30 Facts About Kaohsiung City

Kaohsiung City is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan.

Since founding in the 17th century, Kaohsiung City has grown from a small trading village into the political and economic centre of southern Taiwan, with key industries such as manufacturing, steel-making, oil refining, freight transport and shipbuilding.

The Port of Kaohsiung City is the largest and busiest harbor in Taiwan while Kaohsiung City International Airport is the second busiest airport in number of passengers.

Prehistoric artifacts discovered have suggested that the ancient Kaohsiung City Harbor was originally a lagoon, with early civilizations functioning primarily as Hunter-gatherer societies.

Toward the end of the war, the Japanese promoted some industrial development at Kaohsiung City, establishing an aluminum industry based on the abundant hydroelectric power produced by the Sun Moon Lake project in the mountains.

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Kaohsiung City was heavily bombed by Task Force 38 and FEAF during World War II between 1944 and 1945.

The official romanization of the name came to be "Kaohsiung City", based on the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin reading of the kanji name.

Kaohsiung City then consisted of 10 districts, which were Gushan, Lianya, Nanzih, Cianjin, Cianjhen, Cijin, Sanmin, Sinsing, Yancheng, and Zuoying.

Kaohsiung surpassed Tainan to become the second largest city of Taiwan in the late 1970s and Kaohsiung City was upgraded from a provincial city to special municipality on 1 July 1979, by the Executive Yuan with a total of 11 districts.

Since then, Kaohsiung City gradually grew into a political center of the Pan-Green population of Taiwan, in opposition to Taipei where the majority population is Kuomintang supporters.

On 25 December 2010, Kaohsiung City merged with Kaohsiung County to form a larger special municipality with administrative centers in Lingya District and Fongshan District.

Kaohsiung City sits on the southwestern coast of Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait, bordering Tainan Kaohsiung City to the north, Chiayi and Nantou County to the northwest, Taitung County to its northeast and Pingtung County to the south and southeast.

Indigenous peoples of Kaohsiung City, who belong to various ethnic groups that speak languages belonging to the Austronesian language family, live mostly in the mountain indigenous district such as Taoyuan or Namasia.

Kaohsiung City has the highest production of guava, jujube and lychee in Taiwan.

Main landmarks of Kaohsiung city include the 85 Sky Tower, the Ferris wheel of the Kaohsiung Dream Mall, the Kaohsiung Arena and Port of Kaohsiung.

Kaohsiung City is home to many night markets, such as Jin-Zuan Night Market, Liuhe Night Market Ruifeng Night Market and Zhonghua Street Night Market, and the Kaisyuan Night Market.

The "Dome light" in the concourse of Formosa Boulevard Station of Kaohsiung City MRT is one of the world's largest public glass works of art.

Religious population of Kaohsiung City is mainly divided into five main religious groups: Buddhists, Taoists, Muslim and Christians .

Sometimes Kaohsiung City used to be seen as the political opposite of Taipei.

Kaohsiung City is divided into 38 districts, three of which are mountain indigenous districts.

Kaohsiung City has the most numbers of districts among other special municipalities in Taiwan.

Also known as the "Harbour Capital" of Taiwan, Kaohsiung City has always had a strong link with the ocean and maritime transportation.

Kaohsiung City is one of the biggest ports in the world for importing shark fins, sold at high prices in the restaurants and shops of Taiwan and China.

Kaohsiung City is home to Taiwan's second-largest international airport, the Kaohsiung International Airport, located in Siaogang District near the city's center.

Circular Light Rail Line for Kaohsiung City is a light rail line.

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Kaohsiung City is served by the Taiwan Railways Administration's Western Line and Pingtung Line.

Kaohsiung City Main Station is an underground station, replacing the old ground level station.

Kaohsiung City hosted the 2009 World Games at the National Stadium.

Kaohsiung City was home to the Kaohsiung City Truth of the ASEAN Basketball League.

Kaohsiung City has a number of colleges and junior colleges offering training in commerce, education, maritime technology, medicine, modern languages, nursing, and technology, as well as various international schools and eight national military schools, including the three major military academies of the country, the Republic of China Military Academy, Republic of China Naval Academy and Republic of China Air Force Academy.