Houbi District
# Houbi District

23°21′46″N 120°20′55″E﻿ / ﻿23.362744°N 120.348648°E﻿ / 23.362744; 120.348648

Houbi District (Chinese: 後壁區; pinyin: Hòubì Qū; Wade–Giles: $Hou^4-pi^4$ $Ch'ü^1;$ Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Āu-piah-khu) is a rural district of about 22,108 residents in Tainan, Taiwan.

## History

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

## Administrative divisions

Dingan, Dingzhang, Fuan, Houba, Houbi, Houbu, Jiadong, Jiamin, Jiatian, Jingli, Jingliao, Kanding, Molin, Pingan, Shian, Tugou, Wushu, Xinjia, Xintung, Zhangan and Zhuxin Village.

## Tourist attractions

* Houbi Huang Family Mansion
* Jingliao Huang Family Mansion
* Saint Cross Church
* Lower Jiadong Taian Temple
* Putuo Buddhist Temple
* Ruan Family Mansion
* Wushulin Sugar Plant

## Transportation

* TRA Houbi Station

## Notable natives

* Hsing Hui, actress
