Yongkang City (Taiwan)
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Yongkang District was formerly the largest city of Tainan County
(until Tainan County's merger with Tainan City) and now is a district of the new municipality of Tainan. It lies in the southern west of Taiwan
.
Due to the development of manufacturing
and food-processing industries, Yongkang has become a migrant city since the 1970s, attracting many people from neighboring cities who now work and live in the city. Its population experienced a large increase during the 1970s, and Yongkang became the largest city in Tainan County in 1977.
Though the increase in population today is not as rapid as it was before, Yongkang still enjoys the steady growth envied by other cities or towns. Yongkang also serves as a traffic hub, having the Number 1 Freeway and the Western Line railroad running through it. It is home to several colleges, including the Tainan University of Technology
, Kunsan Technology, and Southern Taiwan University of Technology
.
Tainan County
Tainan County was located in southern Taiwan. The name "Tainan" means "Southern Taiwan". Formerly a county of the Republic of China , Tainan County was merged with Tainan City at the end of 2010 to form a single special municipality....
(until Tainan County's merger with Tainan City) and now is a district of the new municipality of Tainan. It lies in the southern west of Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
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Due to the development of manufacturing
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...
and food-processing industries, Yongkang has become a migrant city since the 1970s, attracting many people from neighboring cities who now work and live in the city. Its population experienced a large increase during the 1970s, and Yongkang became the largest city in Tainan County in 1977.
Though the increase in population today is not as rapid as it was before, Yongkang still enjoys the steady growth envied by other cities or towns. Yongkang also serves as a traffic hub, having the Number 1 Freeway and the Western Line railroad running through it. It is home to several colleges, including the Tainan University of Technology
Tainan University of Technology
The Tainan University of Technology , also known as Tainan Tech , is a private university serving approximately 10,000 students in the Tainan metropolitan area in southern Taiwan...
, Kunsan Technology, and Southern Taiwan University of Technology
Southern Taiwan University of Technology
-Presidents:*President Shin Wen-Bing *President Chang Hsin-Hsiung *President Tai Chein -Motto:The university's motto is Trust, justice, sincerity, honesty....
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