Hunei District () is a rural

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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 . Kaohsiu ...

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History

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the

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in 1945, Hunei was organized as a rural township of

Kaohsiung County Kaohsiung County was a county in southern Taiwan between 1945 and 2010. The county seat was located in Fongshan City. History Kaohsiung County was established on 6 December 1945 on the territory of Takao Prefecture () shortly after the end of W ...

. On 25 December 2010, Kaohsiung County was merged with Kaohsiung City and Hunei was upgraded to a

of the

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Administrative divisions

The district consists of Haishan, Liujia, Taiye, Gongguan, Yecuo, Dahu, Tianwei, Hunei, Haipu, Wenxian, Zhongxian, Yixian, Zhongxing and Hutung 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

* Tung Fang Design University

Tourist attractions

* Hankou Canal * Mausoleum of Lord Ningjing,

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* Shigeo Fukuda Design Museum *

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* Yuemeichi Ciji Temple (月眉池慈济宫) * Dahu Night Market * Wei Zi Nei Night Market

Notable natives

Lin Yi-chuan Yi-Chuan Lin ( zh, 林益全; born 11 November 1985) is a Taiwanese baseball infielder for the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in the CPBL for the Fubon Guardians. He was the firs ...

, baseball player

References

External links

* {{Taiwan-geo-stub