Yongan District () is a coastal suburban district of Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan.

History

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

in 1945, Yong'an 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 Yong'an was upgraded to a district of the

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Administrative divisions

The district consists of Yongan, Yonghua, Xingang, Yantian, Baoning and Weixin 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

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...

Tourist attractions

* Old House of Huang Family () * Yongan Yong'an Temple (永安宮)

Infrastructure

Hsinta Power Plant The Hsinta Power Plant or Hsing-ta Power Plant () is a coal-fired power plant in Yong'an District and Qieding District in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. With a total installed capacity of 4,326 MW, the plant is Taiwan's second largest coal-fired power plan ...

Yongan LNG Terminal The Yongan LNG Terminal () is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Yong'an District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The operation of the terminal started in 1990 with 1.5 million tons capacity. The terminal was expanded to 4.0 million tons ca ...

References

External links

* Districts of Kaohsiung {{Taiwan-geo-stub