Tainan County
| Tainan County 臺南縣 |
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| Capital | Xinying | ||||
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| • | Established | 7 January 1946 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 25 December 2010 | |||
| Political subdivisions | 2 County-controlled city 7 Urban townships 22 Rural townships 1 Mountain indigenous township |
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| Today part of | Part of the Tainan (Special municipality) | ||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Táinán Xiàn |
| Wade–Giles | T'ai-nan Hsien |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Táinán Siàn |
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| Hokkien POJ | Tâi-lâm-koān |
Tainan County was a county of the Republic of China in southern Taiwan before it merged with the provincial Tainan City to form a new special municipality in 2010. The county capital was Xinying City.
Tainan County was established in Taiwan Province on 7 January 1946 after the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in October 1945. It merged with the city of Tainan on 25 December 2010 to form a single special municipality.
At the time it merged with city of Tainan, Tainan County administered two cities, seven urban townships and 22 rural townships. All of these became districts of the city of Tainan.
Coordinates: 22°59′00″N 120°11′00″E / 22.9833°N 120.1833°E
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