Tainan County


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

History

Tainan County was established on 7 January 1946 on the territory of Tainan Prefecture 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. The county is subdivide into districts, which is reformed from Japanese districts. The districts are divided into townships.
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, Niitoyo, Shinka, Sobun, and Hokumon 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.

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
CitiesSinying Sin-iâⁿSîn-yàngSinying
CitiesYongkangÉng-khongYún-khôngSinfeng
Urban
townships
Yanshuei Kiâm-chúiYàm-súiSinying
Urban
townships
BaihePe̍h-hôPha̍k-hòSinying
Urban
townships
MadouMôa-tāuMà-theuTsengwen
Urban
townships
JialiKa-líKâ-lîPeimen
Urban
townships
Syuejia Ha̍k-kahHo̍k-kapPeimen
Urban
townships
Sinhua Sin-hòaSîn-faSinhua
Urban
townships
ShanhuaSiān-hòaSan-faSinhua
Rural
townships
Liouying Liú-iâⁿLiú-yàngSinying
Rural
townships
HoubiĀu-piahHeu-piakSinying
Rural
townships
DongshanTong-sanTûng-sânSinying
Rural
townships
Siaying Ē-iâⁿHa-yàngTsengwen
Rural
townships
Lioujia La̍k-kahLiuk-kapTsengwen
Rural
townships
GuantianKoaⁿ-tiānKôn-thiènTsengwen
Rural
townships
DaneiTōa-lāiThai-nuiTsengwen
Rural
townships
Sigang Sai-kángSî-kóngPeimen
Rural
townships
Cigu Chhit-kó͘Tshit-kúPeimen
Rural
townships
Jiangjyun Chiong-kunTsiông-kiûnPeimen
Rural
townships
BeimenPak-mn̂gPet-mùnPeimen
Rural
townships
Sinshih Sin-chhīSîn-sṳSinhua
Rural
townships
AndingAn-tēngÔn-thinSinhua
Rural
townships
ShanshangSan-siōngSân-songSinhua
Rural
townships
YujingGio̍k-chéⁿNgiu̍k-tsiángSinhua
Rural
townships
Nansi Lâm-seNàm-sîSinhua
Rural
townships
NanhuaLâm-hòaNàm-faSinhua
Rural
townships
Zuojhen Chó-tìnTsó-tsṳ́nSinhua
Rural
townships
RendeJîn-tekYìn-tetSinfeng
Rural
townships
Gueiren Kui-jînKûi-yìnSinfeng
Rural
townships
GuanmiaoKoan-biōKûan-meuSinfeng
Rural
townships
Longci Liông-kiāLiùng-khìSinfeng