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Tainan
Tainan City (Chinese: 台南市; Pinyin: Táinán shì; POJ: Tâi-lâm chhī) is the fourth-largest city in Taiwan, and is often referred to as the 'temple city'. With the longest history of any major settlement in Taiwan, Tainan is an important cultural, historical and religious centre.History
The port of Anping (part of modern-day Tainan) was developed by the Dutch in the mid-seventeenth century, before Koxinga drove the Europeans out and established Tainan as his administrative capital on Taiwan in 1661.
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May 18 1946
DPP politician Frank Hsieh born in Taipei
May 24 1895
Short-lived Republic of Formosa founded
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