Tainan metropolitan area
Tainan metropolitan area (Chinese: 臺南都會區; pinyin: Táinán Dūhuì Qū) is the urban area of Tainan City in southern Taiwan.
Tainan metropolitan area | |
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.jpg.webp) Downtown Tainan | |
 Tainan metropolitan area in yellow | |
| Coordinates: 23°00′N 120°13′E | |
| Country | Taiwan
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| Major Cities | Tainan |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 601.89 km2 (232.39 sq mi) |
| Population (End of March 2018) | |
| • Metro | 1,359,898 |
| • Metro density | 2,259.35/km2 (5,851.7/sq mi) |
Definition
According to the definition of metropolitan areas formerly used by the government, Tainan metropolitan area includes the following areas:
| Tainan City (core city) | Kaohsiung City | |
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However, since the merger of Tainan City and the former Tainan County, the term is no longer in official usage.[1]
References
- 「中華民國統計地區標準分類」自99年12月25日起停止適用 (PDF). Retrieved 2010-07-04.
- Sarah Shair-Rosenfield (November 2020). "Taiwan combined" (PDF). The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
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