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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, is a state in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China now governs the island of Taiwan (formerly known as "Formosa"), which makes up over 99% of its territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other minor islands. Neighboring states include the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east and northeast, and the Philippines to the south.

Located at 22.95, 120.2 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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National Cheng Kung University

National Cheng Kung University is a research-led comprehensive university in Tainan City, Taiwan. Its abbreviation is NCKU. In Chinese, its name is shortened to 成大 (Chéng Dà). Cheng Kung is named after Zheng Ch'eng-Kung, who defeated the Dutch and founded the Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan. NCKU is one of the most prestigious universities in Taiwan, with a high reputation in science, engineering, medicine, management, planning and design.

Located at 23, 120.217 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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National Cheng Kung University, Universities and colleges in Tainan

Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)

Fort Zeelandia was a fortress built over ten years from 1624 to 1634 by the Dutch Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, in the town of Anping on the island of Formosa, during their 38-year rule over the western part of that island. Although the site was previously named Orange City (奧倫治城), Anping City (安平城), and Taiwan City (台灣城), the current name of the site in Chinese is Anping Fort (安平古堡).

Located at 23.0017, 120.161 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Historic sites in Taiwan, Forts in Taiwan, Dutch Formosa, Visitor attractions in Tainan

National Museum of Taiwan Literature

The National Museum of Taiwan Literature is a museum located in Tainan City, Taiwan. It opened in 2003. The museum researches, catalogs, preserves, and exhibits literary artifacts. As part of its multilingual, multi-ethnic focus, it holds a large collection of local works in Taiwanese, Japanese, Mandarin, and Classical Chinese.

Located at 22.992, 120.205 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Guiren District

Guiren is a rural district in southern Tainan, Taiwan.

Located at 22.9667, 120.283 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Anping District

Anping District is a district of Tainan City. In March 2012, it was named one of the Top 10 Small Touist Towns by the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan.

Located at 22.9935, 120.165 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Rende District

Rende (仁德) is a rural district in southern Tainan City, Republic of China (Taiwan). Area: 50.77 km² Population: 66,682 people (2003)

Located at 22.9667, 120.25 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Districts of Tainan

Kingdom of Tungning

The Kingdom of Tungning or Kingdom of Formosa was a government that ruled part of southwestern Taiwan between 1661 and 1683. A pro-Ming Dynasty state, it was founded by Koxinga (also known as Zheng Chenggong) (鄭成功) after the Ming government in China was replaced by the Manchu-ruled Qing Dynasty. Koxinga hoped to use the island as a base of operations to train military forces and recapture mainland China from the Manchus.

Located at 23.1044, 120.208 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Fort Provintia

{{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:22|59|51|N|120|12|10.12|E|type:landmark |primary |name= }} Sakam Tower, formerly Fort Provintia, in West Central District, Tainan City was built in 1653 by the Dutch during their colonization of Taiwan. The fort was surrendered to Koxinga. Since 1945 the site has been known as Chihkan Tower (赤崁樓), which derives from the Taiwanese aboriginal village name recorded by the Dutch as variants of "Chaccam," "Sakam," "Zaccam," etc.

Located at 22.9975, 120.203 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Eternal Golden Castle

The Eternal Golden Castle, alternatively but less well known as Uhrkuenshen Battery, is a defensive castle in Anping, Tainan, Taiwan. The castle was built in 1874 by the famous Qing official Shen Baozhen in order to safeguard the coast and to defend the island against Japanese invasions. In 1895, when Taiwan was invaded by the Empire of Japan, the Taiwanese people fought against the Japanese battleship from this fortress.

Located at 22.9886, 120.16 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Historic sites in Taiwan, Forts in Taiwan, Taiwan under Qing Dynasty rule, Taiwan under Japanese rule, Castles in Taiwan

Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium

Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in Tainan City, Taiwan. Situated in the southern district of Tainan City, it is currently used mostly for professional baseball games, and has been the home stadium of Uni-President Lions since 1990.

Located at 22.9806, 120.206 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Tainan Airport

Tainan Airport (Chinese: 臺南機場; formally "臺南航空站") is a commercial airport located in South District, Tainan City, Taiwan. It is shared with Republic of China Air Force Tainan AFB. In January 2011, the Civil Aeronautics Administration approved the airport to handle international flights in the future. It is the third busiest domestic airport after Taipei Songshan Airport and Kaohsiung Airport.

Located at 22.9503, 120.206 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Airports in Taiwan

National Tainan First Senior High School

National Tainan First Senior High School is a public senior high school in Tainan City, Taiwan. The school was established in 1922. It is often considered one of the most prestigious high schools in Taiwan, usually only accepting students who rank in the top 3 percentile of the Taiwan Basic Scholastic Test.

Located at 22.9942, 120.216 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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High schools in Taiwan, Tainan

Temple of the Five Concubines

The Temple of the Five Concubines (五妃廟), known also by alternative names including the Temple of the Five Noble Ladies, is a temple in Tainan, Taiwan. It was built in front of the tomb of the five concubines of Zhu Shugui, the Ming Prince of Ningjing, who killed themselves in 1683 to accompany him in death. It is registered as a first-class historic site by the Republic of China government.

Located at 22.9821, 120.205 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Concubines, Taoist temples in Tainan

Taiwan Confucian Temple

The Taiwan Confucian Temple is a Confucian temple on Nanmen Road in Tainan City, Taiwan. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:22|59|25|N|120|12|15|E|type:landmark |primary |name= }}

Located at 22.9903, 120.204 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Qieding District

Qieding District (茄萣區) is a coastal suburban district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.

Located at 22.9068, 120.183 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Districts of Kaohsiung

Anding District, Tainan

Anding District is a rural district of about 30,038 residents in Tainan, Taiwan. During the Dutch colonial era the area was known as Bakloan or Baccloan.

Located at 23.0993, 120.227 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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THSR Tainan Station

THSR Tainan Station (高鐵台南站) is a Taiwan High Speed Rail station located in Guiren District, Tainan City, Taiwan. Besides the usual bus connections, passengers can transfer to the TRA Shalun Line for local train rides to downtown Tainan and several other stops in the greater Tainan area.

Located at 22.9247, 120.286 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Taiwan High Speed Rail stations, Railway stations in Tainan

Tainan Station

Tainan Station (台南車站) is a railway station of the Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) Western Line located in the East District, Tainan City, Taiwan. Situated in center of the old town square of Tainan City, Tainan Station is the main station of the city and also one of the major stations along the western trunk line in Taiwan. The Shalun Line, completed in 2011, allows through services to link the station with THSR Tainan Station.

Located at 22.9969, 120.213 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Railway stations in Tainan

Yongkang District

Yongkang District was formerly the largest city of Tainan County (until Tainan County's merger with Tainan City) and now is a district of the new municipality of Tainan. It lies in the southern west of Taiwan. Due to the development of manufacturing and food-processing industries, Yongkang has become a migrant city since the 1970s, attracting many people from neighboring cities who now work and live in the city.

Located at 23.0167, 120.25 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Tainan

Tainan is a city in southern Taiwan. It is the most antique city of Taiwan, governed as one of special municipalities. Tainan faces the Taiwan Strait in the west and south. Tainan's complex history of comebacks, redefinitions and renewals inspired its popular nickname "the Phoenix City". 40x40px This article contains Chinese text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Chinese characters.

Located at 22.9833, 120.183 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Tainan Theological College and Seminary

Tainan Theological College and Seminary is a private Presbyterian educational institution in Tainan City, Taiwan. Founded in 1876 by Thomas Barclay, a missionary from Scotland, the seminary is still in operation today.

Located at 22.9886, 120.214 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Tainan Flower Night Market

The Tainan Flower Night Market (Chinese: 花園夜市; pinyin: huā yuán yè shì; literally "Garden Night Market") is a tourism night market in the North District of Tainan, Taiwan. It is often considered to be the largest and most famous night market in the city. It is said "South is Flower, Middle is Fengjia, North is Shihlin".

Located at 23.0107, 120.2 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Zhongzhou Station

Zhongzhou Station is a railway station on the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line and the Shalun Line in Rende District, Tainan City, Taiwan. Similar to other stations on the line, it is equipped with multiple card-reading machines.

Located at 22.9047, 120.253 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Railway stations in Tainan

Tainan Wu Garden

Wu Garden(吳園), known at the time of its creation as "Purple Spring Garden (紫春園)," is located in Zhongxi District, Tainan, Taiwan (once part of Tainan 's Pang-kiô-thâu area). Built during the reign of the Daoguang Emperor, by local gentleman Wu Shangxin (吳尚新), it is included among Wufeng Lin Family Mansion and Garden (霧峰萊園), Hsinchu Beiguo Garden (新竹北郭園), and Banqiao Lin Family Mansion and Garden (板橋林本源園邸) as the Four Great Gardens of Taiwan (台灣四大名園).

Located at 22.9942, 120.206 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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