South District, Tainan

22°57′42″N 120°11′29″E / 22.961555°N 120.191261°E / 22.961555; 120.191261

District in Southern Tainan, Republic of China

Jiankang Street in south district

South District (Chinese: 南區; pinyin: Nán Qū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-khu) is a district home to 121,133 people located in Tainan, Taiwan.

History

In February 2002, Qingquan Village and Longgang Village were combined to be Kunni Village; Songshan Village and Nanshan Village were merged into Songan Village; Zhonghe Village, Juexin Village and Haifeng Village were merged into Yongning Village; Nandu Village was divided into Nandu Village and Nanhua Village. In February 2006, Xingzhong Village was merged into Mingde Village, bringing the total villages in the district to become 39.^[1]

Geography

Map of Tainan South area (1944)

Map of the region including southern Tainan (1951)

• Population: 125,734 (January 2016)^[2]
• Area: 28.0383 km²

Administrative divisions

The map of division of South District.^[3]

Tourist attractions

• Blueprint Culture and Creative Park
• Tainan City Hakka Assembly Hall of Culture
• Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium

Education

• Senior High School
  • National Tainan Commercial Vocational Senior High School
  • Tainan Municipal Nan-Ning Senior High School
  • Liu-Sin Senior High School
  • Asia Senior Hospitality Vocational School
• Junior High School
  • Tainan Municipal Da-Cheng Junior High School
  • The junior high school branch of Tainan Municipal Nan-Ning Senior High School
  • Tainan Municipal Xin-Xing Senior High School
• Elementary School
  • Tainan Municipal Xin-Xing Elementary School
  • Tainan Municipal Sheng-Gong Elementary School
  • Tainan Municipal Yong-Hua Elementary School
  • Tainan Municipal Xi-Shu Elementary School
  • Tainan Municipal Long-Gang Elementary School
  • Tainan Municipal Zi-Kai Elementary School
  • Tainan Municipal Ri-Xin Elementary School

Transportation

Tainan Airport

Air

The district houses the Tainan Airport.

Roads

The district is connected to Guanmiao District through Provincial Highway 86.

See also

• Tainan

References

1. "South District Office Internet, Tainan City Internet Service Website".
2. "South District Office Internet, Tainan City Internet Service Website". tnsouth.gov.tw.
3. "South District Office Internet, Tainan City Internet Service Website".

External links

• Official website (in Chinese)