Syuejia District


Syuejia District, alternatively spelled Xuejia, is a district of about 26,621 residents in Tainan City, Taiwan.

Name

The name of the district means "excellent academic achievement", in which the word 學 means academics, and the word 甲 is the top grade in the traditional Taiwanese grading system.

History

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Syuejia was organized as a rural township of Tainan County. On 2 February 1968, Syuejia was upgraded from rural township to urban township due to its population. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County was merged with Tainan City and Syuejia was upgraded to a district of the city.

Administrative divisions

Xiuchang, Mingyi, Cifu, Rende, Xinda, Xinrong, Dawan, Fenghe, Zhongzhou, Guanghua, Zhaigang, Pinghe and Sanqing Village.

Tourist attractions