Tainan metropolitan area
Metropolitan area in Taiwan
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Tainan metropolitan area (traditional Chinese: 臺南都會區; simplified Chinese: 台南都会区; pinyin: Táinán Dūhuì Qū) is the urban area of Tainan City in southern Taiwan.
Tainan metropolitan area | |
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.jpg) Downtown Tainan | |
 Tainan metropolitan area in yellow | |
| Coordinates: 23°00′N 120°13′E | |
| Country | Taiwan
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| Major Cities | Tainan |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 601.89 km2 (232.39 sq mi) |
| Population (End of March 2018) | |
| • Metro | 1,359,898 |
| • Metro density | 2,259.35/km2 (5,851.7/sq mi) |
Definition
According to the definition of metropolitan areas formerly used by the government, Tainan metropolitan area includes the following areas:
However, since the merger of Tainan City and the former Tainan County, the term is no longer in official usage.[1]
