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Chianan Plain
Chianan, Chia-nan, or Jianan may refer to: * Chiayi–Tainan Plain, also known as the Chianan or Jianan Plain (, ''Jiānán Píngyuán''), a large plain on Taiwan Island * Chianan Irrigation (, ''Jianán Dàzùn''), also known as the Kanan Irrigation, used by farms in the Taiwanese plain See also * Wang Jianan (other) * Jian'an (other) or Chien-an, sometimes misspelled as Jianan or Chianan * Kanan (other), the Japanese pronunciation of the same characters {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiayi–Tainan Plain
The Chiayi–Tainan, Chianan or Jianan Plain (), is an alluvial plain located at the central-southern region of western Taiwan. It is the largest plain of the island, and lies in Tainan City and Chiayi County/Chiayi City, from which the name of the plain derived. It also includes some portions of Yunlin County, Changhua County, and Kaohsiung City. There are several rivers flowing through it, such as the Zengwun River. Historically, the plain was mostly inhabited by Taiwanese Aborigines, a small fraction of the population today. Since the era of the Qing Dynasty, the Chianan Plain became a main destination of Han Chinese, Han immigrants. This area also supplies many food crops to the whole island of Taiwan since the Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese-ruled era. Geography The Chianan Plain faces the Taiwan Strait on the west, Taichung Basin on the north, Pingtung Plain on the southeast, and lies to the west of foothills that extend from the Alishan Mountains. The area determined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chianan Irrigation
Chianan Irrigation (), also known as the Kanan Irrigation System, was built to support agricultural production in the Chianan Plain of Taiwan. The name "chia-nan" was derived from two place names among its surrounding area called Chiayi and Tainan. Although it includes some other facilities, such as the Wusanto Reservoir, the term "Chianan Canal", in a narrow sense, would only mean the canals of this system. The main designer of the Chianan Canal is Yoichi Hatta, a civil engineer of the Japanese government. Its main streams pass through today's Tainan, Chiayi and Yunlin, formerly parts of Tainan Prefecture. The architectural work of canal was launched in 1920 and completed in 1930, during Japanese rule. The canal improved the plantable area for rice from 5000 to 150,000 hectare The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), that is, square metres (), and is primarily used in the measurement of lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Jianan (other)
Wang Jianan may refer to: * Wang Jian'an (王建安; 1908–1980), Chinese general * Wang Jianan (table tennis) (汪佳男; born 1983), Congo table tennis player * Wang Jianan (footballer) (王嘉楠; born 1993), Chinese footballer * Wang Jianan (long jumper) (王嘉男; born 1996), Chinese long jumper See also * Wang Jian (other) {{hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jian'an (other)
Jian'an, Chien-an, or Chienan may refer to: * Jian'an (Eastern Han) (196–220), an era name used by Emperor Xian of Han * Jian'an poetry, a Chinese poetry style associated with the late Han dynasty * Seven Scholars of Jian'an, a group of scholars from the above period * Jian'an District, a district of Xuchang, Henan * Jian'an Subdistrict, Shijiazhuang, a subdistrict in Qiaodong District, Shijiazhuang, Hebei See also * Jianan (other), or Chianan {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |