title: Xiaying District
text: # Xiaying District
  
  23°13′44.6″N 120°15′52.4″E﻿ / ﻿23.229056°N 120.264556°E﻿ / 23.229056; 120.264556
  
  Xiaying District (Chinese: 下營區; Hanyu Pinyin: Xiàyíng Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Siàyíng Cyu; Wade–Giles: $Hsia^4-ying^2$ $Ch'ü^1;$ Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ē-iâⁿ-khu) is a rural district of about 22,825 residents in Tainan, Taiwan.
  
  ## History
  
  After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Xiaying was organized as a rural township of Tainan County. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County was merged with Tainan City and Xiaying was upgraded to a district of the city.
  
  ## Administrative divisions
  
  Xiaying, Renli, Zhainei, Houjie, Xinxing, Yingqian, Datun, Dabei, Maogang, Zhongying, Kaihua, Xilian, Hejian, Jiazhong and Hongcuo Village.
  
  ## Tourist attractions
  
  * Sinying Sugar Plant
  
  ## Notable natives
  
  * Chen Wei-zen, Minister of the Interior (2014–2016)
  * Yen Shui-long, former painter and sculptor
  