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Tainan (Chinese: 台南; Hanyu Pinyin: Táinán, Wade-Giles: T'ai-nan) is a city located in southern Taiwan and is the fourth largest after Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung.
Tainan was established as the ancient capital of Taiwan in 1661 by Koxinga after he liberated the island from Dutch colonialism. In 1684 the Qin Empire conquered Taiwan and established "Taiwan Fu" (Taiwan government) as the first official local government in Taiwan. This was later renamed to "Tainan Fu" in 1885 when Taiwan was established as a province.
Tainan is known as the city with the most Buddhist and/or Taoist temples on the island of Taiwan. Tainan City (台南市) is administratively a municipality of Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. It is surrounded on north and east by Tainan County and South China Sea to the west and south.
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