Dongshan District, Tainan

Dongshan District (Chinese: 東山區; pinyin: Dōngshān Qū; Wade–Giles: Tung1-shan1 Ch'ü1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tong-san-khu) is a rural district in Tainan, Taiwan. It was formerly called Hoansia (Chinese: 番社; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-siā).[1]

Dongshan

東山區
Dongshan District
Mount Kantou in Dongshan District
Nickname(s): 
Hoansia
Dongshan District in Tainan City
CountryTaiwan
Special municipalityTainan
Area
  Total124.978 km2 (48.254 sq mi)
Population
 (January 2016)
  Total21,568
  Density190.273/km2 (492.80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (CST)
Postal code
733
Websitewww.tainan.gov/dongshan
Dongshan District Office

History

During the Dutch era, the place was known as Dorko, and existed as a township called To-lo-koh in the early 20th century.[2]

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Dongshan was organized as a rural township of Tainan County. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County merged with Tainan City and Dongshan was upgraded to a district of the city.

Administrative divisions

Tungshan, Tungzhong, Tungzheng, Dake, Sanrong, Keli, Tunghe, Shengxian, Nanxi, Shuiyun, Linan, Tungyuan, Lingnan, Nanshi, Jingshan and Gaoyuan Village.

Economy

Dongshan is famous for its coffee crop.

Tourist attractions

Notable natives

  • Su Yu-chang, martial artist, scholar and practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Campbell, William (1903). "Explanatory Notes". Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary records, with explanatory notes and a bibliography of the island. London: Kegan Paul. p. 541. OCLC 644323041.


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