Tainan Prefecture
In the Siege of Fort Zeelandia, Koxinga drove the Europeans out of Taiwan. Under the Kingdom of Tungning, Bakaloan was governed as Sian-hoa Village () of "Tien-hsing" County (). According to the "Shanhua Urban Plan Total Review Report", the old name for the region is Oanli () before it was changed back again to under Japanese rule in 1920. In 1940, the village was upgraded to , , Tainan Prefecture.