Tainan metropolitan area

Place in Tainan, Taiwan ----
23°00′N 120°13′E / 23.000°N 120.217°E / 23.000; 120.217CountryTaiwan
Major CitiesTainanArea
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601.89 km2 (232.39 sq mi)Population
 (End of March 2018)
 • Metro
1,359,898 • Metro density2,259.35/km2 (5,851.7/sq mi)

Tainan metropolitan area (Chinese: 臺南都會區; pinyin: Táinán Dūhuì Qū) is the urban area of Tainan City in southern Taiwan.

Definition

According to the definition of metropolitan areas formerly used by the government, Tainan metropolitan area includes the following areas:

Tainan City (core city) Kaohsiung City
  • Anding District
  • Annan District
  • Anping District
  • Cigu District
  • East District
  • Guanmiao District

However, since the merger of Tainan City and the former Tainan County, the term is no longer in official usage.[1]

References

  1. ^ 「中華民國統計地區標準分類」自99年12月25日起停止適用 (PDF). Retrieved 2010-07-04.
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  • 1 The provinces are merely retained as nominal entities within the constitutional structure, as they have no governing power following the formal dissolution of the provincial administrative organs in 2018. Cities and counties are de facto regarded as the principal constituent divisions of the ROC.
    • Sarah Shair-Rosenfield (November 2020). "Taiwan Combined" (PDF). The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 29 May 2021.


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