Jiali District Explained

Jiali
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Official Name:Jiali District
Other Name:Kari
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Location
Subdivision Name:Tainan, Taiwan
Area Total Km2:39
Population As Of:May 2022
Population Total:58162
Population Density Km2:auto

Jiali District is a district located in northern Tainan, Taiwan, about 15 km north of the former Dutch base of Fort Zeelandia.

History

In the 17th century, the place was named Soulang after one of the four subtribes of the local Siraya aborigines. Soulang was a village of about 1,500 inhabitants about north of Fort Zeelandia,[1] and became a station of the Dutch East India Company. It later became the Chinese market-town called Siau-lang[2] .

Republic of China

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

Administrative divisions

The district consists of Tungning, Zhongren, Zhenshan, Jiannan, Anxi, Liuan, Jiahua, Haideng, Minan, Zilong, Yingxi, Wenxin, Jiaxing, Xiaying, Wennei and Nanshi Village.[3]

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Notable natives

Notes and References

  1. Book: Andrade, Tonio . Tonio Andrade . How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century . Columbia University Press . Chapter 3: Pax Hollandica . http://www.gutenberg-e.org/andrade/andrade03.html . 2005 . § 1-3.
  2. Book: Campbell . William . William Campbell (missionary) . Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary records, with explanatory notes and a bibliography of the island . 1903 . Kegan Paul . London . 644323041 . Explanatory Notes . https://archive.org/stream/formosaunderdut01campgoog#page/n554/mode/2up . 547. 9789576380839 .
  3. Web site: 2018 Local Elections . 2019-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103639/https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TV/nm67000001200000000.html . 2018-12-05 . live .
  4. Web site: Jiali Township . 2019-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221203304/http://web1.tainan.gov.tw/NewEnglish/CP/12376/Jiali-1.aspx . 2014-02-21 . dead .