Gueiren 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 ...

in southern

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 ...

. It is home to the Tainan HSR station.

History

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Rende was organized as a rural township of Tainan County. 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

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...

, including sugar-apples,

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s, starfruit and guavas. It also houses the Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City.

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 un ...

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 * Renshou Temple *

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 ...

* World Snake Educational Farm

Transportation

* Tainan HSR station - can transfer to Shalun railway station *

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, Minister of

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(2000–2002)

References

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Name origin
{{Districts in Taiwan Districts of Tainan