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Cijin District (; Hokkien POJ: ''Kî-tin-khu'') is a
district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
of
Kaohsiung City Kaohsiung City ( Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Ka ...
, Taiwan, covering Cijin Island () and islands in the South China Sea. It is the second smallest district in Kaohsiung City after Yancheng District, with an area of 1.4639 square kilometers, or 0.5652 square miles. It has a population of 26,956 as of May 2022, making it the 26th most populated district in Kaohsiung, with a population density of 18,414 people per square kilometer, or 47,692 people per square mile.


History

Cijin forms the original core of the Kaohsiung, which was established by the fisherman Hsu Ah-hua () in the mid-17th century. He realized the attractiveness of the location when he was forced to seek shelter from a
typhoon A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere. This region is referred to as the Northwestern Pacific Basin, and is the most active tropical cyclone basin on Earth, accounting for a ...
in the Taiwan Strait and returned with settlers from the
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Ma-tsu. This was housed in a bamboo and thatch structure that formed the first Cijin Tianhou Temple. The town grew up around the temple grounds.. & HMS ''Reynard'' was wrecked near Pratas Island on May 31, 1851. Cijin Island was once connected to the mainland at the southern tip, but in 1967, this link was severed to create a second entry point to the Port of Kaohsiung.


Geography

Cijin Island is long with an average width of . Two islands and one reef in the South China Sea are administered by Kaohsiung City as part of the districts Zhongxing Village: * Pratas Island on Dongsha Atoll * Taiping Island *
Zhongzhou Reef Zhongzhou Reef also known as Ban Than Reef and Centre Cay (Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin ; vi, Bãi Bàn Than) is a small coral reef on the north edge of the Tizard Bank in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea under administration by the Taiwan, Rep ...


Administrative divisions

The district consists of Cisia (Qixia), Yongan, Jhensing (Zhenxing), Ciai, Fuxing, Zhonghua, Shijian, Beishan, Nanshan, Shangzhu, Zhongzhou, Anshun and Jhongsing (Zhongxing) Villages.


Government

The councilor for Cijin District in the
Kaohsiung City Council Kaohsiung City Council () is the city council of Kaohsiung City, Republic of China. It is currently composed of 65 councilors, each serving a four-year term, elected using the single non-transferable vote system. Speaker and deputy speaker of ...
is
Lee Chiao-ju Lee Chiao-ju (; born 24 June 1957) is a Taiwanese politician. She is a member of the Kaohsiung City Council for the constituencies of Gushan District, Yancheng District, and Cijin District. Political policies In a 2012 district council meetin ...
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Economy

Most of its residents are employed by the shipping industry. There is a park on the north western shore.


Education


Universities

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National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (NKUST; ) is a university located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The university was formed in 2018 by a merger of the National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology (NKFUST), ...


Junior high schools

* Kaohsiung Municipal Cijin Junior High School


Elementary schools

* Kaohsiung Municipal Cijin Elementary School * Kaohsiung Municipal Dashan Elementary School * Kaohsiung Municipal Zhongzhou Elementary School


Tourist attractions

There are numerous tourist attractions in Cijin District.


Cijin Island proper

* Cijin Old Street * Cihou Market * Cijin Tianhou Temple * Cijin Lingshui Temple * Cihou Fort * Cijin Tunnel * Mount Cihou * Cijin Shell Museum * Cijin Wind Turbine Park * Cijin Beach *
Kaohsiung Lighthouse The Kaohsiung Lighthouse (), also called Cihou Lighthouse () or Cijin Lighthouse (), is a lighthouse in Cijin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History After the signing of Convention of Peking in 1860 during the Qing Dynasty rule, the Takau Harb ...
* Rainbow Church *
War and Peace Memorial Park and Theme Hall The War and Peace Memorial Park and Theme Hall () is a memorial in Cijin District Cijin District (; Hokkien POJ: ''Kî-tin-khu'') is a district of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, covering Cijin Island () and islands in the South China Sea. It is ...
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YM Museum of Marine Exploration Kaohsiung The YM Museum of Marine Exploration Kaohsiung (MOME; ) is a museum about marine exploration in Cijin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History After its rental tenure was approved by the Marine Bureau of the Kaohsiung City Government on 18 Janua ...


Outer Islands

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Dongsha Atoll National Park The Dongsha Atoll National Park () is the seventh national park of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The marine park is located at Pratas Island (Dongsha Island) in the north of the South China Sea, and includes the Dongsha Atoll (Pratas Atoll) ...
* Taiping Cultural Park


Transportation


Cijin Island proper

The "Cross Harbor Tunnel" () connects Cijin Island at the southern tip of the island to the rest of Kaohsiung on mainland Taiwan. Cijin District is also accessible by two ferry piers, the Cijin Ferry Pier at the northern tip of the island and the Zhongzhou Ferry Pier at the middle of the island.


Outer Islands

Dongsha Airport and
Taiping Island Airport Taiping Island Airport () is an airport on Taiping Island, Cijin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is located in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea. The island (named Itu Aba before 1946See Taiping Island for more information.) belongs to t ...
.


See also

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References


External links

* {{Coord, 22.561674, 120.306998, format=dms, display=title, region:TW_type:city Barrier islands Districts of Kaohsiung