Anping (安平) is a district of Tainan City. The history of Anping dates back to the 17th century, when Dutch East India Company occupied Anping (called Tayuan at that time). Anping was a small island separated from mainland Taiwan until the 19th century. Tainan (Chinese: 台南; Hanyu Pinyin: Táinán, Wade-Giles: Tai-nan, Taiwanese_POJ: Tâi-lâm) is a city located in southern Taiwan and is the fourth largest after Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung. ... Dutch colonial possessions, with the Dutch East India Company possessions marked in a paler green, surrounding the Indian Ocean plus Saint Helena in the mid-Atlantic. ...
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