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(Redirected from Xigang District, Tainan) This article is about the district in Tainan, Taiwan. For the district in Dalian, Liaoning, see Xigang District, Dalian.

District

Sigang 西港區
District
SIGANG 臺南市西港區公所 Sigang District Office, Tainan City
Sigang District in Tainan City
Location	Tainan, Taiwan
Area
• Total	34 km (13 sq mi)
Population
• Total	24,716
• Density	730/km (1,900/sq mi)
Website	www.sigang.gov.tw/en/

Sigang District (Chinese: 西港區; Hanyu Pinyin: Xīgǎng Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Sigǎng Cyu; Wade–Giles: Hsi-kang Ch'ü; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sai-káng-khu), alternatively spelled Xigang, is a rural district of about 24,611 residents in Tainan, Taiwan. It is home to two elementary schools, one junior high school, and one high school.

History

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Sigang was organized as a rural township of Tainan County. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County was merged with Tainan City and Sigang was upgraded to a district of the city.

The district consists of Xigang, Nanhai, Gangtung, Shelin, Houying, Yingxi, Jinsha, Liucuo, Zhulin, Yongle, Xinfu and Qingan Village.

"District Office". Tainan City Government Global Website. 2016-06-03. Retrieved 26 July 2019. Sigang District Office
"Geographical location, natural environment, and industry overview". Sigang District Office, Tainan City. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2019. Sigang District is located in southwest Jianan plain, north of the Zengwun River.
Sigang (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Shelley Shan (13 August 2014). "Heavy rain floods Tainan, Kaohsiung". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 July 2019. According to the Central Weather Bureau, the areas that received the most rainfall in the 13 hours between midnight on Monday and 1pm yesterday were Greater Tainan's Sigang (西港) and Anding (安定) districts, where 318mm and 313mm of rain accumulated respectively.
"Sigang District". Bureau of Education, Tainan City Government. Retrieved 28 August 2020. Tainan Municipal Sigang Junior High School
1.7-鄉鎮市區戶口數 [Population for Township and District]. Ministry of the Interior (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). August 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020. 西港區 Sigang District 33.7666 8,364 24,475 12,343 12,132 101.74 2.93 725
"Sigang Township". Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TV/nm67000001400000000.html

Taipei (Capital city)	Wanhua Zhongshan Xinyi Zhongzheng Datong Daan Nangang Neihu Shilin Wenshan Songshan Beitou
Taoyuan	Bade Daxi Dayuan Fuxing¹ Guanyin Guishan Longtan Luzhu Pingzhen Taoyuan Xinwu Yangmei Zhongli
New Taipei	Bali Banqiao Gongliao Jinshan Linkou Luzhou Pinglin Pingxi Ruifang Sanchong Sanxia Sanzhi Shenkeng Shiding Shimen Shuangxi Shulin Taishan Tamsui Tucheng Wanli Wugu Wulai¹ Xindian Xinzhuang Xizhi Yingge Yonghe Zhonghe
Taichung	Beitun Central Daan Dadu Dajia Dali Daya Dongshi East Fengyuan Heping¹ Houli Longjing Nantun North Qingshui Shalu Shengang Shigang South Taiping Tanzi Waipu West Wufeng Wuqi Wuri Xinshe Xitun
Tainan	Anding Annan Anping Baihe Beimen Cigu Danei Dongshan East Guanmiao Guantian Gueiren Houbi Jiali Jiangjyun Lioujia Liouying Longci Madou Nanhua Nansi North Rende Shanhua Shanshang Sigang Sinhua Sinshih South Syuejia West Central Siaying Sinying Yanshuei Yongkang Yujing Zuojhen
Kaohsiung	Alian Cianjhen Cianjin Ciaotou Cijin Cishan Daliao Dashu Dashe Fongshan Gangshan Gushan Hunei Jiasian Lingya Linyuan Liouguei Lujhu Meinong Maolin¹ Mituo Namasia¹ Nanzih Neimen Niaosong Cieding Renwu Sanmin Shanlin Siaogang Sinsing Taoyuan¹ Tianliao Yancheng Yanchao Yongan Zihguan Zuoying

Keelung	Anle Nuannuan Qidu Ren-ai Xinyi Zhongshan Zhongzheng
Hsinchu	East North Xiangshan
Chiayi	East West

¹ — Mountain indigenous district

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