Guanmiao District () is a rural

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in southeastern

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, Guanmiao was organized as a rural township of Tainan County. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County was merged with Tainan City and Guanmiao was upgraded to a

of the

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Geography

Area Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an ope ...

: 53.64 km² *

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: 34,693 people (January 2016)

Administrative divisions

The district consists of Guanmiao, Shanxi, Xiangyang, Beishi, Xinpu, Xinguang, Wujia, Tungshi, Songjiao, Shenkeng, Budai, Beitou, Xiahu, Huayuan and Nanxiong Village.

Tourist attractions

* Datan Lake Wanglai Park * Fang Family Shrine * Guanmiao Forest Park * Guanmiao Shansi Temple * Hills of Seven Constellations * Sinfeng Church * Thousand-Buddha Bodhi Temple * Tiesian Bridge * Yu Zen Retirement Center

Transportation

Guanmiao Service Area and an interchange of the Formosa Freeway is located in here.

Notable natives

* Kuo Kuo-wen, Deputy Minister of Labor (2016–2017) *

Chien-Ming Wang Chien-Ming Wang (; born March 31, 1980) is a Taiwanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Washington Nationals, Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals. He also played for ...

, MLB Pitcher(2000-2016)

References

External links

* Districts of Tainan {{Taiwan-geo-stub