Tainan Hotels

Tainan City (traditional Chinese: simplified Chinese: pinyin: Táinán; Wade-Giles: T ai-nan; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-lâm, literally "Southern Taiwan") is the fourth largest city in Taiwan after Taipei, Kaohsiung, and Taichung. By the end of 2010 the city and the adjacent Tainan County will merge to form a single municipality.Tainan was established as the capital of Taiwan in 1661 and remained the capital until 1887 during the Qing Dynasty. In fact, (Tayoan)/(Tayouan) is the old name of Tainan and became the name of the island later. The city is famous for its abundant historical buildings and relics. Taiwan-fu was later renamed to Tainan-fu in 1885 when Taiwan was established as a province. Because it was formerly the capital of Taiwan, Tainan is also called Fu-cheng (traditional Chinese: literally (Government City). Tainan also served as the capital of the Republic of Formosa after the Japanese took Taipei bloodlessly.