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Takao-si. Kaohsiung, [a] officially Kaohsiung City, [I] is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of 2,952 km 2 (1,140 sq mi). Kaohsiung City has a population of approximately 2.73 million people as of October 2023 and is Taiwan's third most populous city ...
Kaohsiung Main Station (Chinese: 高雄車站; pinyin: Gāoxióng chēzhàn) is a railway and metro station in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan served by the Taiwan Railways and Kaohsiung Rapid Transit. It is one of four special class stations, the highest class with the most services. It is currently undergoing reconstruction, scheduled to ...
Lotus Pond ( Chinese: 蓮池潭; pinyin: Liánchí Tán; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liân-tî-thâm) is an artificial lake and popular tourist destination on the east side of Zuoying District in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Opened in 1951, it is famous for the lotus plants on the lake and the numerous temples around the lake, including the Spring and Autumn ...
The Port of Kaohsiung ( POK; Chinese : 高雄港; pinyin : Gāoxióng Gǎng; Wade–Giles : Kao1-hsiung2 Kang3; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Ko-hiông-káng) is the largest harbor in Taiwan, handling approximately 10.26 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) worth of cargo in 2015. [1] The port is located in southern Taiwan, adjacent to Kaohsiung City ...
Kaohsiung Mosque first building. Kaohsiung Mosque was built in 1949 in Taiwan by Muslim nationalists after their defeat against the communists in the Chinese civil war. In the beginning, Muslim public officers worked with the Kuomintang government to suggest the construction of a new mosque in Taiwan and started to raise funds from January 1949.
Chi Ming Palace. Chi Ming Palace ( Chinese: 啟明堂; pinyin: Qǐmíng Táng) is a temple located on Lotus Lake in Zuoying District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan . Also called Southeast of Dili Que hall, Chi Ming palace is the most spectacular temple by Lotus Lake. Located in the west and facing the east. In 1628, Qing army occupied Taiwan, to promote ...
Kaohsiung International Airport ( 高雄國際機場 [b]) ( IATA: KHH, ICAO: RCKH) is a medium-sized international airport in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, also known as Siaogang Airport ( 小港機場 ). With nearly seven million passengers in 2018, it is the second busiest airport in Taiwan, after Taoyuan. [1] The airport has a single ...
Shoushan is located in southern Taiwan within the vicinity of Kaohsiung stretching across the Gushan district. 5.5 Kilometres long from North to South and 2.5 kilometers wide from East to West with and overall landmass of around 485 hectares. In terms of height, Shoushan reaches a maximum elevation at around 365 meters from above sea level.