Gangshan District (, Hakka: Kông-sân-khî), is a suburban district in Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan. It has 95,128 inhabitants in 2022. The township is part of the suburbs of Kaohsiung City which encompass 10 cities (or townships) out of 18 in the official Kaohsiung Metro Area.

History and Names

In 1920, during the

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, the town of A-kong-tien (阿公店; ) was renamed and made the site of an airbase. Administratively Okayama Town covered modern day Gangshan District and Ciaotou District and was under Okayama District, Takao Prefecture. The town suffered heavy bombardment in World War II. Following the

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and handover to the Kuomintang, the government continued to use the same name (岡山), but transliterated using

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(Gangshan). The town continued to host Gangshan Air Base (Kangshan Air Base), and has a strong military veteran's presence as well.

Administrative divisions

The district consists of Pingan, Gangshan, Shoutian, Weiren, Houhong, Daliao, Zhongxiao, Heping, Qianfeng, Liucuo, Xiehe, Houxie, Xinyi, Tande, Sanhe, Renshou, Bihong, Chengxiang, Zhuwei, Taishang, Wanli, Baimi, Shitan, Fuxing, Benzhou, Jiaxing, Jiafeng, Huagang, Dazhuang, Xierong, Weisui, Shoufeng and Renyi Village.

Politics

The district is part of

Kaohsiung City Constituency II Kaohsiung City Constituency II () includes districts in the northwestern part of Kaohsiung. The district was formerly known as Kaohsiung County Constituency II (2008-2010) and was created in 2008, when all local constituencies of the Legislative ...

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for

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Education

* Air Force Institute of Technology * Republic of China Air Force Academy

Infrastructures

Gangshan Refuse Incineration Plant The Gangshan Refuse Incineration Plant () is an incinerator in Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The construction of the plant was completed in February 2001 led by Takuma Co. Ltd. and China Steel. Technical details The plant can t ...

Tourist attractions

Gangshan District is known for restaurants serving goat meat, traditionally goats were raised in northern Kaohsiung because of the poor quality of the land. Due to this the area developed into a center of the regional trade, slaughter, and consumption of goats. * Agongdian Reservoir * Gangshan Shoutian Temple *

Gangshan Water Tower The Gangshan Water Tower () is a historical water tower in Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History Gangshan Street, the area where the tower is located, used to be the main economic center of the region during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. ...

* Kaohsiung Museum of Shadow Puppet *

Republic of China Air Force Museum The Republic of China Air Force Museum () is an air force open-air museum in Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The museum building was completed on 14 August 1987 to accommodate the Republic of China Air Force Academy campus plannin ...

Siaogangshan Skywalk Park The Siaogangshan Skywalk Park () is a park in Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The park is owned by Kaohsiung City Government. History The park was constructed with a budget of almost NT$100 million. It was opened on a trial basis on 4 Fe ...

Soya-Mixed Meat Museum The Soya-Mixed Meat Museum () is a food museum in Benjhou Industrial Park, Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Exhibitions The museum offers detailed information to the history and culture of marinated food, sea food and agriculture produces ...

Transportation

It is linked to Kaohsiung city center by the Gangshan South Station of

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Red Line or TRA

Gangshan Station Gangshan () is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The station was opened on 15 December 1900 as , and was renamed as in 1920. In November 1923, a s ...

Notable natives

Lee Si-chen Lee Si-chen (; born 13 August 1952 in Gangshan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan), is a Taiwanese engineer specializing in semiconductors, a researcher in amorphous silicon in the early development in Taiwan, and an IEEE Fellow. He has been a professor of electr ...

, engineer and researcher *

W. P. Andrew Lee Wei-Ping Andrew Lee (; born c. 1957) is a Taiwanese-American hand surgeon and medical researcher. He is presently the dean of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and executive vice president for academic affairs and provost of UT S ...

, surgeon

References

External links

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Introduction to Gangshan
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