Zihguan District () is a coastal suburban
district
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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 . Kaohsiu ...
in southern
Taiwan
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.
History
After the
handover of Taiwan from Japan to the
Republic of China
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in 1945, Zihguan 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 Zihguan was upgraded to a
district
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of the
city
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.
Geography
* Area: 11.595 km
2
* Population: 36,417 people (January 2016)
Administrative divisions
Ziguan District is divided into 15
villages
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and 286 neighborhoods.
* Chidong Village
* Chikan Village
* Chixi Village
* Dashe Village
* Dianbao Village
* Jiadong Village
* Like Village
* Tong'an Village
* Xinke Village
* Zhike Village
* Zhonglun Village
* Zihe Village
* Ziping Village
* Zixin Village
* Ziyi 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 ...
electoral district
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for
Legislative Yuan
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.
Economy
Northern Zihguan consists mostly on agriculture, while in the South consists mostly about fishery.
Tourist attractions
*
Tong'an Temple (蚵子寮通安宫)
Notable natives
*
Sun Shu-may
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Sun won Golden Melody Award
The Golden Melody Awards (), commonly abbreviat ...
, pop singer, actress and TV host
See also
*
Kaohsiung
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 . Kaohsi ...
References
External links
*
Tzukuan District Office, Kaohsiung City
{{Districts in Taiwan
Districts of Kaohsiung