Yongkang District

Yongkang (永 康 区Chinese, Pinyin Yǒngkāng Qū, W.-G. Yung- k'ang Chü ), with about 215,000 inhabitants, is the most populous district of Tainan City in the southwest of the Republic of China on Taiwan. By 2010, Yongkang was a separate town in Tainan County.

Location

Yongkang is just east of the center of Tainan in southern part of Jianan level, the largest level in Taiwan. Through the district run the main north -south thoroughfares in Taiwan, the highway 1 and running through West Taiwan Taiwanese mainline railway. The route of the Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail will rub in the eastern part of Yongkang, Tainan train station which is located in the southern neighboring district Guiren.

History

The area of present-day district was already inhabited in the late Ming dynasty of Han Chinese. Which was founded by Koxinga 1662 UK Tungning belonged Yongkang as a community.

Benefiting from the convenient location and the proximity to the city Tainan, the place became in the second half of the 20th century into a major industrial and university location. Starting in 1977, Yongkang City was the largest city of Tainan County and afterwards the population continues grew rapidly, from 86,000 inhabitants in 1983 to over 220,000 today. 1993, when the mark was exceeded by 150,000 inhabitants, Yongkang received the official status of a city (市Chinese, Pinyin Shì ). Ending 25 December 2010, the entire Tainan County was incorporated into the city of Tainan, Yongkang has since adopted the status of a city district (区, Qū ).