Tainan County
| Tainan County | |||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 臺南縣 or 台南縣 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 台南县 | ||||||||||||||
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 台南縣 Abbreviation(s): South County (南縣) |
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| County seat | Sinying City |
| Region | Southern Taiwan |
| County Magistrate | Su Huan-chih |
| Cities | 2 |
| Townships | 29 |
| Area | |
| - Total | 2,016.0075 km² (9 of 25) |
| - % water | n/a % |
| Population | |
| - Total | 1,104,810 (Jan. 2009) (8 of 25) |
| - Density | 548.02/km² |
| Symbols | |
| - County flower | Tea olive (Osmanthus fragrans) |
| - County tree | Camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora) |
| - County bird | Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) |
| Official websites | English |
Tainan County is located in southern Taiwan. The name "Tainan" means "Southern Taiwan". Currently administered as a county of Taiwan Province of the Republic of China, Tainan County will merge with Tainan City by the end of 2010 to form a single direct-controlled municipality.[1]
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Administration
Tainan County administrates two cities, seven urban townships and twenty rural townships.
Cities
- Xinying (新營市)
- Yongkang, Taiwan (永康市)
Townships
Urban townships
- Baihe Township (白河鎮)
- Jiali Township (佳里鎮)
- Madou Township (麻豆鎮)
- Shanhua Township (善化鎮)
- Xinhua Township (新化鎮)
- Xuejia Township (學甲鎮)
- Yanshui Township (鹽水鎮)
Rural townships
- Anding Township (安定鄉)
- Beimen Township (北門鄉)
- Danei Township (大內鄉)
- Dongshan Township (東山鄉)
- Guanmiao Township (關廟鄉)
- Guantian Township (官田鄉)
- Guiren Township (歸仁鄉)
- Houbi Township (後壁鄉)
- Jiangjun Township (將軍鄉)
- Liujia Township (六甲鄉)
- Liuying Township (柳營鄉)
- Longqi Township (龍崎鄉)
- Nanhua Township (南化鄉)
- Nanxi Township (楠西鄉)
- Qigu Township (七股鄉)
- Rende Township (仁德鄉)
- Shanshang Township (山上鄉)
- Xiaying Township (下營鄉)
- Xigang Township (西港鄉)
- Xinshi Township (新市鄉)
- Yujing Township (玉井鄉)
- Zuozhen Township (左鎮鄉)
Transportation
- Tainan Airport
- Tainan Train Station
- Xinnan Buses and Tainan Buses
- Bus
- HIGHWAY
- Taxi
Nightmarket
| Name | Feature | Location |
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| Hsjaopei Night Market | This night market is nice and neat, and every stand has its own number. There are many kinds of cuisine, including sea food, coffin cakes, pot-edged pancake soup, Eel noodles, spear fish simmered by soy bean sauce and sugar, thick soup of meat, sticky tofu. | At the intersection of Shimen Rd. and Lin-an Rd.,Tainan |
quote from Tourism Bureau, MOTC, R.O.C.
Attractions
- Mashago Beach Scenic Area
- Mangrove Conservation Area, Sicao (四草) Wetland
References
External links
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