Gueiren District, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency () is a rural district in southern Tainan, Taiwan. 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

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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 district 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 agriculture, including

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s, peanuts,

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and

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s. It also houses the Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City.

Education

* National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University * Chang Jung Christian University * National Hsin-Feng Senior High School

Tourist attractions

Gueiren Excellencies Temple Gueiren District, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency () is a rural district in southern Tainan, Taiwan. It is home to the Tainan HSR station. History After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, ...

* Guiren Living Art Center *

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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 *

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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 Department of Health (2000–2002)

References

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Name origin
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