Jiali District

Jiali District (Chinese: 佳里區; pinyin: Jiālǐ Qū; Wade–Giles: Chia1-li3 Ch'ü1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ka-lí) is a district located in Tainan, Taiwan, about 15 km north of the former Dutch base of Fort Zeelandia.

Jiali

佳里區

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District
Jiali District
Jiali District in Tainan City
LocationTainan, Taiwan
Area
 • Total39 km2 (15 sq mi)
Population
 (July 2018)
 • Total59,230
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)

History

In the 17th century, the place was named Soulang after one of the four subtribes of the local Siraya aborigines. Soulang was a village of about 1,500 inhabitants about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of Fort Zeelandia,[1] and became a station of the Dutch East India Company. It later became the Chinese market-town called Siau-lang[2] (Chinese: 蕭瓏 / 蕭隴 / 蕭壟; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siau-lang / Siau-lâng).[3]

Republic of China

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Jiali was organized as an urban township of Tainan County. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County was merged with Tainan City and Jiali was upgraded to a district of the city.

Administrative divisions

The district consists of Tungning, Zhongren, Zhenshan, Jiannan, Anxi, Liuan, Jiahua, Haideng, Minan, Zilong, Yingxi, Wenxin, Jiaxing, Xiaying, Wennei and Nanshi Village.[4]

Education

Tourist attractions
Zhengxing Temple

Transportation
Jiali Bus Station
  • Jiali Bus Station

Notable natives

References
  1. Andrade, Tonio (2005). "Chapter 3: Pax Hollandica". How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century. Columbia University Press. § 1-3.
  2. Campbell, William (1903). "Explanatory Notes". Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary records, with explanatory notes and a bibliography of the island. London: Kegan Paul. p. 547. OCLC 644323041.
  3. "Entry #40235 (蕭壟)". 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]. (in Chinese and Hokkien). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2019-04-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2019-04-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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