Taibao

Taibao City
Taibao City
Chinese	太保市
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Tàibǎo Shì
Bopomofo	ㄊㄞˋ ㄅㄠˇ ㄕˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Taybao Shyh
Wade–Giles	Tʻai⁴-pao³ Shih⁴
Tongyong Pinyin	Tàibǎo Shìh
MPS2	Tàibǎu Shr̀
IPA	[tʰâɪ.pàʊ ʂɻ̩̂]
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Thai-pó-sṳ
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Thài-pó-chhī
Tâi-lô	Thài-pó-tshī

Taibao

太保市
Taiho
Taibao 太保市 Taiho
County-administered city
	National Palace Museum Southern Branch
	Coordinates: 23°27′00″N 120°20′00″E / 23.45°N 120.3333°E
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Province	Taiwan
County	Chiayi
Government
• Supervisor	Tung Kuo-cheng
Area
• Total	66.90 km2 (25.83 sq mi)
Population (May 2022)
• Total	38,696
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)

Taibao (Hokkien POJ: Thài-pó) is a county-administered city and the county seat of Chiayi County, Taiwan.

Name

The city was named after the government position of Wang De-lu, whose hometown is Taibao, in the 19th century.

History

Formerly Tsing-kau-boe (Chinese: 前溝尾; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chêng-kau-bóe).^[1]

Taibao City was established as Taibao Township in August 1945 after the World War II. In August 1946, Taibao Township was incorporated to Chiayi City to become Taibao District. In September 1950, it became a rural township named Taibao Township under Chiayi County administration. In July 1991, it became a county-administered city called Taibao City.^[2]^[3]

Administrative divisions

The city has 18 villages, which are Beixin, Nanxin, Bixiang, Maliao, Guogou, Gangwei, Tianwei, Jiubi, Xinpi, Qiantan, Houtan, Meipu, Houzhuang, Taibao, Dongshi, Lunding, Chunzhu and Anren Village.