Yancheng District Administration Center, Kaohsiung City

Yancheng District () 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, subdivision ...

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 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 no ...

. It is the smallest district in

. It has been the least populous district of Kaohsiung since 2004. Yancheng District is also an old town of Kaohsiung.

Geography

* Area: * Population: 22,531 (May 2022)

Administrative divisions

The district consists of Lanqiao, Ciai, Boai, Shouxing, Zhongshan, Jiaoren, Xinle, Zhongyuan, Guangming, Yuren, Hebin, Shade, Nanduan, Gangdou, Jiangxi, Xinfeng, Fubei, Liuqiao, Lainan, Xinhua and Jiangnan Village.https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TV/nm64000000100000000.html

Government

The representative for Yancheng on the city council 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 ...

Tourist attractions

International Convention Center Kaohsiung The International Convention Center Kaohsiung (ICCK; ) is a convention center in Yancheng District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History In early 1991, Kaohsiung City Government The Kaohsiung City Government is the municipal government of Kaohsiun ...

Kaohsiung City Music Hall The Kaohsiung City Music Hall (KCMH; ) is a music hall in Yancheng District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Architecture The hall can accommodate up to 400 audience. History The music hall was opened in November 2000. Transportation The building is ac ...

* Kaohsiung Film Archive * Kaohsiung Museum of History *

Kaohsiung Music Center The Kaohsiung Music Center (KMC; ) is a music hall in Yancheng District and Lingya District in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History In 2009, the Executive Yuan recognized the need to establish a music center in Kaohsiung. The Council for Cultural Affai ...

Love Pier The Love Pier () is a pier along Love River in Yancheng District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The pier area used to be the No. 12 dock of the Republic of China Armed Forces. Features The pier is famous for its double sail design. It also house ...

Love River The Love River or Ai River () is a river (canal) in southern Taiwan. It originates in Renwu District, Kaohsiung City, and flows through Kaohsiung to Kaohsiung Harbor. Love River is the spine of Kaohsiung, playing a similar role to the River Tham ...

Pier-2 Art Center The Pier-2 Art Center () is an art center in Yancheng District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The arts center was originally an abandoned warehouse site due to Kaohsiung's shift from industrial city to service city. The warehouses were built in 1 ...

** Hamasen Museum of Taiwan Railway *Yanchengpu Night Market

Transportation

The district is accessible from Yanchengpu Station of the

Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit Kaohsiung Metro () is a rapid transit and light rail system covering the metropolitan area of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Its rapid transit network is known as Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit or Kaohsiung MRT. Construction of the MRT started in October 2 ...

. Five stations of the Circular light rail, Love Pier, Dayi Pier-2, Penglai Pier-2, Shoushan Park, and Wenwu Temple, serve the district.

Notable natives

Tiger Huang Tiger Huang (; born 21 June 1963) is a Taiwanese singer. She is known for her unique voice and cover versions of songs by other artists. Huang was named Best New Artist at the 1990 Golden Melody Awards. She first performed at the Taipei live h ...

, singer. *

Yu Chen Yueh-ying Yu Chen Yueh-ying (; 2 September 1926 – 26 May 2014) was a Taiwanese politician, judge and matriarch of the Yu family, a political family who dominated politics in the former Kaohsiung County for more than thirty years. (Kaohsiung County was me ...

, Magistrate of Kaohsiung County (1985-1993)

References

External links

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Presentation for the 2012 Most Livable International Cities Contest
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