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Taiwanfu (other)
Taiwanfu () may refer to: * Taiwan Prefecture, a prefecture ruled by the Qing dynasty as a part of Fujian province ** Tainan, known as Taiwanfu when it served as the prefectural capital () ** Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Taiw ..., known as Taiwanfu when it served as the prefectural capital (1885–1895) * Zengwen River, formerly known as the Taiwanfu River after adjacent Tainan See also * Taiwan (other) * Fu (administrative division) {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan Prefecture
Taiwan Prefecture or Taiwanfu was a prefecture of Taiwan during the Qing dynasty. The prefecture was established by the Qing government in 1684, after the island came under Qing dynasty rule in 1683 following its conquest of the Kingdom of Tungning. The Taiwan Prefecture Gazetteer () documented it as part of Fujian Province. The Gazetteer was completed by Gao Gonggan in 1695, the 34th year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor. With the development and population growth of Taiwan during the Qing Era, the scope of Taiwan Prefecture was also varied over time. Following the establishment of Fujian-Taiwan Province in 1887, the prefecture correspondingly became a subdivision under the newly founded province. 1684–1723 When the Qing wrested the island from the control of the Kingdom of Tungning in 1683, Taiwan was made a prefecture under the administration of Fujian Province. The new prefecture consisted of three counties: *Zhuluo County, the central western plains and the north *, arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tainan
Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" for its over 200 years of history as the capital of Taiwan under Koxinga and later Qing rule. Tainan's complex history of comebacks, redefinitions and renewals inspired its popular nickname "the Phoenix City". Tainan is classified as a "Sufficiency" level global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. As Taiwan's oldest urban area, Tainan was initially established by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as a ruling and trading base called Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan), Fort Zeelandia during Dutch Formosa, the period of Dutch rule on the island. After Dutch colonists were defeated by Koxinga in 1661, Tainan remained as the capital of the Kingdom of Tungning, Tungning Kingdom until 1683 and afterwards the capital of Taiwan Pref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taichung
Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Taiwan, as well as the most populous city in Central Taiwan. It serves as the core of the Taichung–Changhua metropolitan area, the second largest metropolitan area in Taiwan. Located in the Taichung Basin, the city was initially developed from several scattered hamlets helmed by the Taiwanese indigenous peoples. It was constructed to be the new capital of Taiwan Province and renamed as " Taiwan-fu" in the late Qing dynastic era between 1887 and 1894. During the Japanese era from 1895, the urban planning of present-day city of Taichung was performed and developed by the Japanese. From the start of ROC rule in 1945, the urban area of Taichung was organized as a provincial city up until 25 December 2010, when the original provincial city and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zengwen River
The Zengwen River is the fourth longest river in Taiwan after the Zhuoshui River, Gaoping River, Gaoping, and Tamsui River, Tamsui, with a total length of about . It flows through Tainan and Chiayi County.It is located in the southwestern part of the island. Names ''Zéngwén'' is the pinyin romanization of Chinese, romanization of the Standard Mandarin, Mandarin pronunciation of the river's Chinese language, Chinese name The river was formerly known as the from the Hokkien language, Hokkien pronunciation of the same name. It was formerly known as the Taiwanfu from a former name of Tainan, when it was the headquarters of Qing Taiwan, Qing administration on the island as a district of Fujian Province. Reservoir The largest reservoir in Taiwan, Zengwen Reservoir, formed by Zengwen Dam, is located Located upstream of Zengwen River. National Park Taijiang National Park encompasses parts of the Zengwen estuary as well as nearby coastal areas. The endangered black-faced spoon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan (other)
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, is a country in East Asia. Taiwan or Tai Wan may also refer to: Places * Taiwan (island), the main island of Taiwan, known alternately as Formosa * Taiwan Province, a nominal administrative division covering much of Taiwan and the Penghu Islands * Taiwan Prefecture, a prefecture of Taiwan during the Qing dynasty ** "Taiwan", an old name for the city of Tainan (the former capital of the island) before the establishment of Tainan Prefecture * "Taiwan, China", a political propaganda term used by China's Communist government to claim Taiwan as part of its territory ;In Hong Kong * Tai Wan, Hung Hom, an area of Hong Kong and a former bay ** Tai Wan Road * Tai Wan (), a beach at Tai Long Wan (Sai Kung District), Hong Kong * Tai Wan (), a bay and village on the island of Po Toi * Tai Wan Village, Lamma Island, a village on Lamma Island, Hong Kong * Tai Wan Village, Sai Kung District, a village in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong People * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
