Beimen District () is a coastal

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

of about 10,307 residents in

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" ...

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History

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the

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in 1945, Beimen was organized as a rural township of

Tainan County Tainan County was a county in southern Taiwan between 1945 and 2010. The county seat was in Sinying City. History Tainan County was established on 7 January 1946 on the territory of Tainan Prefecture () shortly after the end of World War II ...

. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County merged with Tainan City and Beimen was upgraded to a

of the

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Administrative divisions

Beimen is divided into Beimen, Yonglong, Yonghua, Yugang, Baoji, Tungbi, Kunjiang, Shuangchun, Jinhu, Cian, Sanguang, Zhongshu and Renli Villages.

Tourist attractions

* Beimen Crystal Church * Beimen Island Presbyterian Church *

Jingzaijiao Tile-paved Salt Fields The Jingzaijiao Tile-paved Salt Fields () are salt ponds in Beimen District, Tainan, Taiwan. History Originally established in 1818 by salt farmers as the Laidong Salt Fields, the field is the oldest salt field in Taiwan. The site was original ...

Jishui River The Jishui River () is a river in Taiwan. It flows through Tainan City for 65 km. See also *List of rivers in Taiwan This is a list of rivers ( or ) on Taiwan Island in the Republic of China which are over : * Dongshan River - Yilan ...

Taiwan Blackfoot Disease Socio-Medical Service Memorial House The Taiwan Blackfoot Disease Socio-Medical Service Memorial House () is a former clinic building in Yonglong Village, Beimen District, Tainan, Taiwan. History The memorial house used to be a clinic for Wang King-ho, a doctor who had fought the ...

* Nankunshen Temple * Shuangchun Seashore Park * Beimen Sports Park * Luzhugou Fishing Harbor

Transportation

Provincial Highway 84 connects the district to

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and

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. Provincial Highway 61 also runs through the district.

Notable natives

Wang King-ho Wang King-ho (; 23 April 1916 – 13 March 2014) was a Taiwanese physician. He held local political office from 1945 to 1955, and treated residents of Beimen District and surrounding areas after an outbreak of blackfoot disease (arsenic poisonin ...

, former physician *

Wu Mi-cha Wu Mi-cha (; born 22 March 1956) is a Taiwanese historian. He was the vice chairman of the Council for Cultural Affairs from 2001 to 2004, after which he became director of the National Museum of Taiwan History. In May 2016, Wu was appointed head ...

, Director of

National Palace Museum The National Palace Museum (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kwet-li̍p kù-kiung pok-vu̍t-yèn), is a museum in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). It has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts and artworks, many of which wer ...

References

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