Taiwan Prefecture
The island was previously governed as Taiwan Prefecture, with its capital at "Taiwan-fu" in the south. With the reorganization beginning in 1885, "Taiwan-fu" was moved north to a new location in the center of the island, outside of the boundaries of the new Tainan Prefecture. Thus the southern city formerly called "Taiwan-fu" was renamed "Tainan-fu". This is the name origin of modern-day Tainan.