Kaohsiung

Translingual: kaohsiungensis

/ˈkaʊ ˈʃjʊŋ/

/ˈɡaʊ ˈʃjʊŋ/

Late 1945, from Mandarin 高雄 (Gāoxióng) Wade–Giles romanization: Kao¹-hsiung², from 高(たか)雄(お) (Takao) (Takao), from Hokkien 打狗 (Tá-káu) (Takau), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).

Although many factors in the industrial picture remain unfavorable, the Government reportedly is taking steps toward rehabilitation of industry. Repairs to the oil refinery at Kaohsiung (Takao) in Taiwan (Formosa) are being made, reportedly under the direction of engineers of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, under the auspices of the China Petroleum Corporation, a subsidiary of the National Resources Commission. This plant, formerly owned by the Japanese, was damaged during the war.

1946 December 14, John Stenhouse, “China's Economy Since the Japanese Surrender”, in Foreign Commerce Weekly, volume XXV, number 11, Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 1

The existing steel industry is centered at Kaohsiung and is based mainly on local and imported scrap. An integrated steelworks being built by CI&S, also at Kaohsiung, will have an annual ingot capacity of 1.5 million tons by 1977 and, it is hoped 6 million tons by 1983; the bulk of the raw materials needed will be from foreign sources. Meanwhile, large tonnages of finished steel produced are imported.

1978, Kung-Ping Wang, E. Chin, Mineral Economics and Basic Industries in Asia, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 309

Kaohsiung is the second largest city in Taiwan and has the biggest seaport.

1998, Robert Storey, Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition (Travel), →OCLC, page 260

The mayor of Kaohsiung, Chen Chi-mai, said the southern port city on Saturday also implemented new rules requiring face masks and social distancing.

2021 May 15, Lily Kuo, “Taiwan raises coronavirus alert level as residents stockpile toilet paper and food”, in Washington Post, archived from the original on 2021-08-08

On Friday, three months after she moved in, Ms. Huang was feeling grateful not to be among the dead after a fire tore through the partly abandoned 13-story mixed-used building on Thursday night in the southern port city of Kaohsiung.

2021 October 15, Amy Qin, Amy Chang Chien, “A Last-Chance ‘Ghost’ Building in Taiwan Becomes a Deathtrap for Many”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-10-15

Speaking to reporters in the southern city of Kaohsiung, Su said the "new Taiwan model" in combating COVID-19 was a "normal life, active epidemic prevention and steady opening".

2022 April 3, Ben Blanchard, “Taiwan says new COVID cases won't affect re-opening plans”, in Simon Cameron-Moore, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-04-03

Kaohsiung, a city on Taiwan's southern coast, is the 15th-busiest container port in the world. There would be global repercussions and immediate consequences for the Philippines should the port again be blocked by Chinese forces, as occurred temporarily in August following the visit of US lawmaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.

2023 March 18, Alexander Görlach, “Opinion: Facing China, Manila cozies up to US”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2023-03-18, CONFLICTS

A city and special municipality in southern Taiwan, and the third largest city in Taiwan.


Yancheng

The fire broke out in the 40-year-old building in Kaohsiung's Yancheng district in the early hours of the morning and was extinguished around dawn.

2021 October 14, Ben Blanchard, “More than 40 feared dead in fire in southern Taiwan”, in Peter Graff, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2021-10-14, Asia Pacific

The fire in the city's Yancheng District was the second deadliest building fire in Taiwan after a blaze at the Weierkang Club in Taichung that killed 64 people in February 1995.

2022 August 5, Hsueh-kuang Hung, Lee Hsin-Yin, “Woman gets life imprisonment for Kaohsiung building fire that killed 46”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-08-05, Society

A multi-day festival featuring exhibitions and music performances kicked off in Kaohsiung's Yancheng District on Saturday, bringing new life to a district known for its rich cultural and historical heritage.

2022 September 24, “Festival kicks off in Kaohsiung to bring new life to old town”, in Focus Taiwan (Sponsored Content), archived from the original on 2022-09-24


Cijin

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 旗津 (Cíjin).

There were also numerous oyster farms along the beaches of Cijin District before ports and harbours were renovated (see figure 8.4). These farms created many job opportunities.

2009, Henry T. Chen, “The Culture and Daily Life of the Kaohsiung Fishing Communities”, in Taiwanese Distant-Water Fisheries in Southeast Asia, 1936-1977, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, published 2017, →OCLC, page 151

Don't forget to visit the art installations at Cijin district, an island off the coast of Kaohsiung accessible via a tunnel or ferry ride.

2019, Angelo G. Garcia, “4 reasons why Kaohsiung should be your next destination”, in ABS-CBN, archived from the original on 2020-02-23

Taiping, also known as Itu Aba, the largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands (Nansha Islands, 南沙群島), lies 1,600 kilometers southwest of Kaohsiung and is administered as part of the special municipality's Cijin District.

2023 June 11, Joseph Yeh, “Vietnam's accusation of sovereignty infringement "unacceptable": Taiwan”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2023-06-11, Politics


Maolin

From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 茂林 (Màolín).

In Maolin, outside Kaohsiung, millions of striped blue crow butterflies create a purplish haze in the forests.

2006, David C. King, Taiwan (Enchantment of the World), Children's Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 43

Meinong's small bus station is in the centre of town at the junction of Jhongshan and Jhongjheng roads, with buses to Kaohsiung (daily 5.35am-8.45pm every 30min; NT$131) and seven daily services to Liouguei in the Maolin National Scenic Area.

2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →OCLC, page 356

The second-highest precipitation was recorded in Pingtung’s Majia Township (瑪家) with 648mm, followed by Kaohsiung’s Maolin District (茂林) with 542mm, the bureau said, adding that all three locations received more than 1m of rainfall over the past three days.

2021 August 8, Yu-huang Weng, Tsai Ching-hua, William Hetherington, “Storm hits Taiwan with flooding and landslides”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-08-07, Front Page, page 1

A mountain indigenous district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.


Siaogang

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 小港 (Siǎogǎng).

Kaohsiung City was elevated to the status of a city directly under the jurisdiction of Central Government on July 1st, 1979, including Siaogang township of Kaohsiung County.[...]The area of Kaohsiung City has increased 1.3488 square kilometers because Siaogang District reclaimed land from the sea in Sept., 2011, which was for expanding the area of Kaohsiung Intercontinental Container Terminal to 41.2061[...]

2013, 中華民國102年內政統計年報 [2013 Statistical Yearbook of Interior], 內政部統計處, →OCLC, pages 37, 49

The city metro, or KMRT (高雄捷運; gāoxióng jiéyùn; krtco.com.tw) is the best way to get around, although it doesn't go everywhere. Two lines-Red (with stops R3 to R24) and Orange (stops 01 to 014) - crisscross the city (metting at Formosa Blvd), from Gangshan in the north to the airport and Siaogang in the south, and from Sizihwan in the west to Daliao in the eastern suburbs.

2015, Simon Foster, Stephen Keeling, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), 3rd edition, →OCLC, pages 257–258

The cases discussed are as follows:
• Collapse of Chung Lin Road in Kaohsiung's Siaogang District - subsidence cracked Chung Lin Road for the second time within a year in the aftermath of Typhoon Dujuan in September 2015.[...]

2016, Arvin Farid, editor, Geohazards Caused by Human Activity, →OCLC

2.1. Collapse of Chung Lin Road in Kaohsiung's Siaogang District

At a question-and-answer session at the Kaohsiung City Council on Tuesday, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Shao-ting (黃紹庭) suggested that due to a lack of cooperation from the central government, progress on major projects, such as the relocation of residents from Siaogang District’s (小港) Dalinpu Village (大林蒲) and the construction of a new yellow line on the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit system, have come to a standstill since Han took office on Dec. 25 last year.

2019 May 23, Lee Hsin-fang, Sherry Hsiao, “Cabinet rebuts Han’s non-cooperation claims”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 2019-05-22

According to CWB weather stations in Kaohsiung as of 11 a.m., Cianjhen District had recorded the largest amount of rainfall since midnight Monday at 280.5 mm, followed by Siaogang District at 252 mm.

2020 May 27, Yu Hsiao-han, Wang Shu-fen, Joseph Yeh, “CWB issues torrential rain alerts for 16 cities, counties”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2020-05-30

Hsu’s division is responsible for CPC’s two main facilities, the oil refinery in Kaohsiung’s Siaogang District (小港) and the refinery in Taoyuan’s Gueishan District (龜山), which together process 600,000 barrels of crude oil per day, a report released last year by CPC said.

2022 January 28, Jason Pan, “CPC division head suspected of bribery”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-01-27, Taiwan News, page 2

A large explosion hit Taiwan's state-backed CPC Dalin Refinery in the southern city of Kaohsiung on Thursday night, videos and images from the Fire Deparment showed, with heavy fire seen above the plant but no injuries initially found, officials said.[…]
The fire broke out at 10.35 p.m. local time (1435 GMT) in Siaogang district. The city's fire department said the fire was put out early on Friday and no one was injured or trapped after an initial investigation.

2022 October 27, Farah Master, Meg Shen, Yimou Lee, “Large explosion in Taiwan's CPC Dalin oil refinery, no one hurt”, in Rashmi Aich, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-10-28, Asia Pacific


Sinsing

The Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 新興 (Sinsing).

Sinsing Night Market on Nanhua Road has more clothes stalls and some food at the southern end.

2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →OCLC, page 351

Central Kaohsiung, including Cianjin, Yancheng, and Sinsing Districts, has very high thermal load and low dynamic potential. This suggests that these areas have intense anthropogenic heat release but limited air ventilation. These areas require specific planning action, such as increasing greenery coverage and reducing anthropogenic heat release.

2015, Chao Ren, “Urban climatic map studies in Taiwan: Kaohsiung”, in Edward Ng, Chao Ren, editors, The Urban Climatic Map for Sustainable Urban Planning, Earthscan, →OCLC, page 201

Accumulated rain in the last 24 hours in Fongshan, Lingya, Sanmin and Sinsing districts topped 300mm, records showed.

2018, Wang Shu-fen, Chang Che-fong, Yeh Su-ping, Frances Huang, “Kaohsiung hit by heavy rain; schools, businesses closed Tuesday”, in Focus Taiwan

Located in the Sinsing District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, the luminous “Dome of Light” in the Formosa Boulevard was designed by Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata. Comprising 4,500 glass panels and measuring 98 feet in diameter, this dome is currently the largest glasswork in the world.

2019 April 23, Kelly Richman-Abdou, “6 of the Most Beautiful Metro Stations Around the World”, in My Modern Met, archived from the original on 2019-04-23

Currently, no plans for panel installation in Sinsing District, where the urban heat island effect can be better alleviated through greening facility construction, have been made.

2021, Chao Chien-Chiao et al., “Application of a High-Density Temperature Measurement System for the Management of the Kaohsiung House Project”, in Sustainability, volume 13, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13


Nanzih

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 楠梓 (Nánzǐh).

This project is located in the Nanzih district in Kaohsiung, the special municipality in southwestern Taiwan. Similar to other areas in Taiwan, Kaohsiung had a very low wastewater treatment rate.

2010, Sha Zheng and Robert L. K. Tiong, M.ASCE, “First Public-Private-Partnership Application in Taiwan’s Wastewater Treatment Sector: Case Study of the Nanzih BOT Wastewater Treatment Project”, in Journal of Construction Engineering & Management, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 916

Level 3: For areas with low thermal stress and high dynamic potential, such as Zuoying, Nanzih, Cijin, and Gushan Districts, the current situations should be preserved and the provision of surfaces of low albedo is encouraged. In particular, potential air pollution problem in Nanzih requires specific attention.

2011, Architecture & Sustainable Development, →OCLC, page 217

Some barriers may also be psychological and not physical in nature....In the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung a category killer may have a store in the northern part of town in the district called Nanzih and the management would name its outlet after the district: Nanzih Store....It is better to give the store a neutral name like Lotus Flower Store, than to name it after the district, which may create a psychological barrier.

2011, Laurent Sausset, Shopping Behavior in Asia, Paramount Market Publishing, →OCLC, page 72

The beginnings of the municipality’s petrochemical industry can be traced to 1936, when the former Japanese Imperial Navy established a fuel plant in what is now Nanzih District’s (楠梓) Houjin Township (後勁) to refine crude oil and fuel its fleet.

2014, Ko You-hao, Yang Ching-ching, Jake Chung, “KAOHSIUNG DISASTER: Blasts mar Kaohsiung’s status as petrochemical hub”, in Taipei Times

The other three winning special prize receipts were a NT$35 purchase of a male urine pot at a MedFirst store inside the National Cheng Kung University Hospital, a NT$1,626 food and grocery purchase at a Carrefour store in Kaohsiung's Nanzih District, and a NT$25 purchase of tuna onigiri at a 7-Eleven of THSR Zuoying Station in Kaohsiung.

2018 May 20, Sophia Yang, “Seven NT$10 million special prize receipts yet to be claimed for Taiwan receipt lottery”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2018-05-22

In World War II, when the US Army Air Forces bombed the area heavily, numerous blockhouses and air-raid shelters were built around Shoushan (Mt. Shou), Cihou Mountain (on Cijin Island), Mt. Guei (in Zuoying District), Mt. Banping (between Zuoying and Nanzih districts), Taidi Mountain in what is now Taidishan Natural Park (in Mituo District), and both Mt. Dagang and Mt. Siaogang in Gangshan District.

2019, Chen Ting-fang, Gao Jia-ling, “Kaohsiung Introduces Military Tourism”, in Hou Ya-ting, transl., Love Kaohsiung 愛·高雄, number 4, page 9

Testing of family members revealed that two male cousins had also contracted the disease. According to Kaohsiung Department of Health specialist Pan Chao-ying (潘炤穎), case No. 19,382 lives in Dashu District and had lunch with his father in Renwu District at noon on Feb. 4 before going to his maternal grandparent's house in Nanzih District that evening for dinner.

2022 February 9, Keoni Everington, “COVID cluster of unknown origin rises to 4 in Taiwan's Kaohsiung”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2022-02-09

Nanzih Export Processing Zone metro station


Liouguei

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 六龜 (Liòuguei).

Meinong's small bus station is in the centre of town at the junction of Jhongshan and Jhongjheng roads, with buses to Kaohsiung (daily 5.35am-8.45pm every 30min; NT$131) and seven daily services to Liouguei in the Maolin National Scenic Area.

2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →OCLC, page 356

The study area is mainly located in the Liouguei District and Taoyuan District in Kaohsiung City.

2013, Jing-Wen Chen, Yung-Sheng Chue, Yie-Ruey Chen, “The application of the genetic adaptive neural network in landslide disaster assessment”, in Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 4th edition, volume 21, page 444

Before the Japanese colonial era, the most prosperous area around the three settlements was the Liouguei area on the west coast of the Laonong River. Liouguei became the main center for the exchange of goods between the Lower Three Settlements.

2014, Marinos Ioannides, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Eleanor Fink, editors, Digital Heritage: Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection 5th International Conference, EuroMed 2014, Limassol, Cyprus, November 3-8, 2014, Proceedings, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 652

At the Liouguei Reconstruction centre, the guiding philosophy was helping people regain quality of life in ways that reconciled reconstruction activities with the maintenance of social and cultural traditions, both community and school-based.

2016, Helen James, Douglas Paton, editors, The Consequences of Disasters: Demographic, Planning, and Policy Implications, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 69

Over the past 24 hours, mountainous areas of Kaohsiung, including the city's Taoyuan and Namasia Districts, have received over 400 millimeters of rain, while the accumulated rainfall in Liouguei, Maolin and Jiasian Districts exceeded 300mm.

2019, Su Mu-chun, Wu Che-hao, Yeh Tze-kung, Chen Chi-fong, Emerson Lim, Chung Yu-chen, “Over 3,000 people evacuated in Kaohsiung due to torrential rain”, in Focus Taiwan

After Namasia, Jiasian, Taoyuan, Maolin and Liouguei were devastated in the 2009 Typhoon Morakot, Kaohsiung City Government and Tzu Chi Foundation worked together to create Shanlin Da-ai Village, so survivors could have new and safer homes.

2019, Chen Ting-fang, “Da-ai Sewing Workshop”, in Hou Ya-ting, transl., Love Kaohsiung 愛·高雄, number 4, page 5

Over the past few years, I’ve grown to really appreciate Liouguei District (六龜). It’s one of the most scenic and thinly populated parts of Kaohsiung.
The number of humans living here has steadily declined since the 1980s. With barely 12,500 adults and children spread over 194 square kilometers, Liouguei’s residents enjoy more space per person than folks in Hualien County.
Liouguei is dominated by the Laonong River (荖濃溪), a major tributary of the Kaoping River (高屏溪). Within the district, there are four river crossings. Three are part of the provincial highway network; the fourth belongs to Kaohsiung Local Road 131.

2020, Steven Crook, “Highways and Byways: Liouguei’s Buddhas and butterflies”, in Taipei Times


Namasia

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 那瑪夏 (Nàmǎsià).

Bunun Ear-shooting Festival (late April or early May) This is one of Taiwan's most popular aboriginal festivals. The precise date varies from year to year and events are held in a number of locations including Lidao and Namasia.

2014, Steven Crook, Taiwan (Bradt Travel Guides), →OCLC, page 68

The most catastrophic damage occurred in Siaolin, Chiahsien township and Nansalu village, Namasia township.

2017, Michiko Banba, Rajib Shaw, Land Use Management in Disaster Risk Reduction: Practice and Cases from a Global Perspective, →OCLC, page 275

As a place well-known for watching fireflies, the district office of Namasia in Kaohsiung City has planned out six routes for watching fireflies as well as other activities in the mountainous district, according to the district office.
Because of its location at a relatively higher altitude away from light pollution, Namasia is an ideal place for watching fireflies during the best firefly watching season from the end of March to late April.[…]
Namasia nestles at northwest corner of Kaohsiung; it is one of the three aboriginal districts in the city.

2017 April 3, George Liao, “Camp and watch fireflies in southern Taiwan’s Namasia mountainous area”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2017-08-12

Saaroa is spoken in Taoyuan District and Namasia District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. There are around 400 members of Saaroa community. Saaroa is a moribund Formosan language, with fewer than ten fluent speakers.

2018, Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd, The Oxford Handbook of Evidentiality, →OCLC, page 665

Two of Kaohsiung's most rugged districts, Taoyuan and Namasia, are high above sea level, and home to members of the indigenous Bunun, Paiwan, and Hla'alua tribes.

2019 March 27, Zih-yin Chen, “Rejuvenating the Hla'alua Language”, in Hou Ya-ting, transl., 聯合新聞網, archived from the original on 2019-10-24

The heavy rain and winds downed power lines in Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan, leaving all of Namasia District without electricity Friday morning, but the power was restored in phases before noon.

2020, Wang Shu-fen, Hsiao Po-yang, Kuo Chih-hsuan, Lee Hsin-Yin, “Heavy rain causes power outages, traffic disruptions in Taiwan”, in Focus Taiwan

Since the launch of the Minquan Elementary School in Namasia more than 10 years ago, the student body has doubled, but its electricity intensity has declined enough to achieve net-zero energy consumption for three consecutive years thanks to Delta's energy-saving solutions, which include an energy storage system to store excess solar energy during the day for night lighting and for the operations of IT equipment.

2021 November 30, “Delta's Sponsored Green Building for Namasia Minquan Elementary School in Taiwan Becomes Asia's First LEED-certified Zero Energy Academic Campus”, in PR Newswire, archived from the original on 2021-11-30

As of 9 a.m. Saturday, 568 people from Namasia, 356 from Taoyuan and 21 from Maolin had been evacuated to nearby shelters, the Council of Indigenous Peoples said in a statement.
Based on data provided by Kaohsiung's weather station, Namasia had accumulated over 210 millimeters of rainfall in 24 hours as of 9:30 a.m. Saturday, while other districts had also seen rising rain levels in a short period of time.

2023 August 5, Hung Hsueh-kuang, Kuan Tuan-ping, Yu Hsiao-han, Pan Tzu-yu, Ko Lin, “Kaohsiung residents evacuated due to torrential rain”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2023-08-05, Society


Lujhu

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 路竹 (Lùjhú).

A worker checks a panel at a high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar energy power plant in Lujhu Township of Kaohsiung County, southern Taiwan, January 22, 2010.

2010 January 27, “BlackRock clean fund targets Asian solar stocks”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-09-03, Behind the Scenes

Protesters from Kaohsiung’s Lujhu (路竹) and Hunei (湖內) districts said the city government failed to promptly publish online that a controversial iron wire and screw factory had passed an environmental review.

2016 September 1, Abraham Gerber, “Kaohsiung mayor ignoring public: protesters”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-09-01, Taiwan News, page 3

“The investment is the largest scale in the history of the park in Kaohsiung’s Lujhu District (路竹), surpassing all capital that has been invested over the past 15 years,” the Kaohsiung Economic Development Bureau said in a statement on Monday.

2018 October 3, Lisa Wang, “Winbond to start fab construction”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-10-02, Business, page 12

Rural north Kaohsiung could use better medical care facilities. Elderly care is a huge need that could benefit from a few billion. Hiring more inspectors to patrol Lujhu’s industrial areas might keep unscrupulous actors from dumping toxic chemicals into streams or other polluting acts.

2018, Eryk Smith, “OPINION: Extend the HSR to Pingtung? Let’s Talk After the Election”, in The News Lens

If elected, Chen Chi-mai said, he would establish a one-stop windows for investors to facilitate clusters for semiconductors and smart industries, promote agricultural products in overseas markets, and expand the MRT network to Lujhu and Linyuan districts to close the gap between urban and rural areas in the city.

2018, Shih Hsiu-chuan, “Major Kaohsiung mayoral candidates face off in televised debate”, in Focus Taiwan


Cishan

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 旗山 (Císhan).

Taiwan Red Cross members escort rescued residents who were trapped following Typhoon Morakot, to receive medical care in Cishan, Taiwan, 12 August 2009. Taiwan soldiers on 12 August found 70 more survivors from a village buried by a mudslide, bringing to 1,000 the number of people found alive in mountain region affected by landslides in the southern county of Kaohsiung.

2009 August 9, “Typhoon slams Taiwan, China, Japan”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 2021-12-21

In Cishan, a storm-ravaged town of 41,000, both road bridges had collapsed, smashing houses and taking down cars. Residents jammed a footbridge which remained standing.

2009 August 14, “Taiwan leader says more than 500 dead in typhoon”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-06-28, World News

The trail runs relatively wide and flat most of the way, skirting the northern slopes of the deep, V-shaped Cishan River (旗山溪) valley.

2014, Robert Kelly, Chung Wah Chow, Taiwan, 9th edition, Lonely Planet, →OCLC, page 206

We gathered 500 turmeric buds from Cishan District of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan in February 2008.

2014, KaiHsun Hsieh, Wu YongPei, Lin SuJu, “Investigation of the functional compositions of turmeric collected from Cishan District of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.”, in Crop, Environment & Bioinformatics, volume 11, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC

“Bike to Remember” is a cycling event in Cishan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan and has been held for 5 times already. The event is created in memory a typhoon that destroyed a great part of this area. Although the area has now been rebuilt the organizers wanted later generations to know about the disaster and they encouraged participants to write a brief ‘feeling’ paragraph on Facebook after the competitive activity had finished.

2015, A Fotiadis, C Vassiliadis, SP Yeh, “Participant’s preferences for small-scale sporting events: a comparative analysis of a Greek and a Taiwanese cycling event”, in EuroMed Journal of Business, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3

Taiwan has confirmed the country's first case of the highly pathogenic H5N5 strain of avian influenza on a duck farm in Cishan District, Kaohsiung, Council of Agriculture (COA) Deputy Minister Huang Chin-cheng (黃金城) said Monday.

2019, Yang Su-min, Evelyn Kao, “Taiwan reports first-ever H5N5 avian influenza case”, in Focus Taiwan

They now have more sewing machines than technicians, so they plan to allow residents from Cishan and Meinong to use them in training programs.

2019, Chen Ting-fang, “Da-ai Sewing Workshop”, in Hou Ya-ting, transl., Love Kaohsiung 愛·高雄, number 4, page 6

Tu talked about his connections in the Kaohsiung area, and agreed to recruit people in Taiwan’s armed forces to gain access to confidential military material in exchange for money, prosecutors said.
Tu recruited retired sergeant major Wang Jui-chi (王瑞祺), who was in charge of an ammunition depot in Kaohsiung’s Cishan District (旗山) while he was in the Army Logistics Command, they said.

2020, Jason Pan, “Supreme Court rejects final spying case appeal”, in Taipei Times

Tu introduced Wang to the Chinese officials and Dong gave Tu cash to give to Wang, they said.

Military points of interest named in the report include the Taiwanese navy's Haifeng Brigade, an ammunition depot in Cishan, located near the southern city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan's Military Police Command headquarters, and the Army Logistics Training Center.

2022 September 2, Tom O'Connor, “If China Moves to Take Taiwan, Report Sees 3,500 Potential Targets”, in Newsweek, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-09-02, World


Ciaotou

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 橋頭 (Ciáotóu).

The only Special Station public artwork that was commissioned from a Taiwanese artist, Chu Pang-hsiung, is installed at Ciaotou [Kio-A-Thau] Station, near the location of the now-defunct Ciaotou Sugar Refinery.

2011, Anru Lee, Perng-juh Peter Shyong, “Assessing (multi)culturalism through public art practices”, in T.W. Ngo, Hong-zen Wang, editors, Politics of Difference in Taiwan, Routledge, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 194

Ciaotou Sugar Factory
(橋頭糖廠, Qiáotóu Tángchǎng) Ciaotou consists of a defunct factory (which you can walk into, and explore the old mechanisms and vats) and an old village that retains most of its early-20th-century flavour.

2014, Robert Kelly, Chung Wah Chow, Taiwan, 9th edition, Lonely Planet, →OCLC, page 256

The jurisdiction area of Taiwan Ciaotou District Prosecutors Office includes 26 districts in total.

2017 September 30, “Jurisdiction”, in 臺灣橋頭地方檢察署 [Taiwan Ciaotou District Prosecutors Office], archived from the original on 2019-07-24

He promised to create a point of contact to attract businesses and investments, open a science park in Ciaotou District (橋頭), connect Kaohsiung and Tainan via a “technological corridor,” and bring in more than NT$600 billion (US$19.4 billion) in economic output.

2018 November 20, Ko Yu-hao, Sherry Hsiao, Jonathan Chin, “Kaohsiung mayoral rivals cross swords in debate”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 2018-11-19

Ciaotou Sugar Refinery was built during Japanese colonial rule period and was the first modern sugar refinery in Taiwan. It was established by the Japanese company Mitsui Corporation, with operations commencing in 1902. At the height of its yearly production it contributed 60,000 metric tons of sugar. Ciaotou became a prosperous industrial area because of it. The once flourishing sugar refinery closed in 1999, yet it will always be an important part Ciaotou 's sweet history.

2018, “Ciaotou Sugar Refinery”, in Hou Ya-ting, transl., Love Kaohsiung, number 6, archived from the original on 2020-10-22

His suggestion was soon realized when Taiwan Sugar began operating its first ‘newstyle’ sugar factory in Kyōshitō (present-day Ciaotou District, Kaohsiung City: see Map 1), in January 1902.

2019, Mariko Iijima, “Sugar Islands in the Pacific in the Early Twentieth Century: Taiwan as a Protégé of Hawai'i”, in Historische Anthropologie, volume 27, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 369

The Ciaotou District Prosecutors Office and Kaohsiung police both responded Tuesday that no relevant information has been received so far from the mayor's office.
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Wang Po-tun (王柏敦), an official with the Ciaotou Prosecutors Office, said that if Han was to file a charge on offences against privacy, he would have to do it personally.

2019 August 20, Chen Chi-fong, Wen Kuei-hsiang, Wang Shu-fen, Ko Lin, “Kaohsiung mayor voices frustration, claims car wired with tracker”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2020-10-22

Tsai says that 10 years ago, when Kaohsiung County became part of the city, an AmCham Kaohsiung white paper suggested that the government create an industry centered on the long-term care of senior citizens to take advantage of Kaohsiung’s warm climate, lower living costs, and convenient transportation. But the city government has preferred to focus on high-tech industry, such as developing a new science park in the Ciaotou district.

2020 April 22, Louise Watt, “Kaohsiung Seeks a Change of Fortune”, in American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, archived from the original on 2020-04-28

An investigation into corruption involving CPC's refinery division was launched after the Ministry of Justice's Agency Against Corruption (AAC) received a tip-off from an anonymous whistleblower, accusing Hsu of taking bribes from businesses.
The AAC reported the case to Kaohsiung City's Ciaotou District Prosecutors Office, which set up a special taskforce to look into Hsu.[...]
At 4 a.m. Thursday, the Taiwan Ciaotou District Court issued an order to detain both Hsu and Liu, with the former held incommunicado.

2022 January 27, Meng-yu Tsai, Tseng yi-ning, Tseng Chih-yi, James Lo, “Department head at state-run CPC detained for corruption”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-01-27


Zuoying

From Mandarin 左營 (Zuǒyíng, literally “left barracks”).

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In the suburb of Tsoying (zuǒyíng) are two magnificent temples within a 10-minute walk of each other. Both are on the shore of a lake. The Spring Autumn Temple (chūn qiū gé) has a unique design and includes two pagodas that extend into the lake.]

[1994 July, Robert Storey, “South-West Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →OCLC, →OL, page 241

In their senior year, Zhang Zewei had been sent back from the military outpost on Jinmen and reassigned to serve in Zuoying, a more comfortable posting in a small town in the south.

2001, He An, “Andante”, in Patricia Sieber, transl., edited by Patricia Sieber, Red is Not the Only Color: Contemporary Chinese Fiction on Love and Sex between Women, Collected Stories, Rowman & Littlefield, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 178

In the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung a category killer may have a store in the northern part of town in the district called Nanzih and the management would name its outlet after the district: Nanzih Store. In this case the problem would be that many target customers living just 7 or 8 minutes away would not shop there, for reasons in large part psychological and first-degree. Because they live in Zuoying district, for example, they will feel that if the store is in another district, it is probably cumbersome to go all the way.

2011, Laurent Sausset, “What Location Means in Asian Markets”, in Shopping Behavior in Asia, Paramount Market Publishing, →OCLC, page 72

During a visit to the navy’s main base in Tsoying, also spelled Zuoying, Tsai oversaw the signing of a memorandum of understanding on the construction of submarines.

2017 March 21, “Taiwan announces plan to build own submarines”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2022-10-08

Set in Zuoying District, in the northeast of Kaohsiung, the largest city of Taiwan Island lays adjacent to Zuoying Harbor to the west and north of Nanzi District. With approximately 59 Taiwanese Veterans' Villages near Kaohsiung (Chen 2006, p. 1),² 23 find themselves in Zuoying.³

2018, “Cultural Memory in Mainland Immigrants' Settlement of Taiwan: A Case Study of Zuoying Naval Veteran's Villages”, in Dynamics of Community Formation: Developing Identity and Notions of Home, →DOI, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 63

In a verdict issued Thursday, the High Court said that at the time of the crime, Yang was living in Kaohsiung's Zuoying District and the sole caregiver of 1-year-old and 5-month-old daughters.

2022 October 20, Yi-ning Tseng, Matthew Mazzetta, “Mother receives 7.5 year sentence for death of infant left home alone”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-10-20, Society


Zihguan

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 梓官 (Zǐguān) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Zǐhguan.

The experimental design includes first the determination of the relationships of fish size and the price per weight (PPW) of the economic demersal fishes sold as the one-hundred Dollars-a-plate manner in Tunkang and Zihguan fish markets in the southwestern coast of Taiwan.

2008, Meng-Hsun Huang et al., “Mesh regulations of bottom trawl for the protection of economic immature fishes off southwestern Taiwan [2008]”, in Food and Agriculture Organization, archived from the original on 2023-03-06

An AT-3 trainer aircraft used by Taiwan's Air Force Academy crashed during a routine training mission in Zihguan District in Kaohsiung Tuesday morning.

2014 October 21, “AT-3 trainer crashes in Kaohsiung, pilots survive”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-09-29, Politics

The incident had a serious and significant impact on farmland in the Ciaotou and Zihguan districts.

2016, Tzung-Yuh (葉琮裕) Yeh, “Intergrated Phytoremediation Mitigate Heavy Metal Pollution”, in 土壤及地下水污染整治 [Journal of Soil and Groundwater Remediation], volume 3, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC

At the criterion level, Zihguan in Kaohsiung ranks the highest (0.966) for economic structure (C7), and Anping District in Tainan ranks the lowest (0.229).

2016, Wu Chin-Cheng et al., “Application of Social Vulnerability Indicators to Climate Change for the Southwest Coastal Areas of Taiwan”, in Sustainability, volume 8, number 12, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC

Asked yesterday morning during a visit to a farm in Kaohsiung’s Zihguan District (梓官) why he chose not to participate in the TV presentation, the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Han said: “I am going to continue inspecting [agricultural losses].”

2020 May 31, “Han ditches presentation to inspect vegetable farms”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-06-08, Taiwan News, page 3

This European style building in Kaohsiung's Zihguan District has a history of 120 years. The building was suspected of being damaged by the earthquake on the 23rd and rain in the past few days. Not only did its lintel collapse, but the building's outer walls also became a pile of rubble.
Liu Ying-kai, Chihhsi Borough Chief, Zihguan District, Kaohsiung: “We'll clear these bricks first. And then we'll talk to the owner to discuss what to do next.”

2022 March 24, P. Hsu, “全台155校因地震受損 金額達3500多萬 [155 Schools in Taiwan Damaged from Earthquake]”, in Public Television Service, archived from the original on 2023-03-05

After visiting Kezailiao fishing port, head north on Provincial Highway 17, which divides the Zihguan District into Chikan, famous for its artistic products, and Zihping, known for its traditional architecture.

2022 May, “Experience Coastal Zihguan”, in Love Kaohsiung 愛‧高雄, number 19, 高雄畫刊 [Kaohsiung Pictorial], archived from the original on 2022-12-07

A woman harvests water spinach in Kaohsiung’s Zihguan District on July 26.

2023 September 15, “《TAIPEI TIMES》 Benefits to be hiked 7％ amid inflation”, in Liberty Times, archived from the original on 2023-09-18


Alian

Of the Four Great Ancestral Daochang, the Chaofeng Temple is the only one in the southern half of Taiwan; it sits on the slopes of Dagang Mountain in the Alian Rural District of Kaohsiung County.

1999, Charles Brewer Jones, “The Early Japanese Period”, in Buddhism in Taiwan: Religion and the State, 1660-1990, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54

A community development association in Greater Kaohsiung’s Alian District (阿蓮) and environmental protection groups yesterday called for the protection of farmland owned by Taiwan Sugar Corp (Taisugar) and demanded that it not be developed into a metal-processing facility.

2012 July 22, I-chia Lee, “Eco-groups demand farm is protected from industry”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-01, Taiwan News, page 3

According to the Central Weather Bureau, Luzhu District received over 50 millimeters of rain on the morning of the 20th while Cianjhen, Siaogang, Cijin and Alian received over 30 millimeters.

2018 June 20, “高雄地區強降雨 市區馬路變水路! [Heavy Rain in Kaohsiung Leads to City-wide Flooding]”, in Public Television Service, archived from the original on 2022-10-19

This study examined the types of illnesses and health issues of the residents living in the countryside of Alian District, Kaohsiung City. The research methods of the study included structured interviews and coding. The interviewee was a retired doctor who had served at a clinic in the countryside of Alian District.

2019, Chiung-Wei Huang, Zhi-Yuan Su, “Common Chronic Illnesses of the Elderly: An Analysis of a Retired Doctor's Perspectives”, in 2019 IEEE Eurasia Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare and Sustainability (ECBIOS), →DOI, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-19

They were caught drunk driving for the second time from April 4-10 in Kaohsiung's Dashu District, Alian District, and Nanzih District, with three found to be driving without a license.

2022 April 28, Keoni Everington, “Photos of 5 repeat DUI offenders posted in Kaohsiung, Taiwan”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2022-05-07, Society


Linyuan

A cluster of Japanese encephalitis virus infection has been confirmed in Kaohsiung's Linyuan District, including two confirmed cases and one suspected case, an official with the city's health department said Monday.

2018 May 28, “Japanese encephalitis cluster confirmed in Kaohsiung”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2024-03-17, Society


Daliao

On 6 November, a fire broke out at the waste dump in the Tafa scrap metal special zone in Taliao Township, Kaohsiung County, which provoked fierce protests among the villagers.]

[1987 May 6 [1987 January], “Report on 1986 Human Rights Situation in Taiwan”, in China Report: Political, Sociological and Military Affairs, number 87-035, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from KUANHUAI TSACHI [CARE MAGAZINE], No 53, pp 4-12, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, TAIWAN, page 119

A couple and their two children were found dead inside a car on a riverside in Kaohsiung's Daliao District early Friday in what is believed to be a murder-suicide.

2020 December 4, Flor Wang, Hung Hsueh-kuang, “Family of four found dead in apparent murder-suicide in Kaohsiung”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2020-12-04, Society


Hunei

Protesters from Kaohsiung’s Lujhu (路竹) and Hunei (湖內) districts said the city government failed to promptly publish online that a controversial iron wire and screw factory had passed an environmental review.

2016 September 1, Abraham Gerber, “Kaohsiung mayor ignoring public: protesters”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-09-01, Taiwan News, page 3

A meat company in Hunei, Kaohsiung received a batch of chickens from Yulin County on the 13th, and the poultry were suspected of infection due to the apparent skin flushing.

2017 February 15, Chieh-Tsun Wang, 許政俊 [Hsu Cheng-Chun], “南部分傳雞鴨疑染H5N6 各縣市加強消毒 [H5N6 SPREADS, DEAD POULTRY DUMPED, INSPECTIONS RAISED]”, in Bryant Chang, transl., Public Television Service, archived from the original on 2022-10-19