...ANPING, Tainan City, Taiwan and this card was published by the City Government.


Anping was originally a small island separated from the mainland of Tainan until the 19th century. Due to the ocean current, the small lagoon between Anping island and Tainan was silted up and gradually disappeared, and Anping became a part of Tainan. Tainan City is a city in southern Taiwan. It is the fifth largest after New Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, and Taipei. It was formerly a provincial city, and in 2010, the provincial city merged with the adjacent Tainan County to form a single special municipality. Tainan faces the Taiwan Strait in the west and south. Tainan's complex history of comebacks, redefinitions and renewals inspired its popular nickname "City of the Phoenix." (Source: Wikipedia...here and here)

A fellow postcrosser from Taiwan send this card to me, she mentioned that this is a pretty casual view in her hometown and this card comes together with a lovely stamp


And for more information about the city, you can visit their official website here.