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Tainan County

former county of Taiwan
AdministrativeArea county_of_taiwan Q477601
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Summary

Tainan County is a county of Taiwan[1]. It draws 167 Wikipedia views per month (county of taiwan category, ranking #14 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Taiwan Province[3]
  • Country: Taiwan[4]
  • Capital: Q140613827[5], Q140613950[6]
  • Shares border with: Tainan City[7], Chiayi County[8], Kaohsiung County[9]
  • Legislative body: Tainan County Council[10], Tainan County Representative Council[11]
  • Commons category: Tainan County[12]
  • Inception: January 7, 1946[13]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: December 25, 2010[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tainan County[15]
  • Commons gallery: 台南縣[16]
  • Office held by head of government: Magistrate of Tainan County[17]
  • Replaces: Tainan Prefecture[18]
  • Replaced by: Tainan[19]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Tainan[20]
  • Area: 2016.0075 km²[21]
  • Language used: Siraya[22], Southern Min[23], Standard Taiwanese Mandarin[24]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Tainan County[25]

Why It Matters

Tainan County has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Lisa Su Taiwan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · WG0uMSn0dJm5lfrWbgoi · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +2010-12-25T00:00:00Z
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2016.0075'}
    Dissolved → —
    Replaced by → Tainan
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Capital: Sinying District"
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