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. In the early years, Tainan County consists of most territory of Tainan Prefecture except the territory near cities of Tainan and Kagi. The county is subdivide into districts, which is reformed from Japanese 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 Chiayi County and Yunlin County. The remaining Tainan County has territory equivalent to the Shin'ei, Niitoyo, Shinka, Sobun, and Hokumon 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 Tainan City to form a larger single special municipality.

Administrative divisions

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

10 Mar 1946, Anshun was merged into Tainan City and reformed from a rural township to a district.
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 county-administered city for its position as a county seat.
1 May 1993, Yungkang reformed from a rural township to a county-administered city for its population.

In 25 Dec 2010, The county was merged with Tainan City, all cities and townships became districts. On the eve of merging with Tainan City, the county consists of the following administrative divisions

Type	Name	Chinese	Taiwanese	Hakka	Region
Cities	Sinying		Sin-iâⁿ	Sîn-yàng	Sinying
Cities	Yongkang		Éng-khong	Yún-không	Sinfeng
Urban townships	Yanshuei		Kiâm-chúi	Yàm-súi	Sinying
Urban townships	Baihe		Pe̍h-hô	Pha̍k-hò	Sinying
Urban townships	Madou		Môa-tāu	Mà-theu	Tsengwen
Urban townships	Jiali		Ka-lí	Kâ-lî	Peimen
Urban townships	Syuejia		Ha̍k-kah	Ho̍k-kap	Peimen
Urban townships	Sinhua		Sin-hòa	Sîn-fa	Sinhua
Urban townships	Shanhua		Siān-hòa	San-fa	Sinhua
Rural townships	Liouying		Liú-iâⁿ	Liú-yàng	Sinying
Rural townships	Houbi		Āu-piah	Heu-piak	Sinying
Rural townships	Dongshan		Tong-san	Tûng-sân	Sinying
Rural townships	Siaying		Ē-iâⁿ	Ha-yàng	Tsengwen
Rural townships	Lioujia		La̍k-kah	Liuk-kap	Tsengwen
Rural townships	Guantian		Koaⁿ-tiān	Kôn-thièn	Tsengwen
Rural townships	Danei		Tōa-lāi	Thai-nui	Tsengwen
Rural townships	Sigang		Sai-káng	Sî-kóng	Peimen
Rural townships	Cigu		Chhit-kó͘	Tshit-kú	Peimen
Rural townships	Jiangjyun		Chiong-kun	Tsiông-kiûn	Peimen
Rural townships	Beimen		Pak-mn̂g	Pet-mùn	Peimen
Rural townships	Sinshih		Sin-chhī	Sîn-sṳ	Sinhua
Rural townships	Anding		An-tēng	Ôn-thin	Sinhua
Rural townships	Shanshang		San-siōng	Sân-song	Sinhua
Rural townships	Yujing		Gio̍k-chéⁿ	Ngiu̍k-tsiáng	Sinhua
Rural townships	Nansi		Lâm-se	Nàm-sî	Sinhua
Rural townships	Nanhua		Lâm-hòa	Nàm-fa	Sinhua
Rural townships	Zuojhen		Chó-tìn	Tsó-tsṳ́n	Sinhua
Rural townships	Rende		Jîn-tek	Yìn-tet	Sinfeng
Rural townships	Gueiren		Kui-jîn	Kûi-yìn	Sinfeng
Rural townships	Guanmiao		Koan-biō	Kûan-meu	Sinfeng
Rural townships	Longci		Liông-kiā	Liùng-khì	Sinfeng