South District, Tainan

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

South

南區
District
South District
CountryRepublic of China (Taiwan)
RegionSouthern Tainan
Divisions
List
  • 39 villages
  • 833 neighborhoods
Area
 • Total27.2681 km2 (10.5283 sq mi)
Area rankRanked 33rd of 37
Population
 • Total125,596
 • RankRanked 5th of 37
 • Density4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Postal code
702
Websitewww.tnsouth.gov.tw (in Chinese)
Jiankang Street in south district

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]

  Xia-lin subarea:Wennan, Wenhua, Xinchang, Guangzhou
  Tian-liao subarea:Xinxing, Zaixing, Tianliao, Dacheng
  Xin-xing public housing subarea:Kainan, Nandou, Nanhua, Zhangnan
  Shue-jiao-she subarea:Mingde, Lizhai
  Da-lin subarea:Dazhong, Dalin, Daen, Xinsheng
  Yan-cheng subarea:Jinhua, Guozhai, Rixin, Baixue, Funan, Mingliang, Mingxing, Jiannan, Junnan, Guangming
  Misc subarea:Zhuxi
  Sih-kun-seng subarea:Kunseng
  Xi-shu subarea:Xibei, Xidong, Xinan
  Wan-li subarea:Yongning, Tongan, Fotan, Songan, Shenggong, Xingnong

Tourist attractions

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

References
  1. http://www.tnsouth.gov.tw/english/about2.html
  2. "South District Office Internet, Tainan City Internet Service Website". tnsouth.gov.tw.
  3. http://www.tnsouth.gov.tw/english/about.html
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