Jiali, Tainan
Jiali District () is a district located in northern Tainan, Taiwan, about 15 km north of the former Dutch base of Fort Zeelandia. 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 north of Fort Zeelandia, and became a station of the Dutch East India Company. It later became the Chinese market-town called ''Siau-lang'' (). 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. Education * National Pei Men Senior High School * Nati ...
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District (Taiwan)
Districts are administrative subdivisions of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan)'s special municipality (Taiwan), special municipalities of the second level and provincial city (Taiwan), provincial cities of the third level formerly under its Provinces of China, provinces. There are two types of district in the administrative scheme. Ordinary districts are governed directly by the municipality/city government with district administrators appointed by the mayors to four-year terms. The mountain indigenous district is a local government body with elected district chiefs as well as district council serving four-year terms. History The first administrative divisions entitled "districts" were established in the 1900s when Taiwan was Taiwan under Japanese rule, under Japanese rule. After the World War II, nine (9) out of eleven (11) Cities of Japan, prefectural cities established by the Japanese government were reform into provincial cities. These cities are Changhua, Chiayi, Hsin ...
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Legislative Yuan
The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel voting system. Originally located in Nanking, the Legislative Yuan, along with the National Assembly (electoral college) and the Control Yuan (upper house), formed the tricameral parliament under the original 1947 Constitution. The Legislative Yuan previously had 759 members representing each constituencies of all provinces, municipalities, Tibet, Outer Mongolia and various professions. Until democratization, the Republic of China was an authoritarian state under Dang Guo, the Legislative Yuan had alternatively been characterized as a rubber stamp for the then-ruling regime of the Kuomintang. Like parliaments or congresses of other countries, the Legislative Yuan is responsible for the passage of legislation, which is then sent to the ...
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Wei Yao-chien
Wei Yao-chien (; born 5 February 1950) is a Taiwanese politician. Early life and career Wei was born on 5 February 1950 in Tainan to a conservative family with strong ties to the Kuomintang. He attended the University of Essex and completed further study at Harvard University as well as Yale University before he was trained as a dentist. He later earned a master's degree in political science at National Taiwan University. Political career Wei turned against the Kuomintang after Fang Su-min and Lin Yi-hsiung's twin daughters were in 1979. His friendship with Frank Hsieh also contributed to Wei's political beliefs. Wei represented Tainan for two terms on the Legislative Yuan, from 1990 to 1996, as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party. During his legislative tenure, Wei became known for fighting fellow lawmakers. Wei alluded to his dental practice in describing physical confrontation attempts to "pull the tiger's teeth." Wei left the Democratic Progressive Party to run ...
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Chiayi City
Chiayi (, Taiwanese Hokkien, Taigi Pe̍h-ōe-jī, POJ: ''Ka-gī''; ), officially known as Chiayi City, is a Provincial city (Taiwan), city located in the plains of southwestern Taiwan. Formerly called ''Kagee'' during the late Qing dynasty and ''Kagi'' during the Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese era (), its historical name is ''Tirosen''. History Early history First inhabited by the Hoanya Taiwanese aborigines, aborigines, the region was named Tirosen (variants ''Tirocen'', ''Tiracen''). With the arrival of Han Chinese immigrants in southwestern Taiwan, the name evolved to become ''Tsulosan'' () in Hokkien. Eventually, Tsulosan was shortened to simply Tsulo. Because of the choice of the characters, it has been mistakenly suggested that the origin of the name came from the expression "mountains surrounding the east". "Peach City" is another name for Chiayi City due to its peach-shaped territory in ancient times. The tip of the peach is around Central Fountain and was called " ...
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Mayor Of Chiayi
The mayor of Chiayi is the chief executive of the government of Chiayi City. The current mayor is Huang Min-hui of Kuomintang since 25 December 2018. List of mayors This list includes mayors of the city's county-administered city, county-administered era (1952–1982) and Provincial city (Taiwan), provincial era (1982–present). During the city's provincial era, all but one of the city's elected mayors were women. County-administered City era Provincial City era Timeline References External links Mayors - Chiayi City Government
{{The current heads of the local government in ROC (Taiwan) Lists of mayors of places in Taiwan, Chiayi Mayors of Chiayi, ...
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Chen Li-chen
Chen Li-chen (; born 6 July 1958) is a Taiwanese politician. Chen graduated from Chinese Medicine University with a master's degree in environmental medicine. She began her political career working for the Chiayi City Environmental Protection Bureau and later the Department of Health. In 1999, Chen was named deputy mayor of Chiayi under Chang Po-ya, who she succeeded in office when Chang was appointed to lead the interior ministry. Chen joined the Democratic Progressive Party in March 2003. She defeated Lee Chun-yi in a party primary, and the DPP backed Chen as its Chiayi mayoral candidate for the 2005 elections. She lost to Kuomintang candidate Huang Min-hui Huang Min-hui (; ) is a Taiwanese politician. She was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2005. Her tenure as vice chairperson of the Kuomintang (2008–16) overlapped with two terms as Mayor of Chiayi City (2005–14). Education Huan ..., who left the legislature to assume the mayoralty. Chen then contested ...
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Shing Nan Bus Jiali Station 201102
Shing may refer to: * Shing (Hainish Cycle), a fictional alien race in the Hainish Cycle of novels and short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin, especially in ''City of Illusions''. * Shing (surname), spelling of various Chinese surnames * Shing, Tajikistan * An onomatopoeia often used for bladed objects * A Shina tribe of Chilas See also * *Sing (other) To sing is to produce musical sounds with a voice. Sing may also refer to: Film * ''Sing'' (1989 film), an American musical drama film following a fictional SING! production in New York City * '' Sing!'', a 2001 American documentary short film a ...

Jintang Temple
Jintang may refer to the following locations in China: *Jintang County (金堂县), Chengdu, Sichuan *Jintang Island (金塘岛), in Zhoushan, Zhejiang * Jintang Township (金塘乡), Qiaojia County, Yunnan ;Towns (金塘镇) * Jintang, Maoming, town in Maonan District, Maoming, Guangdong * Jintang, Chongyang County, town in Chongyang County, Hubei * Jintang, Zhoushan, town in Dinghai District () is a district of Zhoushan City made of 128 islands in Zhejiang province, China.The total area is 1,444 square kilometres.The land area is 568.8 square kilometers, the sea area is 875.2 square kilometers, and the coastline is more than 400 kilo ...

Soulangh Cultural Park
The Soulangh Cultural Park () is a multi-purpose park in Jiali District, Tainan, Taiwan. History The cultural park was originally built as Jiali Sugar Factory or Soulangh Sugar Refinery in 1906 during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. The factory was closed down in 1995. In 2003, the Soulangh Cultural Park Preparatory Office was established. The factory was then transformed into Soulangh Cultural Park and was opened in 2005. In 2013, it initiated the Soulangh Artist Village. Architecture The cultural park also consists of 14 former warehouses of the factory. It also has library, playroom and museum. Exhibitions The cultural park displays exhibitions on Tainan folk art and Siraya people. See also * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan Popular tourist attractions in Taiwan include the following: Attractions Historical buildings * Beihai Tunnel, Beigan () * Beihai Tunnel, Nangan () * Daxi Wude Hall () * Ete . ...
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