Tainan is a special municipality in southern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast, and is the oldest settlement on the island. For 263 years it served as Taiwan administrative capital under Dutch colonial rule, the Kingdom of Tungning, and the Qing dynasty, a role it held until 1887. Its long history of transformation and renewal has earned it the nickname the Phoenix City. In 2020 the Globalization and World Cities Research Network classified Tainan at a Sufficiency level, though the city was not included in the network 2022 or 2024 assessments.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Tainan (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+2010-12-25T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 1,849,762 (2026)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 22.99, longitude 120.185
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1 m
P2046 (area)
area 2191.65 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 1849762 (2026)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Tainan - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1668355
22.99259 120.20507 P PPLA2 TW 04 TNN D08 67000370016 1856642 16 Asia/Taipei
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 16 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 22.75, 120.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 22.75, 120.25
22.75 120.25 Am
Tainan (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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