Tainan
Appearance
Tainan City (臺南市) is a ceety in soothren Taiwan, the fift lairgest efter New Taipei, Taipei, Kaohsiung, an Taichung. It wis a provincial municipality o Taiwan Province, the ceety merged wi the adjacent Tainan Coonty tae form a single direct-controlled municipality in December 2010. It is surroondit bi the Taiwan Strait tae the wast an sooth. Tainan's complex history o comebacks, redefinitions an renewals inspired its popular nickname "Ceety o the Phoenix."[1]
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Twin touns — Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]The follaein places are sister ceeties tae Tainan Ceety[2]:
- Monterey, Californie Unitit States (1965)
- Gwangju, Sooth Korea (1968)
- San Jose, Californie Unitit States (1977)
- Kansas Ceety, Missouri Unitit States (1987)
- Pasay Ceety, Philippines (1980)
- Cavite Ceety, Philippines (1980)
- Tagaytay Ceety, Philippines (1980)
- Trece Martires, Philippines (1980)
- Columbus, Ohio Unitit States (1980)
- Kinmen, Taiwan (1981)
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivie (1981)
- Port Elizabeth, Eastren Cape, Sooth Africae (1982)
- Orlando, Florida Unitit States (1982)
- Gold Coast, Queensland, Australie (1982)
- Fairbanks, Alaska United States (1983)
- Oklahoma Ceety, Oklahoma Unitit States (1986)
- Huntsville, Alabama Unitit States(1986)
- Carbondale, Illinois United States(1991)
- Leuven, Belgium (1993)
- Ra'anana, Israel (1999)[3]
- Zacapa, Guatemala (2003)
- Elbląg, Poland (2004)
- Ribe, Denmark (2005)
- Keçiören, Turkey (2005)
- Cagayan de Oro Ceety, Philippines (2005)
Friendship ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Tainan Ceety an aa celebrates friendly relationships wi twa ither locations, although they are no considered offeecial sister ceeties.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xitem=53774&ctnode=413&mp=9
- ↑ "Sister Cities". Tainan City Government. Archived frae the original on 27 Mey 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
- ↑ "Ra'anana: Twin towns & Sister cities - Friends around the World". raanana.muni.il. Archived frae the original on 30 Apryle 2010. Retrieved 24 Mairch 2010.
Coordinates: 22°59′00″N 120°11′00″E / 22.9833°N 120.1833°E
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