29 Facts About Kaohsiung

Since founding in the 17th century, Kaohsiung 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 is the largest and busiest harbor in Taiwan while Kaohsiung International Airport is the second busiest airport in number of passengers.

Prehistoric artifacts discovered have suggested that the ancient Kaohsiung 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, establishing an aluminum industry based on the abundant hydroelectric power produced by the Sun Moon Lake project in the mountains.

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

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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 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.

Indigenous peoples of Kaohsiung, 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 is a major international port and industrial city in the southwest of Taiwan.

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

Kaohsiung city includes a wide range of different natural attractions due to its large size and geographical variation, as it is bordered by the Central Mountain Range in the northeast and the warm South China Sea to the west and southwest.

Kaohsiung 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.

Kaohsiung has rich resources of ocean, mountains and forests which shape a unique and active multi-faceted art and cultural aesthetic in public infrastructure and transport, public art, and city architecture, from MRT stations and city space to art galleries.

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

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

Kaohsiung Mosque is the largest mosque in Kaohsiung and the main gathering site of Muslims within the city.

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

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

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

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

Kaohsiung 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.

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

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Kaohsiung is home to Taiwan's largest international-class stadium, the National Stadium, with a maximum capacity of 55, 000 seats, as well as Kaohsiung Arena.

Kaohsiung hosted the 2009 World Games at the National Stadium.

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

Kaohsiung 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.