Tainan City
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Tainan (Chinese: 台南; Hanyu Pinyin: Táinán, Wade-Giles: T'ai-nan; POJ: Tâi-lâm) is a city located in southern Taiwan and is the fourth largest after Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung.
Tainan was established as the ancient capital of Taiwan in 1661 by Koxinga after he took over the island from Dutch colonial rule. In 1684, the Qing Dynasty conquered Taiwan and established "Taiwan Fu" (Taiwan Government) as the first official local government in Taiwan. This was later renamed to "Tainan Fu" in 1885 when Taiwan was established as a province. Because it's the former capital of Taiwan, Tainan is also called Fu-cheng.
Historically it is regarded as one of the earliest cities on Taiwan, when the Dutch colonists developed a nearby port, called An-ping. Now, it is one of the cultural capitals in Taiwan, as it houses the First Confucian School/Temple built 1665 on the island, the remains of the Northern and Southern gates of the old city, and countless other historical monuments.
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Tainan is known as the city with the most Buddhist and/or Taoist temples on the island of Taiwan. Tainan City (台南市) is administratively a municipality of Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. It is surrounded on north and east by Tainan County and South China Sea to the west and south.
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District
Tainan City 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 metres. In 1942, it renamed in Japanese, its English name unchanged.
- Chang Jung Christian University,located on 396,Sec.l, Chang Jung Rd, Kway Jen, Tainan, 711, Taiwan, R.O.C..CJU actively pursues excellence and diversity in master and doctoral programs to provide more opportunities for
people who have advanced knowledge and the Christian spirit of fraternity, justice and service for Taiwan.
- Southern Taiwan University of Technology,founded in 1969,
STUT located near the northeastern border of Tainan City, within 30-minute driving distance from the Tainan Airport.
Senior high school
Private
Public
- National Tainan First Senior High School
- National Tainan Second Senior High School
- National Tainan Girls' Senior High School
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
- 1Image:Flag of the United States.svg Monterey, CA, USA (1965)
- 2Image:Flag of South Korea.svg Gwangju, South Korea (1968)
- 3Image:Flag of the United States.svg San Jose, California, USA(1977)
- 4Image:Flag of the United States.svg Kansas City, Missouri, USA(1987)
- 5Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Pasay City, Philippines (1980)
- 6Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Cavite City, Philippines (1980)
- 7Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Tagaytay City, Philippines (1980)
- 8Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Trece Martires, Philippines (1980)
- 9Image:Flag of the United States.svg Columbus, Ohio, USA (1980)
- 10Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Kinmen,Taiwan (1981)
- 11Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (1981)
- 12Image:Flag of South Africa.svg Port Elizabeth, South Africa (1982)
- 13Image:Flag of the United States.svg Orlando, Florida, USA (1982)
- 14Image:Flag of Australia.svg Gold Coast, Australia (1982)
- 15Image:Flag of the United States.svg Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA (1983)
- 16Image:Flag of the United States.svg Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA(1986)
- 17Image:Flag of the United States.svg Huntsville, Alabama, USA(1986)
- 18Image:Flag of the United States.svg Carbondale, Illinois, USA(1991)
- 19Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Leuven, Belgium(1993)
- 20Image:Flag of Israel.svg Ra'anana,Israel(1999)
- 21Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg Zacapa,Guatemala(2003)
- 22Image:Flag of Poland.svg Elblag,Poland(2004)
- 23Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Ribe,Denmark (2005)
- 24Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Keçiören, Turkey (2005)
- 25Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines (2005)
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.
External links
- Tainan City Government Official Website (English)
- Tainan City Travel Information
- Tainan City Dynamic Bus Information System
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zh-min-nan:Tâi-lâm-chhī de:Tainan id:Kota Tainan ja:台南市 pl:Tajnan zh:臺南市