Tainan County

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Tainan County
台南縣
Abbreviation(s): South County (南縣)
Image:Tainan County Location Map.png
County seat Sinying City
Region Central Taiwan
County Magistrate Su Huan-chih (蘇煥智)
Cities 2
Townships 27
Area
- Total 2,016.01 km²
(9 of 25)
- % water n/a %
Population
- Total 1,105,983 (2004)
(6 of 25)
- Density 742/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 (Traditional Chinese: 台南縣; Hanyu Pinyin: Táinán Xiàn; Tongyong Pinyin: Táinán Siàn; Wade-Giles: T'ai-nan Hsien; Taiwanese: Tâi-lâm-koān) is a county in Southern Taiwan . The name "Tainan" means simply "Southern Taiwan". Tainan County is officially administered as a county of Taiwan.

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[edit] Subdivisions

Tainan County administrates two cities, seven urban townships and twenty rural townships.

Note: The romanizations below are in Tongyong Pinyin which Tainan County Government uses officially for transliteration.

[edit] Cities

  • Sinying City (新營市)
  • Yongkang City (永康市)

[edit] Townships

  • Anding (安定鄉)
  • Baihe (白河鎮)
  • Beimen (北門鄉)
  • Cigu (七股鄉)
  • Danei (大內鄉)
  • Dongshan (東山鄉)
  • Guantian (官田鄉)
  • Guiren (歸仁鄉)
  • Houbi (後壁鄉)
  • Jiali (佳里鎮)
  • Jiangjyun (將軍鄉)
  • Lioujia (六甲鄉)
  • Liouying (柳營鄉)
  • Madou (麻豆鎮)
  • Nanhua (南化鄉)
  • Nansi (楠西鄉)
  • Rende (仁德鄉)
  • Shanhua (善化鎮)
  • Shanshang (山上鄉)
  • Siaying (下營鄉)
  • Sigang (西港鄉)
  • Sinhua (新化鎮)
  • Sinshih (新市鄉)
  • Syuejia (學甲鎮)
  • Yanshuei (鹽水鎮)
  • Yujing (玉井鄉)
  • Zuojhen (左鎮鄉)

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Attractions

  • Mashago Beach Scenic Area
  • Mangrove Conservation Area

[edit] External links

zh-min-nan:Tâi-lâm-koān

cs:Okres Tchaj-nan id:Kabupaten Tainan ja:台南県 simple:Tainan County th:มณฑลไถหนาน zh:台南縣

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