Yongkang District

For the city in Zhejiang Province, see Yongkang, Zhejiang.

Yongkang 永康區
District
Yongkang District
Yongkang District's location in Tainan
Country	Taiwan
Special municipality	Tainan
Government
• Mayor	Wang Jyun-ming (王峻明)
Area
• Total	40.28 km2 (15.55 sq mi)
Population (January 2016)
• Total	230,957
• Density	5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Website	English Chinese

Yongkang District

Yongkang District office

Yongkang District (Chinese: 永康區; pinyin: Yǒngkāng Qū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Éng-khong) is a district in Tainan, Taiwan.

History

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.

Yongkang was formerly the largest city of Tainan County until it merged with Tainan City to form the new Tainan municipality and became Yongkang District on 25 December 2010.

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.

Education

• Kun Shan University
• Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology
• Tainan University of Technology

Tourist attractions

• Jiyu Lake
• Taiwan Metal Creation Museum
• Yunshan Orchard

Transportation

Rail

Yongkang Station

• Yongkang Station
• Daqiao Station

Road

• National Highway 1
• Provincial Highway 1
• Provincial Highway 19
• Provincial Highway 20

Hospitals

• Chi Mei Medical Center
• Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital Tainan Branch

Galleries

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  Yongkang Park

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  Border between Yongkang District and East District

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  Yongkang Exploring and Educating Park

See also

• Tainan

External links

• Global Information Network for Yong Kang (English)