Tainan County

Tainan County
臺南縣
County of Taiwan
←
1946–2010 →
Location of Tainan County on Taiwan.
Capital Sinying
History
 • Established 7 January 1946
 • Disestablished 25 December 2010
Political subdivisions 2 County-controlled cities
7 Urban townships
22 Rural townships
Today part of Part of the Tainan (Special municipality)
Tainan County
Traditional Chinese 臺南縣 or 台南縣
Simplified Chinese 台南县
Former Tainan County Government
Former Tainan County Council

Tainan County was a county in southern Taiwan between 1945 and 2010. The county capital was Sinying City.

History

Tainan County was established on 7 January 1946 on the territory of Tainan Prefecture (臺南州) shortly after the end of World War II. In the early years, Tainan County consists of most territory of Tainan Prefecture except the territory near cities of Tainan and Kagi (Chiayi). The county is subdivide into districts (區), which is reformed from Japanese districts (郡). The districts are divided into townships.

Districts in
Tainan Prefecture		Districts in
Tainan County		Notes
Shin'ei新営郡Hsin-ying新營區Defunct in July 1946, townships controlled by the County directly
Niitoyo新豐郡Hsin-feng新豐區
Shinka新化郡Hsin-hua新化區
Sobun曽文郡Tseng-wen曾文區
Hokumon北門郡Pei-men北門區
Kagi嘉義郡Chia-yi嘉義區
Tōseki東石郡Tung-shih東石區
Toroku斗六郡Tou-liu斗六區
Kobi虎尾郡Hu-wei虎尾區
Hokukō北港郡Pei-kang北港區

On 16 August 1950, another division reform was implemented. The northern part of the County was separated and established Chiayi County and Yunlin County. The remaining Tainan County has territory equivalent to the Shin'ei (Hsinying), Niitoyo (Hsinfeng), Shinka (Hsinhua), Sobun (Tsengwen), and Hokumon (Peimen) in the Japanese era. In addition, districts in the remaining part of Kaohsiung County was defunct. All townships were directly controlled by the County Government. On 25 December 2010, the county merged with Tainan City to form a larger single special municipality.[1]

Administrative divisions

The subdivisions of the County remains mostly stable between 1950 and 2010. However, some changed has also been made.

In 25 Dec 2010, The County was merged with Tainan City, all cities and townships became districts. On the eve of merging with Tainan City, the county consists of the following administrative divisions

TypeNameChineseTaiwaneseHakkaRegion
Cities Sinying (Xinying)新營市Sin-iâⁿSîn-yàngSinying
Yongkang永康市Éng-khongYún-khôngSinfeng
Urban
townships		 Yanshuei (Yanshui)鹽水鎮Kiâm-chúiYàm-súiSinying
Baihe白河鎮Pe̍h-hôPha̍k-hò
Madou麻豆鎮Môa-tāuMà-theuTsengwen
Jiali佳里鎮Ka-líKâ-lîPeimen
Syuejia (Xuejia)學甲鎮Ha̍k-kahHo̍k-kap
Sinhua (Xinhua)新化鎮Sin-hòaSîn-faSinhua
Shanhua善化鎮Siān-hòaSan-fa
Rural
townships		 Liouying (Liuying)柳營鄉Liú-iâⁿLiú-yàngSinying
Houbi後壁鄉Āu-piahHeu-piak
Dongshan東山鄉Tong-sanTûng-sân
Siaying (Xiaying)下營鄉Ē-iâⁿHa-yàngTsengwen
Lioujia (Liujia)六甲鄉La̍k-kahLiuk-kap
Guantian官田鄉Koaⁿ-tiānKôn-thièn
Danei大內鄉Tōa-lāiThai-nui
Sigang (Xigang)西港鄉Sai-kángSî-kóngPeimen
Cigu (Qigu)七股鄉Chhit-kó͘Tshit-kú
Jiangjyun (Jiangjun)將軍鄉Chiong-kunTsiông-kiûn
Beimen北門鄉Pak-mn̂gPet-mùn
Sinshih (Xinshi)新市鄉Sin-chhīSîn-sṳSinhua
Anding安定鄉An-tēngÔn-thin
Shanshang山上鄉San-siōngSân-song
Yujing玉井鄉Gio̍k-chéⁿNgiu̍k-tsiáng
Nansi (Nanxi)楠西鄉Lâm-seNàm-sî
Nanhua南化鄉Lâm-hòaNàm-fa
Zuojhen (Zuozhen)左鎮鄉Chó-tìnTsó-tsṳ́n
Rende仁德鄉Jîn-tekYìn-tetSinfeng
Gueiren (Guiren)歸仁鄉Kui-jînKûi-yìn
Guanmiao關廟鄉Koan-biōKûan-meu
Longci (Longqi)龍崎鄉Liông-kiāLiùng-khì

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xitem=53774&ctnode=413&mp=9%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D

Coordinates: 22°59′00″N 120°11′00″E / 22.9833°N 120.1833°E / 22.9833; 120.1833

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