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
Downtown Tainan
Downtown Tainan
Tainan metropolitan area in yellow
Tainan metropolitan area in yellow
Coordinates: 23°00′N 120°13′E / 23.000°N 120.217°E / 23.000; 120.217
CountryTaiwan
Major CitiesTainan
Area
 • Metro
601.89 km2 (232.39 sq mi)
Population
 (End of March 2018)
 • Metro
1,359,898
 • Metro density2,259.35/km2 (5,851.7/sq mi)

Definition edit

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

However, since the merger of Tainan City and the former Tainan County, the term is no longer in official usage.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ 「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.