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Tainan or T'ai-nan (both: tī`nän`), city (1994 pop. 706,811), W central Taiwan, on the Taiwan Strait. The fourth largest city of Taiwan, it has industries producing metals, textiles, machinery, processed foods, and handicrafts. It is also a center for the marketing and processing of sugarcane, rice, peanuts, and salt, and there is an important fishing industry. Settled in 1590, Tainan is the oldest city of Taiwan. It was taken over by the Dutch and used as their headquarters from 1624 to 1662. It then became the island's capital under Koxinga Koxinga (kŏksĭng`gə), Mandarin Kuo-hsing-yeh ..... Click the link for more information. and his son. Called Taiwan or Taiwanfu, it remained the political center of the island until the transfer of government to Taipei in 1885, when the city was renamed Tainan. A cultural center, it has many temples, the shrine of Koxinga, and a modern college of engineering. Tainan, T'ai-nan a city in the SW Taiwan: an early centre of Chinese emigration from the mainland; largest city and capital of the island (1638--1885); Chengkung University. Pop.: 754 000 (2005 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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softball roster for the World University Games, scheduled for July15-23 in Tainan City, Taiwan. Center for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China; ([dagger]) Chest Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China; ([double dagger]) National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China; and ([section]) National Association of Tuberculosis, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China Tokyo, Japan, Dec 9, 2005 - (JCN) - Chisso has started constructing a new liquid crystal blend facility in the Tainan Science Park in Taiwan to meet the island country's ever increasing demand for LCDs and other related products. |
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