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  Name Tainan City
  TW Name 台南市
  Flag N/A
  Seal Tainan_City_sealpng
  Abbr Southern City
  TW Abbr 南市
  Nickname The ancient capital city
  TW Nickname 府城 / 古都
  Capital Anping Dist(安平區)
  Region Southwestern Taiwan
  Leader Titles Mayor
  Leader Names Tain-Tsair Hsu <br>(許添財)
  TotalArea 1756456
  AreaRank Ranked 17 of 25
  PopDate May 2004
  Population 751,902
  PopRank Ranked 11 of 25
  Density 4,281
  Districts 6
  Website http://wwwtncggovtw/kdefaultasp
  Website TW http://wwwtncggovtw/
  Bird Black-faced Spoonbill <br>( Platalea minor)
  Flower Royal Poinciana <br> Delonix Regia
  Tree Royal Poinciana <br> Delonix Regia
  Map Tainan_City_locationpng






Tainan ( and is the fourth largest after Taipei , Kaohsiung and Taichung .

Tainan was established as the ancient capital of Taiwan in 1661 by Koxinga after he took over the island from Dutch Colonial Rule . In 1684, the Qing Dynasty conquered Taiwan and established "Taiwan Fu" (Taiwan Government) as the first official local government in Taiwan. This was later renamed to "Tainan Fu" in 1885 when Taiwan was established as a province. Because it's the former capital of Taiwan, Tainan is also called Fu-cheng.



Historically it is regarded as one of the earliest cities on Taiwan, when the Dutch colonists developed a nearby port, called An-ping. Now, it is one of the cultural capitals in Taiwan, as it houses the First Confucian School/Temple built 1665 on the island, the remains of the Northern and Southern gates of the old city, and countless other historical monuments.

Tainan is known as the city with the most Buddhist and/or Taoist temples on the island of Taiwan. Tainan City (台南市) is administratively a Municipality of Taiwan Province of the Republic Of China . It is surrounded on north and east by Tainan County and South China Sea to the west and south.


DISTRICT


Tainan City currently has 6 districts: Anping , ''' Annan ''', '''East''', '''West Central''', '''South''' and '''North''' district.

Annan district was originally the An-Shun township of Tainan County, and was merged into Tainan City in 1946. In 2004, Central District and West District were merged into the new West Central district.


EDUCATION


Higher education

  • National Cheng Kung University , one of the leading universities in southern Taiwan located in East Dist., Tainan.In 1931,NCKU established as Tainan Technical College, located on the present Cheng-Kung Campus, total area of 183,000 square Metre s. In 1942, it renamed in Japanese, its English name unchanged.


  • Chang Jung Christian University ,located on 396,Sec.l, Chang Jung Rd, Kway Jen, Tainan, 711, Taiwan, R.O.C..CJU actively pursues excellence and diversity in master and doctoral programs to provide more opportunities for

  • people who have advanced knowledge and the Christian spirit of fraternity, justice and service for Taiwan.





Senior high school

Private

Public


NOTABLE NATIVES

  • Ang Lee , movie director

  • Chien-Ming Wang , professional baseball player for the MLB's New York Yankees

  • WU Hui Ju 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



SISTER CITIES


Tainan City also celebrats friendly relationships with other two cities, Penghu County ( Taiwan ) and Sendai ( Japan ), although these two cities are not considered official sister cities.


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