">47.8096 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anding_District,_Tainan" title="Anding District, Tainan">Anding</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E5%AE%9A#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:安定">安定</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>An-tēng</td> <td>Ôn-thin </td> <td align="right">29,914</td> <td align="right">31.2700 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="6"><b>Coastal<br />Tainan<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jiali_District" title="Jiali District">Jiali</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BD%B3%E9%87%8C#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:佳里">佳里</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Ka-lí</td> <td>Kâ-lî </td> <td align="right">58,124</td> <td align="right">38.9422 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sigang_District,_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sigang District, Tainan">Sigang <small>(Xigang)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E6%B8%AF#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:西港">西港</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Sai-káng</td> <td>Sî-kóng </td> <td align="right">24,716</td> <td align="right">33.7666 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cigu_District" title="Cigu District">Cigu <small>(Qigu)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%83%E8%82%A1#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:七股">七股</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Chhit-kó͘</td> <td>Tshit-kú </td> <td align="right">21,471</td> <td align="right">110.1492 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jiangjun_District" title="Jiangjun District">Jiangjun <small>(Jiangjyun)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B0%87%E8%BB%8D#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:將軍">將軍</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Chiong-kun</td> <td>Tsiông-kiûn </td> <td align="right">18,620</td> <td align="right">41.9796 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Syuejia_District" title="Syuejia District">Syuejia <small>(Xuejia)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AD%B8%E7%94%B2#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:學甲">學甲</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Ha̍k-kah</td> <td>Ho̍k-kap </td> <td align="right">24,747</td> <td align="right">53.9919 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Beimen_District" title="Beimen District">Beimen</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8C%97%E9%96%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:北門">北門</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Pak-mn̂g</td> <td>Pet-mùn </td> <td align="right">10,191</td> <td align="right">44.1003 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="11"><b>River<br />North<br />Region<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guantian_District" title="Guantian District">Guantian</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%98%E7%94%B0#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:官田">官田</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Koaⁿ-tiān</td> <td>Kôn-thièn </td> <td align="right">20,866</td> <td align="right">70.7953 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Madou_District" title="Madou District">Madou</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%BA%BB%E8%B1%86#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:麻豆">麻豆</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Môa-tāu</td> <td>Mà-theu </td> <td align="right">42,956</td> <td align="right">53.9744 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Xinying_District" title="Xinying District">Xinying <small>(Sinying)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E7%87%9F#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:新營">新營</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Sin-iâⁿ</td> <td>Sîn-yàng </td> <td align="right">74,972</td> <td align="right">38.5386 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houbi_District" title="Houbi District">Houbi</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BE%8C%E5%A3%81#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:後壁">後壁</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Āu-piah</td> <td>Heu-piak </td> <td align="right">21,865</td> <td align="right">71.2189 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Baihe_District" title="Baihe District">Baihe</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%99%BD%E6%B2%B3#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:白河">白河</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Pe̍h-hô</td> <td>Pha̍k-hò </td> <td align="right">26,210</td> <td align="right">126.4046 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dongshan_District,_Tainan" title="Dongshan District, Tainan">Dongshan</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E5%B1%B1#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:東山">東山</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Tong-san</td> <td>Tûng-sân </td> <td align="right">19,367</td> <td align="right">124.91 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lioujia_District" title="Lioujia District">Lioujia <small>(Liujia)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%85%AD%E7%94%B2#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:六甲">六甲</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>La̍k-kah</td> <td>Liuk-kap </td> <td align="right">21,360</td> <td align="right">64.5471 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Xiaying_District" title="Xiaying District">Xiaying <small>(Siaying)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8B%E7%87%9F#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:下營">下營</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Ē-iâⁿ</td> <td>Ha-yàng </td> <td align="right">22,649</td> <td align="right">33.5291 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Liouying_District" title="Liouying District">Liouying <small>(Liuying)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%9F%B3%E7%87%9F#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:柳營">柳營</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Liú-iâⁿ</td> <td>Liú-yàng </td> <td align="right">20,408</td> <td align="right">61.2929 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yanshui_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Yanshui District">Yanshuei <small>(Yanshui)</small></a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%B9%BD%E6%B0%B4#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鹽水">鹽水</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Kiâm-chúi</td> <td>Yàm-súi </td> <td align="right">24,447</td> <td align="right">52.2455 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Danei_District" title="Danei District">Danei</a></td> <td><span style="font-size:120%"><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%85%A7#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:大內">大內</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%80#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:區">區</a></span></span></td> <td>Tōa-lāi</td> <td>Thai-nui </td> <td align="right">8,845</td> <td align="right">70.3125 </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <ul><li>Annan District was originally the An-Shun township of Tainan County, but was merged into Tainan City in 1946. In 2004, Central District and West District were merged into the new <b>West Central</b> district.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TSMC_in_Tainan_Science_Park.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/TSMC_in_Tainan_Science_Park.JPG/250px-TSMC_in_Tainan_Science_Park.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/TSMC_in_Tainan_Science_Park.JPG/330px-TSMC_in_Tainan_Science_Park.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/TSMC_in_Tainan_Science_Park.JPG/500px-TSMC_in_Tainan_Science_Park.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>TSMC in Tainan Science Park</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industry">Industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Once reliant on traditional manufacturing industries, the region became a major high-tech industrial hub after the establishment of <a href="/wiki/Southern_Taiwan_Science_Park" title="Southern Taiwan Science Park">Southern Taiwan Science Park</a> in 1995. Optoelectronics, integrated circuits, green energy and biotechnology are the park's dominant industries. Prominent companies are <a href="/wiki/Chimei_Innolux_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Chimei Innolux Corporation">Chimei-Innolux</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Microelectronics_Corporation" title="United Microelectronics Corporation">United Microelectronics</a> and <a href="/wiki/TSMC" title="TSMC">TSMC</a>. With the establishment of Tainan Technology Park, Shugu (Tree Valley) LCD Park and Yonkang Technology Park, the city became a major center for the optoelectronics industry in Taiwan with a complete supply chain.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tainan still plays an important role in auto parts, food processing, textiles, plastics and other traditional manufacturing. Notable companies include <a href="/wiki/Uni-President_Enterprises_Corporation" title="Uni-President Enterprises Corporation">Uni-President</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chi_Mei_Corporation" title="Chi Mei Corporation">Chi Mei</a> and Tainan Spinning, which have headquarters in the city. Overall, industrial production accounted for 62.6% of the gross city product in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-Report_on_the_economic_structure_to_CPED_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Report_on_the_economic_structure_to_CPED-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Agriculture is important to the city, especially the River North Region. While fisheries and fish farming signify the coastal districts, rice and fruit farms shaped the landscape of the inland agriculture region. The city is famous for its milkfish, oyster, rice, mango, sugar cane, pomelo (文旦), pineapple and lotus seed. A state-funded <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan_District_Agricultural_Research_%26_Extension_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tainan District Agricultural Research & Extension Station (page does not exist)">agricultural research center</a> was established in <a href="/wiki/Sinhua_District,_Tainan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhua District, Tainan">Sinhua District</a> to ensure the market competitiveness of the crop.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/World_Vegetable_Center" title="World Vegetable Center">World Vegetable Center</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Nonprofit_organization" title="Nonprofit organization">NPO</a> that aims to improve crop quality in poorer countries, is in <a href="/wiki/Shanhua_District" title="Shanhua District">Shanhua District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Once dominant industries, salt and sugar production are declining into irrelevance. Taiyen (Taiwan salt) co. and Taiwan Sugar Corp., both headquartered in Tainan, transformed to businesses in biotechnology, quality agriculture, retail and tourism. </p><p>Orchid growing is one of the most symbolic agriculture industry for its well-known brand name in the <a href="/wiki/Floristry" title="Floristry">floristry</a> world. A nationally founded special plantation district with R&D resources is established in <a href="/wiki/Houbi_District" title="Houbi District">Houbi District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism_2">Tourism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E6%96%B0%E5%8C%96%E8%80%81%E8%A1%97.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E6%96%B0%E5%8C%96%E8%80%81%E8%A1%97.jpg/220px-%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E6%96%B0%E5%8C%96%E8%80%81%E8%A1%97.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E6%96%B0%E5%8C%96%E8%80%81%E8%A1%97.jpg/330px-%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E6%96%B0%E5%8C%96%E8%80%81%E8%A1%97.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E6%96%B0%E5%8C%96%E8%80%81%E8%A1%97.jpg/440px-%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E6%96%B0%E5%8C%96%E8%80%81%E8%A1%97.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption>Xinhua Old Street</figcaption></figure> <p>Tourism is an industry with increasing importance. As the first capital of Taiwan, the wealth resource of cultural heritage and its potential is under exploration. In the first half of 2013, there were over 7 million tourist visited attractions in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are high-end hotels in the city, including the Shangri-la Hotel near Tainan train station. Tainan has been praised for its variety of <a href="/wiki/Xiaochi" title="Xiaochi">Xiaochi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retail">Retail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Retail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Retail and services are the largest employment sector in Tainan, margined at 52% in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-Report_on_the_economic_structure_to_CPED_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Report_on_the_economic_structure_to_CPED-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city center hosts five department stores including two Shin Kong-Mitsukoshi, two FE21s and Focus square. Apart from the city center, there are shopping precincts around the city, with the strongest presence in East, North and Yongkang districts. 'Dream Mall' is a joint development project between Uni-President Corp. and Tainan Spinning Ltd. It was the largest shopping center in the city when it opened Feb 12, 2015 and the precinct will host the new headquarters of Tainan Spinning and a new five-star hotel. The precinct is in the designated East Tainan second CBD near the border of the East and Yongkang districts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:THSR_700T_train_at_THSR_Tainan_Station_20120726.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/THSR_700T_train_at_THSR_Tainan_Station_20120726.jpg/220px-THSR_700T_train_at_THSR_Tainan_Station_20120726.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/THSR_700T_train_at_THSR_Tainan_Station_20120726.jpg/330px-THSR_700T_train_at_THSR_Tainan_Station_20120726.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/THSR_700T_train_at_THSR_Tainan_Station_20120726.jpg/440px-THSR_700T_train_at_THSR_Tainan_Station_20120726.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3539" data-file-height="2654" /></a><figcaption> <a href="/wiki/THSR_Tainan_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="THSR Tainan Station">THSR Tainan Station</a></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Front_Station,_TRA_Tainan_Station_20071119.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Front_Station%2C_TRA_Tainan_Station_20071119.jpg/220px-Front_Station%2C_TRA_Tainan_Station_20071119.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Front_Station%2C_TRA_Tainan_Station_20071119.jpg/330px-Front_Station%2C_TRA_Tainan_Station_20071119.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Front_Station%2C_TRA_Tainan_Station_20071119.jpg/440px-Front_Station%2C_TRA_Tainan_Station_20071119.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3020" data-file-height="2252" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tainan_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Tainan Station">TRA Tainan train station</a></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tainan_Airport.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Tainan_Airport.jpg/220px-Tainan_Airport.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Tainan_Airport.jpg/330px-Tainan_Airport.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Tainan_Airport.jpg/440px-Tainan_Airport.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tainan_Airport" title="Tainan Airport">Tainan Airport</a></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tanan_Canal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Tanan_Canal.jpg/220px-Tanan_Canal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Tanan_Canal.jpg/330px-Tanan_Canal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Tanan_Canal.jpg/440px-Tanan_Canal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="570" /></a><figcaption>Tainan Canal, <a href="/wiki/Anping_District" title="Anping District">Anping</a></figcaption></figure> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Tainan_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Tainan Station">Tainan Station</a> is a major stop on the <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Railways_Administration" title="Taiwan Railways Administration">Taiwan Railways Administration</a> (TRA) <a href="/wiki/Western_Line,_Taiwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Line, Taiwan">Western Line</a>, with direct connections to <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaohsiung" title="Kaohsiung">Kaohsiung</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taichung" title="Taichung">Taichung</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hsinchu" title="Hsinchu">Hsinchu</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Keelung" title="Keelung">Keelung</a>. There are also local trains to reach closer destinations. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_High_Speed_Rail" title="Taiwan High Speed Rail">Taiwan High Speed Rail</a>'s <a href="/wiki/THSR_Tainan_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="THSR Tainan Station">Tainan Station</a> is located just outside the city center, in <a href="/wiki/Gueiren_District" title="Gueiren District">Gueiren District</a>. The service is accessible to the city center via TRA <a href="/wiki/Shalun_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Shalun Line">Shalun Line</a> and two THSR Shuttle Bus Lines.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Using the <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_High_Speed_Rail" title="Taiwan High Speed Rail">High Speed Rail</a> system passengers can reach <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a> in under ninety minutes. Tainan’s High Speed Rail (HSR) station is located here, southeast of the city center.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_transport">Public transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Public transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Original plan for <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan_MRT&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tainan MRT (page does not exist)">Tainan MRT</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E6%8D%B7%E9%81%8B" class="extiw" title="zh:台南捷運">zh</a>]</span> system is muted due to the construction cost and the question of insufficient ridership.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upgrading current railway and buses are now considered as alternative citywide modern public transport options. </p><p>Tainan has three major bus operators. They are Singing Bus Co., Shinan Buses and Kaohsiung Buses, operating in river north region, intercity routes and metropolitan routes respectively. In 2012, the city government called to restructure Singing Bus and Shinan Buses route to form a Tainan City Bus System. This new system, which set to start operation in 2013, has six main routes connecting the city and eight main interchanges. From the main routes 66 branch routes then spread out to service local communities. City government hope this new system will boost the public transports ridership and progress into metro-bus system in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tainan_Public_Transport_Plans_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tainan_Public_Transport_Plans-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A project to transform the railway in the city center into an underground is underway as part of the National wide <i>TRA Rapid Transit Systematization in the Metropolitan Areas Project</i>. This project will help increase service frequency by eliminate potential disruption between road and rail traffic. Further to underground transformation, two new stations are planned to serve East district commuters.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Together with the <a href="/wiki/Shalun_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Shalun Line">Shalun HSR link</a>, this section of TRA corridor will become the backbone of the rail transit system in Tainan.<sup id="cite_ref-Tainan_Public_Transport_Plans_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tainan_Public_Transport_Plans-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Neighboring <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_No._1_(Taiwan)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway No. 1 (Taiwan)">National Highway Nos. 1</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_No._3_(Taiwan)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway No. 3 (Taiwan)">3</a> connect via local highways to the city itself. Tainan City has a total of 142.9 kilometers (88.8 mi) of highways, including national, local, and rural highways.<sup id="cite_ref-stats_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stats-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Tainan_Airport" title="Tainan Airport">Tainan Airport</a> (TNN) in the <a href="/wiki/South_District,_Tainan" title="South District, Tainan">South District</a> is a mere 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) from the city center. As a regional airport, it currently operates both domestic and international flights to <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_International_Airport" title="Hong Kong International Airport">Hong Kong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tan_Son_Nhat_International_Airport" title="Tan Son Nhat International Airport">Ho Chi Minh City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kinmen_Airport" title="Kinmen Airport">Kinmen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magong_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Magong Airport">Magong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kansai_International_Airport" title="Kansai International Airport">Osaka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Previously there were also services to Taipei's <a href="/wiki/Taipei_Songshan_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Taipei Songshan Airport">Songshan Airport</a> (TSA), but these were dropped in light of falling revenues (generally agreed to be a result of the High Speed Rail commencing operation in 2007).<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E8%80%81%E6%9D%BE.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E8%80%81%E6%9D%BE.JPG/220px-%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E8%80%81%E6%9D%BE.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E8%80%81%E6%9D%BE.JPG/330px-%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E8%80%81%E6%9D%BE.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E8%80%81%E6%9D%BE.JPG/440px-%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E8%80%81%E6%9D%BE.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Campus of University of Tainan</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P1060292_min.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/P1060292_min.jpg/220px-P1060292_min.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/P1060292_min.jpg/330px-P1060292_min.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/P1060292_min.jpg/440px-P1060292_min.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>National Tainan First Senior High School</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Cheng_Kung_University" title="National Cheng Kung University">National Cheng Kung University</a> (國立成功大學), is famous for its engineering programs. Founded in the Japanese era in 1931 as Tainan Technical College, it has a total area of 183,000 square kilometers (71,000 sq mi). As the number of colleges expanded, it was upgraded to a provincial university in 1956, then national university in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, National Cheng Kung University serves nearly 21,000 students through 9 colleges, 39 departments, and 49 graduate institutes.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also ranked 2nd in Taiwan and 41st in Asia.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_University_of_Tainan" title="National University of Tainan">National University of Tainan</a> (國立臺南大學) NUTN used to be the Institute of Teachers' In-service Education in 1988, promoted and renamed National Tainan Teachers College in 1991. In 2004, it was established as National University of Tainan until now. The motto of NUTN includes benevolence, intelligence, sincerity and uprightness.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tainan_National_University_of_the_Arts" title="Tainan National University of the Arts">Tainan National University of the Arts</a> (國立臺南藝術大學) TNNUA exists to prepare talented individuals for careers in visual and performing arts, sound and image design, building arts, conservation arts, and art history and critique. The university emphasizes learning through individual attention and independent work creation. It is a public institution, established in 1996.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Yang_Ming_Chiao_Tung_University" title="National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University">National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University</a> (國立陽明交通大學) NYCU Tainan campus, established in 2009.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tainan_Theological_College_and_Seminary" title="Tainan Theological College and Seminary">Tainan Theological College and Seminary</a> (臺南神學院) was established in 1876 by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Barclay_(missionary)" title="Thomas Barclay (missionary)">Thomas Barclay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang_Jung_Christian_University" title="Chang Jung Christian University">Chang Jung Christian University</a> is a private university affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan. CJCU offers masters and doctoral degree programs and aims to promote fraternity, justice and service for Taiwan. It is located south of the city, in <a href="/wiki/Gueiren_District" title="Gueiren District">Gueiren</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Taiwan_University_of_Science_and_Technology" title="Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology">Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology</a> (南臺科技大學), founded in 1969, is located near the northeastern border of Tainan City, within a 30-minute driving distance from the Tainan Airport.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Tainan_University_of_Technology" title="Tainan University of Technology">Tainan University of Technology</a> (臺南應用科技大學) is a private university founded in 1964. The university offers graduate degrees in music, visual art, and applied sciences.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aletheia_University" title="Aletheia University">Aletheia University</a> (真理大學) is a private university founded in 1882 by <a href="/wiki/George_Leslie_Mackay" title="George Leslie Mackay">George Leslie Mackay</a>. There are two branches: one in Tamsui, New Taipei City and one in Madou District, Tainan City.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CTBC_Business_School" title="CTBC Business School">CTBC Business School</a> (中信金融管理學院) is a private university founded in 2000 (as Hsing-Kuo University) and later rebranded CTBC Business School, when <a href="/wiki/CTBC_Financial_Holding" title="CTBC Financial Holding">CTBC Financial Holding</a> acquired the school. It is located in <a href="/wiki/Annan_District" title="Annan District">Annan District</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Shoufu_University" title="Taiwan Shoufu University">Taiwan Shoufu University</a> (台灣首府大學) is a private university established in 2000 as Diwan College of Management. Later, it was accredited and became known as Taiwan Shoufu University. There are three colleges: College of Education and Design, College of Leisure Industry, and College of Hotel Management.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kang_Ning" title="University of Kang Ning">University of Kang Ning</a> (康寧大學) is a private university established in 2011. It is located in Annan District.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elementary_schools">Elementary schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Elementary schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Public</b> </p> <ul><li>Yuwen Elementary School</li> <li>Fusing Elementary School</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Junior_high_schools">Junior high schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Junior high schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Public</b> </p> <ul><li>Tainan Municipal Anping Junior High School</li> <li>Tainan Municipal Chenggong Junior High School</li> <li>Tainan Municipal Chongming Junior High School</li> <li>Tainan Municipal Dacheng Junior High School</li> <li>Tainan Municipal Fusing Junior High School</li> <li>Tainan Municipal Houjia Junior High School</li> <li>Tainan Municipal Jiansing Junior High School</li> <li>Tainan Municipal Jincheng Junior High School</li> <li>Tainan Municipal Jhongshan Junior High School</li> <li>Tainan Municipal Jhongsiao Junior High School</li> <li>Tainan Municipal Minde Junior High School</li> <li>Tainan Municipal Sinsing Junior High School</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tainan_Municipal_Syuejia_District_Syuejia_Junior_High_School" title="Tainan Municipal Syuejia District Syuejia Junior High School">Tainan Municipal Syuejia District Syuejia Junior High School</a></li> <li>Tainan Municipal Wunsian Junior High School</li> <li>Tainan Municipal Yanping Junior High School</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senior_high_schools">Senior high schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Senior high schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Public</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Tainan_First_Senior_High_School" title="National Tainan First Senior High School">National Tainan First Senior High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Tainan_Second_Senior_High_School" title="National Tainan Second Senior High School">National Tainan Second Senior High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Tainan_Girls%27_Senior_High_School" title="National Tainan Girls' Senior High School">National Tainan Girls' Senior High School</a></li> <li>National Hsin Hua Senior High School</li> <li>National Chia-Chi Girls' Senior High School</li> <li>National Tainan Commercial Vocational School</li> <li>National Tainan Industrial Vocational School</li> <li>The Affiliated Senior Industrial Vocational Continuing Education High School of National Cheng Kung University</li> <li>National Tainan Marine & Fishery Vocational School</li> <li>Municipal Tainan Nan-Ning Senior High School</li> <li>Municipal Tainan Tu-Cheng High School</li> <li>Tainan Municipal Nanning Senior High School</li></ul> <p><b>Private</b> </p> <ul><li>Feng-Ho Senior High School</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chang_Jung_High_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chang Jung High School (page does not exist)">Chang Jung High School</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82%E7%A7%81%E7%AB%8B%E9%95%B7%E6%A6%AE%E9%AB%98%E7%B4%9A%E4%B8%AD%E5%AD%B8" class="extiw" title="zh:臺南市私立長榮高級中學">zh</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheng_Kung_Girls%27_High_School" title="Sheng Kung Girls' High School">Sheng Kung Girls' High School</a></li> <li>Nan Ying Vocational High School of Business & Technology</li> <li>Salesian Technical School</li> <li>Chang Jung Girls' Senior High School</li> <li>Deguang Catholic High School</li> <li>Kuang Hua Girls' Senior High School</li> <li>Tainan Liuhsin Senior High School</li> <li>Kuen-Shan Senior High School</li> <li>Ying-Hai High School</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_natives">Notable natives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Notable natives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KoxingaTemple.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/KoxingaTemple.jpg/220px-KoxingaTemple.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/KoxingaTemple.jpg/330px-KoxingaTemple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/KoxingaTemple.jpg/440px-KoxingaTemple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Koxinga Temple</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E8%B3%B4%E6%B8%85%E5%BE%B7%E5%B8%82%E9%95%B7.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/%E8%B3%B4%E6%B8%85%E5%BE%B7%E5%B8%82%E9%95%B7.jpg/220px-%E8%B3%B4%E6%B8%85%E5%BE%B7%E5%B8%82%E9%95%B7.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/%E8%B3%B4%E6%B8%85%E5%BE%B7%E5%B8%82%E9%95%B7.jpg/330px-%E8%B3%B4%E6%B8%85%E5%BE%B7%E5%B8%82%E9%95%B7.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/%E8%B3%B4%E6%B8%85%E5%BE%B7%E5%B8%82%E9%95%B7.jpg/440px-%E8%B3%B4%E6%B8%85%E5%BE%B7%E5%B8%82%E9%95%B7.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1457" data-file-height="1815" /></a><figcaption>Current <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="President of the Republic of China">ROC president</a> <a href="/wiki/Lai_Ching-te" title="Lai Ching-te">William Lai</a> began his political career in Tainan.</figcaption></figure> <p>Some famous people born, educated or prominent in Tainan, or otherwise associated with the city, include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shone_An" title="Shone An">Shone An</a> (安鈞璨) (1983–2015), singer, actor and television host.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Momofuku_Ando" title="Momofuku Ando">Momofuku Ando</a> (安藤百福) (1910–2007), founder of <a href="/wiki/Nissin_Foods" title="Nissin Foods">Nissin Foods</a> and inventor of <a href="/wiki/Instant_noodles" title="Instant noodles">instant noodles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Barclay_(missionary)" title="Thomas Barclay (missionary)">Thomas Barclay</a> (1849–1935), <a href="/wiki/Christian_missionary" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian missionary">Christian missionary</a>, lived in the city from 1875 to 1935.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Campbell_(missionary)" title="William Campbell (missionary)">William Campbell</a> (1841–1921), Christian missionary, lived in the city from 1871 to 1917.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Chang" title="George Chang">George Chang</a> (張燦鍙) (born 1936), politician, former mayor of Tainan (1997–2001).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chin-Feng_Chen" title="Chin-Feng Chen">Chin-Feng Chen</a> (陳金鋒) (born 1977), first Taiwan-born player to play <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Wei-ling_(weightlifter)" title="Chen Wei-ling (weightlifter)">Chen Wei-ling</a> (陳葦綾), 2008 Olympic bronze medal-winning weightlifter.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mao_Gao-wen" class="mw-redirect" title="Mao Gao-wen">Mao Gao-wen</a> (毛高文) (1936–2019), chemist, former president of <a href="/wiki/National_Tsinghua_University" class="mw-redirect" title="National Tsinghua University">National Tsinghua University</a> (1981–1987) and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education_(Republic_of_China)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Education (Republic of China)">Minister of Education</a> (1987–1993).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hsu_Shih-Hsien" class="mw-redirect" title="Hsu Shih-Hsien">Hsu Shih-Hsien</a> (許世賢) (1908–1983), first female Taiwanese PhD.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chin-Lung_Hu" title="Chin-Lung Hu">Chin-Lung Hu</a> (胡金龍), former <a href="/wiki/MLB" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB">MLB</a> infielder for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jutoupi" title="Jutoupi">Jutoupi</a> (born 1966), recording artist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kao_Ching-yuen" title="Kao Ching-yuen">Kao Ching-yuen</a> (高清愿) (1929–2016), businessman, founder and chairman of <a href="/wiki/Uni-president" class="mw-redirect" title="Uni-president">Uni-President</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong-Chih_Kuo" title="Hong-Chih Kuo">Hong-Chih Kuo</a> (郭泓志), former <a href="/wiki/MLB" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB">MLB</a> pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai-Yuan_Kuo" class="mw-redirect" title="Tai-Yuan Kuo">Tai-Yuan Kuo</a> (郭泰源), retired pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/Seibu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Seibu Lions">Seibu Lions</a>, foreign player with the most wins in <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a> history.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen-Yuan_Lee" title="Chen-Yuan Lee">Chen-Yuan Lee</a> (李鎮源) (1915–2001), <a href="/wiki/Pharmacology" title="Pharmacology">pharmacologist</a> and political activist, famous for research on <a href="/wiki/Snake_venom" title="Snake venom">snake venom</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chou_Tzu-yu" class="mw-redirect" title="Chou Tzu-yu">Chou Tzu-yu</a> (周子瑜) (born 1999), singer, youngest member of <a href="/wiki/Twice" title="Twice">Twice</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lien_Heng" title="Lien Heng">Lien Heng</a> (連橫) (1878–1936), historian, writer of <i>The General History of Taiwan</i>, grandfather of former presidential candidate <a href="/wiki/Lien_Chan" title="Lien Chan">Lien Chan</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/En-Yu_Lin" class="mw-redirect" title="En-Yu Lin">En-Yu Lin</a> (林恩宇), baseball pitcher currently playing for <a href="/wiki/Tohoku_Rakuten_Golden_Eagles" title="Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles">Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lin_Hsin-i" title="Lin Hsin-i">Lin Hsin-i</a> (林信義) (born 1946), businessman and politician, Minister of Economic Affairs (2000–2002), Vice Premier (2002–2004).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lin_Mosei" title="Lin Mosei">Lin Mosei</a> (林茂生) (1887–1947?), first Taiwanese philosophy PhD, academic, educator and calligrapher thought to have been killed following the <a href="/wiki/February_28_Incident" class="mw-redirect" title="February 28 Incident">February 28 Incident</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ong_Iok-tek" title="Ong Iok-tek">Ong Iok-tek</a> (王育德) (1924–1985), scholar and authority of the <a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Hokkien" title="Taiwanese Hokkien">Taiwanese Hokkien</a> dialects.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Ongg" title="Judy Ongg">Judy Ongg</a> (翁倩玉) (born 1950), actress, singer, author and artist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shi_Wen-long" title="Shi Wen-long">Shi Wen-long</a> (許文龍) (born 1928), businessman, founder of <a href="/wiki/Chi_Mei_Corporation" title="Chi Mei Corporation">Chi Mei Corporation</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Su" title="Lisa Su">Lisa Su</a> (born 1969), chief executive officer of <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Micro_Devices" class="mw-redirect" title="Advanced Micro Devices">Advanced Micro Devices</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Su_Nan-cheng" title="Su Nan-cheng">Su Nan-cheng</a> (蘇南成) (1936–2014), politician, former mayor of Tainan (1977–1985) and advisor to former Taiwanese president <a href="/wiki/Chen_Shui-bian" title="Chen Shui-bian">Chen Shui-bian</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Swinhoe" title="Robert Swinhoe">Robert Swinhoe</a> (1836–1877), first British consul sent to Tainan 1861; ornithologist, highly regarded researcher writer on the natural history and zoology of Taiwan and China.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shen_Che-Tsai" class="mw-redirect" title="Shen Che-Tsai">Shen Che-Tsai</a> (沈哲哉) (1926–2017), oil painter.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chien-Ming_Wang" title="Chien-Ming Wang">Chien-Ming Wang</a> (王建民), former <a href="/wiki/MLB" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB">MLB</a> pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Nationals" title="Washington Nationals">Washington Nationals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wu_Hui_Ju" class="mw-redirect" title="Wu Hui Ju">Wu Hui Ju</a> (吳蕙如), archer and also a member of the team that won the bronze medal for Chinese Taipei in 2004 Summer Olympics in the women's team archery competition.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacky_Wu" title="Jacky Wu">Jacky Wu</a> (吳宗憲) (born 1962), entertainer and talk-show host.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jensen_Huang" title="Jensen Huang">Jensen Huang</a> (黃仁勳) (born 1963), chief executive officer of <a href="/wiki/NVIDIA" class="mw-redirect" title="NVIDIA">NVIDIA</a>.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ho_Chuan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ho Chuan (page does not exist)">Ho Chuan</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%95%E5%82%B3" class="extiw" title="zh:何傳">zh</a>]</span> (何傳) (1897–1989), businessman, founder of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yongfeng_Yu_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yongfeng Yu Group (page does not exist)">Yongfeng Yu Group</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B8%E8%B1%90%E9%A4%98" class="extiw" title="zh:永豐餘">zh</a>]</span> (parent company of <a href="/wiki/Bank_SinoPac" title="Bank SinoPac">Bank SinoPac</a><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowd_Lu" title="Crowd Lu">Crowd Lu</a> (盧廣仲) (born 1985), singer-songwriter, actor</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tainan_Baseball_Stadium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Tainan_Baseball_Stadium.jpg/250px-Tainan_Baseball_Stadium.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Tainan_Baseball_Stadium.jpg/330px-Tainan_Baseball_Stadium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Tainan_Baseball_Stadium.jpg/500px-Tainan_Baseball_Stadium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="614" data-file-height="410" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Uni-President_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Uni-President Lions">Uni-President Lions</a> have been playing their home games at <a href="/wiki/Tainan_Municipal_Baseball_Stadium" title="Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium">Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium</a> since 1999.</figcaption></figure> <p>Tainan is home to the <a href="/wiki/Uni-President_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Uni-President Lions">Uni-President Lions</a>, who play their home games at the <a href="/wiki/Tainan_Municipal_Baseball_Stadium" title="Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium">Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also the birthplace of <a href="/wiki/Chien-Ming_Wang" title="Chien-Ming Wang">Chien-Ming Wang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hong-Chih_Kuo" title="Hong-Chih Kuo">Hong-Chih Kuo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tai-Yuan_Kuo" class="mw-redirect" title="Tai-Yuan Kuo">Tai-Yuan Kuo</a>, <a href="/wiki/En-Yu_Lin" class="mw-redirect" title="En-Yu Lin">En-Yu Lin</a>, and many other prominent Taiwanese baseball players. </p><p>Tainan also has one professional basketball team, the <a href="/wiki/Tainan_TSG_GhostHawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Tainan TSG GhostHawks">Tainan TSG GhostHawks</a> of the <a href="/wiki/T1_League" title="T1 League">T1 League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tainan is the host of the biennial <a href="/wiki/U-12_Baseball_World_Cup" title="U-12 Baseball World Cup">U-12 Baseball World Cup</a> since 2015, organized by the <a href="/wiki/World_Baseball_Softball_Confederation" title="World Baseball Softball Confederation">World Baseball Softball Confederation</a> (WBSC). Other recent major sporting events held by Tainan include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_World_University_Baseball_Championship&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 World University Baseball Championship (page does not exist)">2004 World University Baseball Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_University_Archery_Championships&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 World University Archery Championships (page does not exist)">2008 World University Archery Championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_EAFF_Women%27s_Football_Championship" title="2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship">2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship</a> (Semi-final)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_relations">International relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: International relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twin_towns_—_Sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.94_Sister_cities"></span>Twin towns — Sister cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Twin towns — Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following municipalities are <a href="/wiki/Sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Sister cities">sister cities</a> to Tainan City:<sup id="cite_ref-Tianan_twinnings_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tianan_twinnings-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Monterey,_California" title="Monterey, California">Monterey, California</a>, United States (1965)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju">Gwangju</a>, South Korea (1968)<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a> United States (1977)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a> United States (1978)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus, Ohio</a> United States (1980)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cavite_City" title="Cavite City">Cavite City</a>, Philippines (1980)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tagaytay" title="Tagaytay">Tagaytay</a>, Philippines (1980)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Trece_Martires" title="Trece Martires">Trece Martires</a>, Philippines (1980)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pasay" title="Pasay">Pasay</a>, Philippines (1980)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/34px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="750" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_de_la_Sierra" title="Santa Cruz de la Sierra">Santa Cruz de la Sierra</a>, Bolivia (1981)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mandela_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Nelson Mandela Bay">Nelson Mandela Bay</a>, South Africa (1982)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a> United States (1982)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast,_Queensland" title="Gold Coast, Queensland">Gold Coast, Queensland</a>, Australia (1982)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fairbanks,_Alaska" title="Fairbanks, Alaska">Fairbanks, Alaska</a> United States (1983)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Laredo,_Texas" title="Laredo, Texas">Laredo, Texas</a> United States (1985)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City" title="Oklahoma City">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma</a>, United States (1986)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Huntsville,_Alabama" title="Huntsville, Alabama">Huntsville, Alabama</a> United States(1986)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Carbondale,_Illinois" title="Carbondale, Illinois">Carbondale, Illinois</a> United States(1991)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Leuven" title="Leuven">Leuven</a>, Belgium (1993)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Snohomish_County,_Washington" title="Snohomish County, Washington">Snohomish County, Washington</a> United States (1998)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ra%27anana" title="Ra'anana">Ra'anana</a>, Israel (1999)<sup id="cite_ref-Ra'anana_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ra'anana-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Zacapa" title="Zacapa">Zacapa</a>, Guatemala (2003)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elbl%C4%85g" title="Elbląg">Elbląg</a>, Poland (2004)<sup id="cite_ref-Elbląg_twinnings_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elbląg_twinnings-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Elbląg_twinnings_2_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elbląg_twinnings_2-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ke%C3%A7i%C3%B6ren" title="Keçiören">Keçiören</a>, Turkey (2005)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Esbjerg" title="Esbjerg">Esbjerg</a>, Denmark (2005)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cagayan_de_Oro" title="Cagayan de Oro">Cagayan de Oro</a>, Philippines (2005)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wotje_Atoll" title="Wotje Atoll">Wotje Atoll</a>, Marshall Islands (2018)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/40px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/60px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9ziers" title="Béziers">Beziers City</a>, <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9rault" title="Hérault">Hérault Department</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Friendship_cities">Friendship cities</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Friendship cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tainan City also celebrates friendly relationships with four other municipalities, although they are not considered official sister cities. </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sendai" title="Sendai">Sendai</a>, Japan (2006)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nikk%C5%8D,_Tochigi" class="mw-redirect" title="Nikkō, Tochigi">Nikkō, Tochigi</a>, Japan (2009)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Almere" title="Almere">Almere</a>, Netherlands (2009)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Minakami,_Gunma" title="Minakami, Gunma">Minakami, Gunma</a>, Japan (2013)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a>, United States (2013)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Shiga" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiga">Shiga</a>, Japan (2013)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Parramatta" title="Parramatta">Parramatta</a>, Australia (2014)</li> 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Furano,_Hokkaido" title="Furano, Hokkaido">Furano, Hokkaido</a>, Japan (2024)<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kinmen" title="Kinmen">Kinmen</a>, Fujian (1981)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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vertical-align:middle; margin:0.75em 1em"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Tainan_City.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tainan city flag"><img alt="Tainan city flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Tainan_City.svg/40px-Flag_of_Tainan_City.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Tainan_City.svg/60px-Flag_of_Tainan_City.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="581" /></a></span> Tainan city</b><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="East"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kaohsiung_City.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kaohsiung city flag"><img alt="Kaohsiung city flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Kaohsiung_City.svg/25px-Flag_of_Kaohsiung_City.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Kaohsiung_City.svg/38px-Flag_of_Kaohsiung_City.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Kaohsiung_City.svg/50px-Flag_of_Kaohsiung_City.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1125" data-file-height="750" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kaohsiung_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaohsiung City">Kaohsiung City</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/28px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kaohsiung_City.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kaohsiung city flag"><img alt="Kaohsiung city flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Kaohsiung_City.svg/25px-Flag_of_Kaohsiung_City.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Kaohsiung_City.svg/38px-Flag_of_Kaohsiung_City.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Kaohsiung_City.svg/50px-Flag_of_Kaohsiung_City.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1125" data-file-height="750" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kaohsiung_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaohsiung City">Kaohsiung City</a></td> <td></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output 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title="Taiwanese Mandarin">Mandarin</a> <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">Pinyin</a>: <span title="Mandarin Chinese-language text"><i lang="cmn-Latn-TW">Táinán Shì</i></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Hokkien" title="Taiwanese Hokkien">Hokkien</a>: <span title="Min Nan Chinese-language text"><i lang="nan-Latn-TW">Tâi-lâm Tshī</i></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sixian_dialect" title="Sixian dialect">Sixian</a> Hakka: <span title="Hakka-language text"><i lang="hak-Latn-TW">Tǒi-nǎm Sii</i></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hailu_dialect" title="Hailu dialect">Hailu</a> Hakka: <span title="Hakka-language text"><i lang="hak-Latn-TW">Toi-nam Shi<sup>+</sup></i></span></li></ul></div></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese script</a>: <span class="nowrap"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant-TW">府城</span></span></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Mandarin" title="Taiwanese Mandarin">Mandarin</a> <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">Pinyin</a>: <span title="Mandarin Chinese-language text"><i lang="cmn-Latn-TW">Fǔchéng</i></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Hokkien" title="Taiwanese Hokkien">Hokkien</a>: <span title="Min Nan Chinese-language text"><i lang="nan-Latn-TW">Hú-siâⁿ</i></span></li></ul></div></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tainan&action=edit&section=62" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 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Demographia. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180503021711/http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 2018-05-03<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-11-30</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Demographia+World+Urban+Areas+PDF&rft.pub=Demographia&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.demographia.com%2Fdb-worldua.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATainan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/Tainan">"Tainan"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary.com" title="Dictionary.com">Dictionary.com Unabridged</a></i> (Online). n.d.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Tainan&rft.btitle=Dictionary.com+Unabridged&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dictionary.com%2Fbrowse%2FTainan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATainan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFChang1994" class="citation news cs1">Chang, Winnie (April 1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=99336&CtNode=124">"Rise of the Phoenix?"</a>. <i>Taiwan Today</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120728082224/http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=99336&CtNode=124">Archived</a> from the original on 2012-07-28<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-01-10</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Taiwan+Today&rft.atitle=Rise+of+the+Phoenix%3F&rft.date=1994-04&rft.aulast=Chang&rft.aufirst=Winnie&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftaiwantoday.tw%2Fct.asp%3FxItem%3D99336%26CtNode%3D124&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATainan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/world2020t.html">"The World According to GaWC 2020"</a>. <i>GaWC – Research Network</i>. Globalization and World Cities. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200824031341/https://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/world2020t.html">Archived</a> from the original on 24 August 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 August</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=GaWC+%E2%80%93+Research+Network&rft.atitle=The+World+According+to+GaWC+2020&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lboro.ac.uk%2Fgawc%2Fworld2020t.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATainan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080501181411/http://confucius.cca.gov.tw/english/navigator/map02.htm">"Tainan Confucian Temple"</a>. Council for Cultural Affairs. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://confucius.cca.gov.tw/english/navigator/map02.htm">the original</a> on 2008-05-01<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-08-19</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Tainan+Confucian+Temple&rft.pub=Council+for+Cultural+Affairs&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fconfucius.cca.gov.tw%2Fenglish%2Fnavigator%2Fmap02.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATainan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-蔡玉仙等編-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-蔡玉仙等編_13-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREF蔡玉仙2007" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">蔡玉仙; et al., eds. (2007). <bdi lang="zh">府城文史</bdi> (in Simplified Chinese). <a href="/wiki/Tainan_City_Government" title="Tainan City Government">Tainan City Government</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789860094343" title="Special:BookSources/9789860094343"><bdi>9789860094343</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%E5%BA%9C%E5%9F%8E%E6%96%87%E5%8F%B2&rft.pub=Tainan+City+Government&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=9789860094343&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATainan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Shih_Shou-chien-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Shih_Shou-chien_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shih_Shou-chien_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shih_Shou-chien_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shih_Shou-chien_14-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shih_Shou-chien_14-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shih_Shou-chien_14-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shih_Shou-chien_14-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shih_Shou-chien_14-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFShih_Shou-chien2003" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a href="/wiki/Shih_Shou-chien" title="Shih Shou-chien">Shih Shou-chien</a>, ed. (2003). <bdi lang="zh">福爾摩沙 : 十七世紀的臺灣、荷蘭與東亞</bdi> [<i>Ilha Formosa: the Emergence of Taiwan on the World Scene in the 17th Century</i>] (in Simplified Chinese). National Palace Museum. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789575624415" title="Special:BookSources/9789575624415"><bdi>9789575624415</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%E7%A6%8F%E7%88%BE%E6%91%A9%E6%B2%99+%3A+%E5%8D%81%E4%B8%83%E4%B8%96%E7%B4%80%E7%9A%84%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E3%80%81%E8%8D%B7%E8%98%AD%E8%88%87%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%9E&rft.pub=National+Palace+Museum&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=9789575624415&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATainan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kato-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kato_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kato_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kato_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kato_15-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKato2007" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Kato, Mitsutaka (2007) [1940]. <bdi lang="zh">昨日府城明星台南: 發現日治下的老臺南</bdi> (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Translated by <span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant">黃秉珩</span></span>. 臺南市文化資產保護協會. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789572807996" title="Special:BookSources/9789572807996"><bdi>9789572807996</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%E6%98%A8%E6%97%A5%E5%BA%9C%E5%9F%8E+%E6%98%8E%E6%98%9F%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%3A+%E7%99%BC%E7%8F%BE%E6%97%A5%E6%B2%BB%E4%B8%8B%E7%9A%84%E8%80%81%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97&rft.pub=%E8%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E5%B8%82%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96%E8%B3%87%E7%94%A2%E4%BF%9D%E8%AD%B7%E5%8D%94%E6%9C%83&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=9789572807996&rft.aulast=Kato&rft.aufirst=Mitsutaka&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATainan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Murray_A._Rubinstein-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Murray_A._Rubinstein_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Murray_A._Rubinstein_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Murray_A._Rubinstein_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Murray_A._Rubinstein_16-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Murray_A._Rubinstein_16-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Murray_A._Rubinstein_16-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFRubinstein,_Murry_A.2007" class="citation book cs1">Rubinstein, Murry A., ed. (2007). <i>Taiwan: A New History</i> (expanded ed.). New York: M.E. Sharpe. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780765614940" title="Special:BookSources/9780765614940"><bdi>9780765614940</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Taiwan%3A+A+New+History&rft.place=New+York&rft.edition=expanded&rft.pub=M.E.+Sharpe&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=9780765614940&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATainan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091015111400/http://anping.tncg.gov.tw/tour/tua_01.jsp?ID=1&Lang=E">"Anping Harbor National Historical Park"</a>. Tainan City Government. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://anping.tncg.gov.tw/tour/tua_01.jsp?ID=1&Lang=E">the original</a> on 2009-10-15<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-03-31</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Anping+Harbor+National+Historical+Park&rft.pub=Tainan+City+Government&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fanping.tncg.gov.tw%2Ftour%2Ftua_01.jsp%3FID%3D1%26Lang%3DE&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATainan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Also <b>Taiwan-fu</b>, <b>Taiwan Fu</b>, <b>Taiwan Foo</b>, &c.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFTurton" class="citation web cs1">Turton, Michael. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2023/07/31/2003803999">"Notes from Central Taiwan: Taiwan's shrinking middle ground"</a>. <i>taipeitimes.com</i>. Taipei Times<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=taipeitimes.com&rft.atitle=Notes+from+Central+Taiwan%3A+Taiwan%27s+shrinking+middle+ground&rft.aulast=Turton&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ffeat%2Farchives%2F2023%2F07%2F31%2F2003803999&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATainan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100314074831/http://anping.tncg.gov.tw/tour/tua_01.jsp?ID=2&Lang=E">"Anping Harbor National Historical Park"</a>. Tainan City Government. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://anping.tncg.gov.tw/tour/tua_01.jsp?ID=2&Lang=E">the original</a> on 2010-03-14<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-03-25</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Anping+Harbor+National+Historical+Park&rft.pub=Tainan+City+Government&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fanping.tncg.gov.tw%2Ftour%2Ftua_01.jsp%3FID%3D2%26Lang%3DE&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATainan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCampbell1915" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/William_Campbell_(missionary)" title="William Campbell (missionary)">Campbell, William</a> (1915). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sketchesfromtaiw00camprich"><i>Sketches from Formosa</i></a>. London: Marshall Brothers. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sketchesfromtaiw00camprich/page/16">16</a>–17. <a href="/wiki/OL_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OL (identifier)">OL</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7051071M">7051071M</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151219205747/https://archive.org/details/sketchesfromtaiw00camprich">Archived</a> from the original on 2015-12-19<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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"Chapter XIII: Population and future development of the island resources". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.180113"><i>Japanese rule in Formosa</i></a>. 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href="/wiki/Nantou_County" title="Nantou County">Nantou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yunlin_County" title="Yunlin County">Yunlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiayi_County" title="Chiayi County">Chiayi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pingtung_County" title="Pingtung County">Pingtung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taitung_County" title="Taitung County">Taitung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hualien_County" title="Hualien County">Hualien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penghu" title="Penghu">Penghu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinmen" title="Kinmen">Kinmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsu_Islands" title="Matsu Islands">Lienchiang</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/District_(Taiwan)" title="District (Taiwan)">Districts</a> <span class="nobold">under special municipalities / cities</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/County-administered_city" title="County-administered city">Cities</a> / <a href="/wiki/Township_(Taiwan)" title="Township (Taiwan)">townships</a> <span class="nobold">under counties</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_townships/cities_and_districts_in_Taiwan" title="List of townships/cities and districts in Taiwan">List of townships/cities and districts in Taiwan</a></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em 0.4em;line-height:1.25em;"><div><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><sup><small>1</small></sup> The provinces are merely retained as nominal entities within the constitutional structure, as they have no governing power following the formal dissolution of the provincial administrative organs in 2018. Cities and counties are de facto regarded as the principal constituent divisions of the ROC.<br /> <ul><li><cite id="CITEREFSarah_Shair-Rosenfield2020" class="citation web cs1">Sarah Shair-Rosenfield (November 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://garymarks.web.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13018/2021/03/Taiwan_combined.pdf">"Taiwan Combined"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 May</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Taiwan+Combined&rft.pub=The+University+of+North+Carolina+at+Chapel+Hill&rft.date=2020-11&rft.au=Sarah+Shair-Rosenfield&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgarymarks.web.unc.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F13018%2F2021%2F03%2FTaiwan_combined.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATainan" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Districts_in_Taiwan224" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" 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href="/wiki/List_of_townships/cities_and_districts_in_Taiwan" title="List of townships/cities and districts in Taiwan">List of townships/cities and districts in Taiwan</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Special_municipality_(Taiwan)" title="Special municipality (Taiwan)">Special<br />municipalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;height:4em;"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a> (Capital city)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wanhua_District" title="Wanhua District">Wanhua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhongshan_District,_Taipei" title="Zhongshan District, Taipei">Zhongshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xinyi_District,_Taipei" title="Xinyi District, Taipei">Xinyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhongzheng_District" title="Zhongzheng District">Zhongzheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Datong_District,_Taipei" title="Datong District, Taipei">Datong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daan_District,_Taipei" title="Daan District, Taipei">Daan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nangang_District,_Taipei" title="Nangang District, Taipei">Nangang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neihu_District" title="Neihu District">Neihu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shilin_District" title="Shilin District">Shilin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wenshan_District" title="Wenshan District">Wenshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Songshan_District,_Taipei" title="Songshan District, Taipei">Songshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beitou_District" title="Beitou District">Beitou</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Taoyuan,_Taiwan" title="Taoyuan, Taiwan">Taoyuan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bade_District" title="Bade District">Bade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daxi_District" title="Daxi District">Daxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayuan_District" title="Dayuan District">Dayuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuxing_District,_Taoyuan" title="Fuxing District, Taoyuan">Fuxing</a>¹</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guanyin_District" title="Guanyin District">Guanyin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guishan_District" title="Guishan District">Guishan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longtan_District,_Taoyuan" title="Longtan District, Taoyuan">Longtan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luzhu_District,_Taoyuan" title="Luzhu District, Taoyuan">Luzhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pingzhen_District" title="Pingzhen District">Pingzhen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taoyuan_District" title="Taoyuan District">Taoyuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xinwu_District,_Taoyuan" title="Xinwu District, Taoyuan">Xinwu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yangmei_District" title="Yangmei District">Yangmei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhongli_District" title="Zhongli District">Zhongli</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/New_Taipei_City" title="New Taipei City">New Taipei</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bali_District" title="Bali District">Bali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banqiao_District" title="Banqiao District">Banqiao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gongliao_District" title="Gongliao District">Gongliao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jinshan_District,_New_Taipei" title="Jinshan District, New Taipei">Jinshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linkou_District" title="Linkou District">Linkou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luzhou_District,_New_Taipei" title="Luzhou District, New Taipei">Luzhou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinglin_District" title="Pinglin District">Pinglin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pingxi_District" title="Pingxi District">Pingxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruifang_District" title="Ruifang District">Ruifang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanchong_District" title="Sanchong District">Sanchong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanxia_District" title="Sanxia District">Sanxia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanzhi_District" title="Sanzhi District">Sanzhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenkeng_District" title="Shenkeng District">Shenkeng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiding_District" title="Shiding District">Shiding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimen_District" title="Shimen District">Shimen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuangxi_District" title="Shuangxi District">Shuangxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shulin_District" title="Shulin District">Shulin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taishan_District,_New_Taipei" title="Taishan District, New Taipei">Taishan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamsui_District" title="Tamsui District">Tamsui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tucheng_District" title="Tucheng District">Tucheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanli_District,_New_Taipei" title="Wanli District, New Taipei">Wanli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wugu_District" title="Wugu District">Wugu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wulai_District" title="Wulai District">Wulai</a>¹</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xindian_District" title="Xindian District">Xindian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xinzhuang_District" title="Xinzhuang District">Xinzhuang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xizhi_District" title="Xizhi District">Xizhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yingge_District" title="Yingge District">Yingge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yonghe_District" title="Yonghe District">Yonghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhonghe_District" title="Zhonghe District">Zhonghe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Taichung" title="Taichung">Taichung</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beitun_District" title="Beitun District">Beitun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_District,_Taichung" title="Central District, Taichung">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daan_District,_Taichung" title="Daan District, Taichung">Daan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dadu_District,_Taichung" title="Dadu District, Taichung">Dadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dajia_District" title="Dajia District">Dajia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dali_District" title="Dali District">Dali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daya_District" title="Daya District">Daya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dongshi_District" title="Dongshi District">Dongshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_District,_Taichung" title="East District, Taichung">East</a></li> <li><a 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Taichung">Taiping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzi_District" title="Tanzi District">Tanzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waipu_District" title="Waipu District">Waipu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_District,_Taichung" title="West District, Taichung">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wufeng_District" title="Wufeng District">Wufeng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wuqi_District" title="Wuqi District">Wuqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wuri_District" title="Wuri District">Wuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xinshe_District" title="Xinshe District">Xinshe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xitun_District" title="Xitun District">Xitun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.2em;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Tainan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anding_District,_Tainan" title="Anding District, Tainan">Anding</a></li> <li><a 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