Gueiren District, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency () is a rural

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in southern

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" ...

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 ...

. It is home to the

Tainan HSR station Tainan () is a railway station in Tainan, Taiwan served by Taiwan High Speed Rail, and is connected to station for TRA services. Tainan HSR station is about 17 km away from Tainan railway station. Overview Tainan station was designed by Fei ...

History

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the

Republic of China 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 northeast ...

in 1945, Rende 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 was merged with Tainan City and Rende was upgraded to a

of the

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Administrative divisions

The district consists of Nanbao, Liujia, Guiren, Houshi, Gucuo, Xucuo, Kanxi, Kantung, Lunding, Shalun, Datan, Wutung, Bajia, Qijia, Mamiao, Xipu, Damiao, Nanxing, Xincuo, Guinan and Wenhua Village.

Economy

The local economy is based mainly on

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, including

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peanut The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible Seed, seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, important to both small ...

starfruit Carambola, also known as star fruit, is the fruit of '' Averrhoa carambola'', a species of tree native to tropical Southeast Asia. The mildly poisonous fruit is commonly consumed in parts of Brazil, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the South Pacif ...

and

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s. It also houses the

Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City The Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City () is an industrial park in Gueiren District, Tainan, Taiwan. History The development of the industrial park started on 27 October 2016 after the Executive Yuan approved the plan. On 6 November the sam ...

Education

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU; ) is a public research university in Taiwan. It was created in 2021 through the merger of National Yang-Ming University and National Chiao Tung University. At present, there are 19 colleges, 74 univ ...

Chang Jung Christian University Chang Jung Christian University (CJCU; ) is a privately funded, research-intensive, Presbyterian, co-educational university located in Gueiren District, Tainan, Taiwan. Chang Jung means ''everlasting glory'' in Mandarin. History The university ...

National Hsin-Feng Senior High School National Hsin-Feng Senior High School () is a coed public senior high school located in Gueiren District, Tainan, Taiwan. It is well known for its men's football team. History National Hsin-Feng Senior High School was founded as two-year Gueire ...

Tourist attractions

* Gueiren Excellencies Temple *

Guiren Living Art Center The Guiren Living Art Center () is an art center in Gueiren District, Tainan, Taiwan. History The art center building was originally constructed in 1934 as the village office for Kijin Village of Tainan Prefecture. After the handover of Taiwan ...

Lobster Pool Lobsters are a family (Nephropidae, synonym Homaridae) of marine crustaceans. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of their five pairs of legs have claws, including the first pair, ...

Renshou Temple Renshou Temple () is a Buddhist temple situated in downtown Foshan, Guangdong, China. History Renshou Temple was first built in the 13th year of Period Shunzhi (1656) in the Qing dynasty (1646–1911) by Chan master Zongtang (). In the 8th ...

Temple of Confucius A temple of Confucius or Confucian temple is a temple for the veneration of Confucius and the sages and philosophers of Confucianism in Chinese folk religion and other East Asian religions. They were formerly the site of the administration of t ...

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Transportation

- can transfer to

Shalun railway station Shalun () is a railway station which opened on 2 January 2011. It is operated by the Taiwan Railways Administration and is a terminal station on the Shalun line, located in Gueiren District, Tainan City, Taiwan. It connects to the THSR Tainan S ...

Chang Jung Christian University railway station Chang Jung Christian University () is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) Shalun line in Gueiren District, Tainan, Taiwan. Name The station was named after the nearby Chang Jung Christian University. History The stati ...

Notable natives

Lee Ming-liang Lee Ming-liang (; born 26 June 1936) is a Taiwanese geneticist who led the Department of Health from 2000 to 2002. After Lee left office, Taiwan was hit by the 2003 SARS outbreak, and he was named to a committee convened to research the disease. ...

, Minister of

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(2000–2002)

References

External links

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Name origin
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