South District, Tainan

22.961555°N 120.191261°E / 22.961555; 120.191261

South 南區
District
South District
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Region	Southern Tainan
Divisions	List 39 villages 833 neighborhoods
Area
• Total	27.2681 km2 (10.5283 sq mi)
• Rank	Ranked 33rd of 37
Population  (May 2022)
• Total	121,133
• Rank	Ranked 5th of 37
• Density	4,400/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Postal code	702
Website	www.tnsouth.gov.tw (in Chinese)

Jiankang Street in south district

South District (Chinese: 南區; pinyin: Nán Qū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-khu) is a district home to 121,133 people located in Tainan, Taiwan.

History

In February 2002, Qingquan Village and Longgang Village were combined to be Kunni Village; Songshan Village and Nanshan Village were merged into Songan Village; Zhonghe Village, Juexin Village and Haifeng Village were merged into Yongning Village; Nandu Village was divided into Nandu Village and Nanhua Village. In February 2006, Xingzhong Village was merged into Mingde Village, bringing the total villages in the district to become 39.^[1]

Geography

Map of Tainan South area (1944)

Map of the region including southern Tainan (1951)

• Population: 125,734 (January 2016)^[2]
• Area: 28.0383 km²

Administrative divisions

The map of division of South District.^[3]

	Xia-lin subarea:Wennan, Wenhua, Xinchang, Guangzhou
	Tian-liao subarea:Xinxing, Zaixing, Tianliao, Dacheng
	Xin-xing public housing subarea:Kainan, Nandou, Nanhua, Zhangnan
	Shue-jiao-she subarea:Mingde, Lizhai
	Da-lin subarea:Dazhong, Dalin, Daen, Xinsheng
	Yan-cheng subarea:Jinhua, Guozhai, Rixin, Baixue, Funan, Mingliang, Mingxing, Jiannan, Junnan, Guangming
	Misc subarea:Zhuxi
	Sih-kun-seng subarea:Kunseng
	Xi-shu subarea:Xibei, Xidong, Xinan
	Wan-li subarea:Yongning, Tongan, Fotan, Songan, Shenggong, Xingnong

Tourist attractions

• Blueprint Culture and Creative Park
• Tainan City Hakka Assembly Hall of Culture
• Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium

Education

• Senior High School
  • National Tainan Commercial Vocational Senior High School
  • Tainan Municipal Nan-Ning Senior High School
  • Liu-Sin Senior High School
  • Asia Senior Hospitality Vocational School
• Junior High School
  • Tainan Municipal Da-Cheng Junior High School
  • The junior high school branch of Tainan Municipal Nan-Ning Senior High School
  • Tainan Municipal Xin-Xing Senior High School
• Elementary School
  • Tainan Municipal Xin-Xing Elementary School
  • Tainan Municipal Sheng-Gong Elementary School
  • Tainan Municipal Yong-Hua Elementary School
  • Tainan Municipal Xi-Shu Elementary School
  • Tainan Municipal Long-Gang Elementary School
  • Tainan Municipal Zi-Kai Elementary School
  • Tainan Municipal Ri-Xin Elementary School

Transportation

Tainan Airport

Air

The district houses the Tainan Airport.

Roads

The district is connected to Guanmiao District through Provincial Highway 86.

See also

• Tainan