Anding District (Chinese: 安定區; pinyin: Āndìng Qū; Wade–Giles: An1-ting4 Ch'ü1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: An-tēng khu) is a rural district of about 29,914 residents in Tainan, Taiwan, with an area of 31.27 square kilometers, or 12.0734 square miles. It is the 17th most populous district in Tainan, with a population density of 959 people per square kilometer, or 2,483 people per square mile.
During the Dutch colonial era the area was known as Bakloan[1]orBaccloan,[2][failed verification] with a rarer spelling of Baccaluang. The village was one of four main aboriginal villages near the Dutch base of Tayouan, with around 1,500 inhabitants.[3] It was located about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northeast of the Dutch base at Fort Zeelandia.
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^Andrade, Tonio (2005). "Chapter 3: Pax Hollandica". How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century. Columbia University Press. § 3.
^"Location of Boroughs". Anding District Office, Tainan City. 2010-12-25. Archived from the original on 2017-04-29. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
^"Anding Township". Tainan County Government. 2009-10-26. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
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