Nanhua District () is a rural district of about 8,209 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 ...

. It has two

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

s, the larger one being the Nanhua Reservoir. It is the largest district in the city.

History

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Nanhua 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, when Tainan County merged with Tainan City, Nanhua became a

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 Tainan City.

Administrative divisions

The district consists of Nanhua, Xiaolun, Zongken, Beiping, Donghe, Xipu, Beiliao, Yushan and Guanshan Village.

Tourist attractions

* Baoguang Temple * Houde Zizhu Temple * Longhu Temple * Nanhua Dam * Nanhua Ecological Park * Wushan Macaque Preservation Area

References

External links

* Districts of Tainan {{Taiwan-geo-stub