Anping District (Chinese: 安平區; pinyin: ĀnpíngQū; Wade–Giles: An-p'ing Ch'ü; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: An-pêng-khu) is a district of Tainan City. In March 2012, it was named one of the Top 10 Small Tourist Towns by the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan.[2]
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Name Origin 1
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History 2
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Government institutions 3
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Tourist attractions 4
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Gallery 5
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See also 6
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Notes 7
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References 8
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External links 9
Name Origin
The older placename derives from the ethnonym of a nearby Taiwanese aboriginal tribe, and was written by the Dutch and Portuguese variously as Taiouwang, Tayowan, etc.[3] In his translations of Dutch records, missionary William Campbell used the variant Tayouan and wrote that Taoan and Taiwan also occur. As Dutch spelling varied greatly at the time (see History of Dutch orthography), other variants may be seen.[5] The name was also transliterated into Chinese characters variously as 臺窩灣, 大灣, 臺員, 大員, 大圓 and 梯窝灣.[3]
After the Dutch were ousted ca. 1661 by Koxinga, Han immigrants renamed the area as "Anping", after the Anping Bridge in Quanzhou, Fujian. Soon after Qing rule of Taiwan was established in 1683, the name "Taiwan" (臺灣) was officially used to refer to the whole island with the establishment of Taiwan Prefecture.
History
The history of Anping dates back to the 17th century, when the Dutch East India Company occupied a "high sandy down" called Tayouan and built Fort Zeelandia. The Dutch moved their headquarters to Tayouan after leaving the Pescadores in 1624. Due to silting, the islet has joined with mainland Taiwan.
Koxinga's army brought an end to the Dutch colonial period via the Siege of Fort Zeelandia.
In the period of the Japanese occupation, the history of trade between China and Japan unfolded at Anping. According to the 1904 census, the city's population was 5,972.
Government institutions
Tourist attractions
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Statue of Koxinga at Anping Fort
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^ "首長介紹 (District Chief Introduction)" (in Chinese). Anping District Office.
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^ Wong, Maggie Hiufu (30 Mar 2012). "Taiwan names its 10 top small tourist towns". CNN Go. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
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^ for example: Tayuan, Tayoan, Tayowan
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External links
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Anping District Office, Tainan City (English)
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Download Anping District Android APP, Tainan City
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Download Anping District ios APP, Tainan City
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