Nansi District, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (), alternatively spelled Nanxi, 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, municip ...

of about 8,951 residents in

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and commonly called the "Taiwan Prefecture, ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

Name

Nansi () was so named because it is west of the Cishan River (Qishan). The 'nan' () in 'Nansi' is an abbreviation for Nanzixian River (), an alternate name for Cishan River. The 'si' () means 'west'. This name originated in the period of

Taiwan under Japanese rule The Geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, together with the Penghu, Penghu Islands, became an annexed territory of the Empire of Japan in 1895, when the Qing dynasty ceded Taiwan Province, Fujian-Taiwan Province in the Treaty of Shimonoseki a ...

History

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

in 1945, Nansi was organized as a rural township of

Tainan County Tainan County was a County (Taiwan), county in southern Taiwan between 1945 and 2010. The county seat was in Xinying District, Sinying City. History Tainan County was established on 7 January 1946 on the territory of Tainan Prefecture () sh ...

. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County was merged with Tainan City and Nansi was upgraded to a

of the

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

Geography

Nansi District borders Nanhua District to the east;

Yujing District Yujing District () is a District (Taiwan), rural district in eastern Tainan, Taiwan. It is famous for its cultivation of mangoes. After a 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit southern Taiwan in March 2010, pillars were severely damaged at Yujing Juni ...

to the south; Dongshan District,

Lioujia District Lioujia District, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency () is a rural District (Taiwan), district of about 21,392 residents in Tainan, Taiwan. History After the Retrocession Day, handover ...

, and

Danei District Danei District () is a District (Taiwan), rural district of about 8,948 residents in Tainan, Taiwan. History Formerly home to the Tevorangh Taiwanese Plains Aborigines, a branch of the Siraya people (Baccloangh subtribe). In 1920, the area wa ...

to the west; and Dapu, Chiayi to the north.

Administrative divisions

The district consists of Nanxi, Wanqiu, Miqi, Zhaoxing, Lutian, Guidan and Tungshi Village.

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