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

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 county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

of about 20,503 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

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Liouying was organized as a rural township of Tainan County. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County was merged with Tainan City and Liouying was upgraded to a

of the

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Administrative divisions

Shilin, Guangfu, Zhongcheng, Tungsheng, Baweng, Renhe, Taikang, Zhongxi, Dunong, Danong, Shennong, Guoyi and Xushan Village.

Education

* Min-Hwei College of Health Care Management

Tourist attractions

* Deyuanpi Holland Village * Jianshanpi Jiangnan Resort * Liu Chi-hsiang Art Gallery and Memorial Hall *

Liu Clan Shrine The Liu Clan Shrine () is an ancestral shrine in Liouying District, Tainan, Taiwan. History The construction of the shrine started in 1867 and completed in 1871. Architecture The shrine is housed in a single-story building. The whole complex ...

* Foshan Guanyin Temple * Jianshanpi Reservoir * Liouying Daitian Temple * Nanyuan Recreational Farm * Taikang Green Tunnel

Transportation

* TRA Liuying Station

Notable natives

Liu Chi-hsiang Liu Chi-hsiang (: Korean: ''(류)유지상'' ; 3 February 1910 – 27 April 1998) was a Taiwanese painter. He was born in ''Ryūei'', Tainan-chō, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan). In 1923, Liu finished his Public School edu ...

References

External links

* {{Districts in Taiwan Districts of Tainan