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Tainan County was a

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in southern

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between 1945 and 2010. The county seat was in Sinying City.

History

Tainan County was established on 7 January 1946 on the territory of

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() shortly after the end of

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. In the early years, Tainan County consists of most territory of

except the territory near cities of Tainan and Kagi (

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). The county is subdivide into districts (), which is reformed from

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(). The districts are divided into townships. On 16 August 1950, another division reform was implemented. The northern part of the county was separated and established

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and

Yunlin County Yunlin County (Mandarin pinyin: ''Yúnlín Xiàn''; Taigi POJ: ''Hûn-lîm-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Yùn-lìm-yen'') is a county in western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County t ...

. The remaining Tainan County has territory equivalent to the Shin'ei (Hsinying), Niitoyo (Hsinfeng), Shinka (Hsinhua), Sobun (Tsengwen), and Hokumon (Peimen) in the

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. In addition, districts in the remaining part of Kaohsiung County was defunct. All townships were directly controlled by the County Government. On 25 December 2010, the county merged with

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City to form a larger single

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Administrative divisions

The subdivisions of the County remains mostly stable between 1950 and 2010. However, some changed has also been made. * 10 Mar 1946,

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() was merged into

City and reformed from a rural township to a

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. * 2 Feb 1968, Hsuehchia () reformed from a rural township to an

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for its population. * 25 Dec 1981, Hsinying () reformed from an

to a

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for its position as a county seat. * 1 May 1993, Yungkang () reformed from a rural township to a

for its population. In 25 Dec 2010, The county was merged with

City, all

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and

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became

. On the eve of merging with

City, the county consists of the following administrative divisions

References

External links

Tainan Government Website
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History

Administrative divisions

See also

References

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