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Tainan County was a

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in southern

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between 1945 and 2010. The county seat was in Sinying City.

History

Tainan County was established on 7 January 1946 on the territory of

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() shortly after the end of

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. In the early years, Tainan County consists of most territory of

except the territory near cities of Tainan and Kagi (

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). The county is subdivide into districts (), which is reformed from

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districts (). The districts are divided into townships. On 16 August 1950, another division reform was implemented. The northern part of the county was separated and established

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and Yunlin County. The remaining Tainan County has territory equivalent to the Shin'ei (Hsinying), Niitoyo (Hsinfeng), Shinka (Hsinhua), Sobun (Tsengwen), and Hokumon (Peimen) in the Japanese era. In addition, districts in the remaining part of Kaohsiung County was defunct. All townships were directly controlled by the County Government. On 25 December 2010, the county merged with

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City to form a larger single special municipality.http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xitem=53774&ctnode=413&mp=9

Administrative divisions

The subdivisions of the County remains mostly stable between 1950 and 2010. However, some changed has also been made. * 10 Mar 1946,

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() was merged into

City and reformed from a rural township to a

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. * 2 Feb 1968, Hsuehchia () reformed from a rural township to an urban township for its population. * 25 Dec 1981, Hsinying () reformed from an urban township to a

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for its position as a county seat. * 1 May 1993, Yungkang () reformed from a rural township to a

for its population. In 25 Dec 2010, The county was merged with

City, all

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and

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became districts. On the eve of merging with

City, the county consists of the following administrative divisions

References

External links

Tainan Government Website
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History

Administrative divisions

See also

References

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