Dongshan District, Tainan

Dongshan
Dongshan; 東山區
	District
	Dongshan District
	Mount Kantou in Dongshan District
	Nickname(s): Hoansia
	Dongshan District in Tainan City
Country	Taiwan
Special municipality	Tainan
Area
• Total	124.978 km2 (48.254 sq mi)
Population (January 2016)
• Total	21,568
• Density	190.273/km2 (492.80/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Postal code	733
Website	www.tainan.gov/dongshan

Dongshan District (Chinese: 東山區; pinyin: Dōngshān Qū; Wade–Giles: Tung¹-shan¹ Ch'ü¹; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tong-san-khu) is a rural district in Tainan, Taiwan. It was formerly called Hoansia (Chinese: 番社; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-siā).[1]

Dongshan District office

History

During the Dutch era, the place was known as Dorko, and existed as a township called To-lo-koh in the early 20th century.[2]

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

Administrative divisions

Tungshan, Tungzhong, Tungzheng, Dake, Sanrong, Keli, Tunghe, Shengxian, Nanxi, Shuiyun, Linan, Tungyuan, Lingnan, Nanshi, Jingshan and Gaoyuan Village.

Economy

Dongshan is famous for its coffee crop.

Tourist attractions

Dongshan Bisuan Temple
Dongshan Sports Park
Senwho Holiday Farm
Shueiyun Village
Sikou Little Switzerland
Siraya National Scenic Area

Notable natives

Su Yu-chang, martial artist, scholar and practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Campbell, William (1903). "Explanatory Notes". Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary records, with explanatory notes and a bibliography of the island. London: Kegan Paul. p. 541. OCLC 644323041.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Campbell, William (1903). "Explanatory Notes". Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary records, with explanatory notes and a bibliography of the island. London: Kegan Paul. p. 541. OCLC 644323041.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)