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Tai-nan (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 22 59 27 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 22.9908 decimal degrees |
| Long: 120 12 48 E degrees minutes |
Long: 120.2133 decimal degrees |
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Note: Administered as a municipality; one of oldest cities on Taiwan; settled by Chinese 16th cen.; served as headquarters for Dutch 1624-1662, then for the Koxinga; site of oldest Confucian temple in Taiwan & Yi T'sai castle. |
Names: |
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| Tai-nan (preferred,C,V)
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| T'ainan (C,V)
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| T'ai-nan (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| T'ai-nan shih (C,V)
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| T'ainan shih (C,V)
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| Tai-nan shih (C,V)
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| Tainan (NA,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Tainanshi (NA,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Tainanshih (NA,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| T'ai-nan-shih (NA,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 臺南市 (NA,V,Chinese,U)
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| 臺南 (NA,V,Chinese,U)
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| Dainan (H,V)
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| T'ai-wan (H,V)
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| T'ai-yüan (H,V)
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| Ta-yüan (H,V)
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Tainan (special municipality) (P,U) |
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Tai-nan (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in 1590 by Chinese |
| city (C) |
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| municipality (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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first of the Koxinga from ca. 1662, until political center was moved to Taipei in 1885 |
| regional capital (C) |
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