Gueiren District

Gueiren District^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]} (Chinese: 歸仁區; Hanyu Pinyin: Guīrén Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Gueirén Cyu; Wade–Giles: Kui¹-jen² Ch'ü¹; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kui-jîn-khu) is a rural district in southern Tainan, Taiwan. It is home to the Tainan HSR station.

Gueiren 歸仁區 Guiren, Kueijen
District
Gueiren
臺南市歸仁區公所 Gueiren District Office, Tainan City
Gueiren District in Tainan City
Coordinates: 22°58′N 120°17′E / 22.967°N 120.283°E / 22.967; 120.283
Country	Taiwan
Special municipality	Tainan
Gueiren Village	1920
Government
• District Chief	Chen Ying-yu (陳英裕)
Area
• Total	55.7913 km^2 (21.5411 sq mi)
Population  (May 2022)
• Total	67,924
• Density	1,200/km^2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
ZIP code	711
Website	gueiren.tainan.gov.tw/en (in English)

History

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

Administrative divisions

The district consists of Nanbao, Liujia, Guiren, Houshi, Gucuo, Xucuo, Kanxi, Kantung, Lunding, Shalun, Datan, Wutung, Bajia, Qijia, Mamiao, Xipu, Damiao, Nanxing, Xincuo, Guinan and Wenhua Village.^[9]

Economy

The local economy is based mainly on agriculture, including sugar-apples, peanuts, starfruit and guavas.^[10] It also houses the Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City.

Education

• National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
• Chang Jung Christian University
• National Hsin-Feng Senior High School

Tourist attractions

• Gueiren Excellencies Temple
• Guiren Living Art Center
• Lobster Pool
• Renshou Temple
• Temple of Confucius
• World Snake Educational Farm^[11]

Transportation

• Tainan HSR station - can transfer to Shalun railway station
• Chang Jung Christian University railway station

Notable natives

• Lee Ming-liang, Minister of Department of Health (2000–2002)

References

1. "District Office". Tainan City Government Global Website. 2016-06-03. Retrieved 22 July 2019. Gueiren District Office
2. "Geography". GUEIREN District Office, Tainan City. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 22 July 2019. Located at the southern-most tip of Tainan City, Gueiren was first cultivated by the Chengs during the Kingdom of Tungning (1661-1683).
3. Gueiren (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
4. Jillian Sederholm; Phil Helsel (6 February 2016). "Taiwan Earthquake: More Than 150 Missing After Deadly 6.4-Magnitude Temblor". NBC News. Retrieved 24 July 2019. Two died in Tainan's Gueiren District, including a woman who was hit by a fallen water tower.
5. "Sanyang plans NT$1bn battery plant in Tainan". Taipei Times. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019. The battery plant would be in a green energy park in the Shalun area (沙崙) in Tainan's Gueiren District (歸仁), Wu told the Liberty Times, adding that construction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of next year.
6. P. W. Weng; Y. A. Li; F. P. Hsiao; S. J. Hwang; I. Kim (2018). (PDF). Eleventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. pp. 3, 5–6, 8–9. S2CID 174792288. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-26. Retrieved 29 August 2020 – via Semantic Scholar. The Gueiren district office is a three-story reinforced concrete building.
7. "About Us". Tainan City Police Department Gueiren Precinct. Retrieved 21 September 2020. Gueiren Dist.
8. 1.7-鄉鎮市區戶口數 [Population for Township and District]. Ministry of the Interior (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). August 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020. 歸仁區 Gueiren District 55.7913 23,286 68,175 34,479 33,696 102.32 2.93 1,222
9. "2018 Local Elections". from the original on 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
10. "產業概況". 歸仁區公所. from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
11. . Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2019-04-18.

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