Danei District () is a rural district of about 8,948 residents in

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a 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 his ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

History

Formerly home to the Tevorangh

Taiwanese Plains Aborigines Plains indigenous peoples (), previously called plain aborigines, are Taiwanese indigenous peoples originally residing in lowland regions, as opposed to Highland indigenous peoples. Plains indigenous peoples consist of anywhere from eight to twe ...

, a branch of the

Siraya people The Siraya () people are a Taiwanese indigenous people. The Siraya settled flat coastal plains in the southwest part of the island of Taiwan and corresponding sections of the east coast; the area is identified today with Tainan City and Taitun ...

(Baccloangh subtribe). In 1920, the area was designated , ,

Tainan Prefecture was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Tainan City, Chiayi City, Chiayi County and Yunlin County. Population Administrative divisions Cities and districts In 19 ...

. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Danei 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 Danei was upgraded to a

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of the

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Administrative divisions

The district consists of Shihu, Shilin, Shicheng, Neijiang, Danei, Neiguo, Toushe, Huanhu, Erxi and Quxi Village.https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TV/nm67000001100000000.html

Tourist attractions

* Nanyuan Recreational Farm * Sanhu Lake * Siangong Temple * Tainan Astronomical Education Area * Tainan Science Education Museum * Tsou Ma Lai Farm *

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* Wushantou Prehistoric Remains

References

External links

* {{Districts in Taiwan Districts of Tainan