Guanmiao District
# Guanmiao District

22°57′9.1″N 120°20′3.3″E﻿ / ﻿22.952528°N 120.334250°E﻿ / 22.952528; 120.334250

Guanmiao District (Chinese: 關廟區; pinyin: Guānmiào Qū; Wade–Giles: $Kuan^1-miao^4$ $Ch'ü^1;$ Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koan-biō-khu) is a rural district in southeastern Tainan, Taiwan.

## History

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

## Geography

* Area: 53.64 $km^2$
* Population: 33,436 people (January 2023)

## Administrative divisions

The district consists of Guanmiao, Shanxi, Xiangyang, Beishi, Xinpu, Xinguang, Wujia, Tungshi, Songjiao, Shenkeng, Budai, Beitou, Xiahu, Huayuan and Nanxiong Village.

## Tourist attractions

* Datan Lake Wanglai Park
* Fang Family Shrine
* Guanmiao Forest Park
* Guanmiao Shansi Temple
* Hills of Seven Constellations
* Sinfeng Church
* Thousand-Buddha Bodhi Temple
* Tiesian Bridge
* Yu Zen Retirement Center

## Transportation

Guanmiao Service Area and an interchange of the Formosa Freeway is located in here.

## Notable natives

* Kuo Kuo-wen, Deputy Minister of Labor (2016–2017)
* Chien-Ming Wang, MLB Pitcher(2000-2016)
