Anping

alternative An-p'ing

1. A district of Tainan, Taiwan.

   A US$9.4 million plan will get under way to establish a small but modern port of Anping, where the Dutch colonists built a fortress in the 17th century.

   1973 October 7, “Old Dutch port will be revived”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIV, number 39, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4

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   The shipping port of Tainan-fu is Anping, situated on the coast about three miles to the eastward of the city and connected with the suburbs by a creek....Anping has of late risen greatly in importance, the foreign firms making it their headquarters instead of Takow, which port in former years was considered of more significance. Tempered by sea breezes, Anping during the summer months can boast of a cool climate.

   1900, European Settlements in the Far East, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, →OCLC, page 39

   The Dutch ship Witte Paert which sailed to Nagasaki, Japan from Anping, carried 54,700 pieces of ordinary deer skin and 2,000 pieces of large deer skin, with still 30,000 pieces more awaiting shipment at Anping. The Jacht de Sperwer sailing from Anping to Japan on July 29 of the same year sank near the Chi Chou Island (濟州島), with a load, among other things, of 19,952 pieces of deer skin, 3,000 pieces of large deer skin, 3,078 pieces of goat skin, and 920 piculs of sugar.

   陳正祥

   1963 May, Cheng-siang Chen [陳正祥], “Foreign Trade”, in Taiwan: An Economic and Social Geography, volume I, number 96, Taipei: Weiwen Press Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 609

   Milkfish is a popular ingredient in Tainan. So popular that in Anping District it has its own museum selling products such as milkfish popsicles. Riding a fine line between salty and sweet, it's not as fishy as it sounds.

   2015 February 25, Clarissa Wei, “Tainin is Taiwan's food capital; these 19 dishes show why”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2017

   The angular concrete facade of Mao House is an anomaly among the temple roofs and low-slung brick dwellings of Yuguang Island, a forested isle connected by bridge to Tainan’s western Anping district.

   2023 January 27, Chris Schalkx, “Chefs and Bartenders Are Injecting New Life Into Taiwan’s Oldest City”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2023

2. A county of Hengshui, Hebei, China.
3. A town in the county-level city of Cenxi, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
4. A town in Anping County, Hebei, China.

   Synonyms: An-peng

5. A town in Xianghe County, Hebei, China.
6. A town in Zhecheng County, Henan, China.
7. A town in Anren County, Hunan, China.
8. An urban town in the county-level city of Lianyuan, Hunan, China.
9. A town in Chenxi County, Hunan, China.