title: Houbi District
text: # Houbi District
  
  23°21′46″N 120°20′55″E﻿ / ﻿23.362744°N 120.348648°E﻿ / 23.362744; 120.348648
  
  Houbi District (Chinese: 後壁區; pinyin: Hòubì Qū; Wade–Giles: $Hou^4-pi^4$ $Ch'ü^1;$ Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Āu-piah-khu) is a rural district of about 22,108 residents in Tainan, Taiwan.
  
  ## History
  
  After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Houbi was organized as a rural township of Tainan County. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County was merged with Tainan City and Houbi was upgraded to a district of the city.
  
  ## Administrative divisions
  
  Dingan, Dingzhang, Fuan, Houba, Houbi, Houbu, Jiadong, Jiamin, Jiatian, Jingli, Jingliao, Kanding, Molin, Pingan, Shian, Tugou, Wushu, Xinjia, Xintung, Zhangan and Zhuxin Village.
  
  ## Tourist attractions
  
  * Houbi Huang Family Mansion
  * Jingliao Huang Family Mansion
  * Saint Cross Church
  * Lower Jiadong Taian Temple
  * Putuo Buddhist Temple
  * Ruan Family Mansion
  * Wushulin Sugar Plant
  
  ## Transportation
  
  * TRA Houbi Station
  
  ## Notable natives
  
  * Hsing Hui, actress
  