Linyuan District () is a suburban

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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 . 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 has 70,423 inhabitants in 2016. It is the southernmost district of the city.

History

The prehistory era of the district can be traced back to the artifacts found at the

Fengbitou Archaeological Site The Fengbitou Archaeological Site () is an archaeological site in Linyuan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The site was discovered by Japanese scholar Sueo Kaneko around 1941. In 1945, Japanese archaeologist Kiyotari Tsuboi excavated the si ...

Ming Dynasty

The district used to be the administrative, commercial and cultural center of Xiaozhu Li during the

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Qing Dynasty

During the

Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

, Xiaozhu Li was renamed Xiaozhu Upper Li and Xiaozhu Lower Li.

Republic of China

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 northeas ...

in 1945, Linyuan 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 ...

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

of the

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Geography

This district is part of Kaohsiung built up area which encompasses 10 cities (''or districts'') out of 18 in official Kaohsiung Metro Area.

Administrative divisions

The district consists of Beishan, Dingcuo, Fengyun, Gangpu, Gangzui, Gongcuo, Guangying, Linjia, Linnei, Linyuan, Renai, Tantou, Tunglin, Tungshan, Wanggong, Wenxian, Wufu, Xishan, Xixi, Xizhou, Zhongcuo, Zhongmen, Zhongshan and Zhongyun Village.https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TV/nm64000001300000000.html

Tourist attractions

* Cingshueiyan Scenic Area * Cingshuei Temple (清水寺), founded in 1666 *

* Fongshan Reservoir * Former Dinglinzihbian Police Station * Fude Temple (福德廟), founded in 1749 * Guangying Temple (廣應廟), founded in 1787 * Huang Family Historical Residence * Huang Fong-an Drugstore * Linyuan Cingshueiyan Former Japanese Military Tunnel * Linyuan Ocean Wetland Park * Linyuan Old Street * Old Police Department * Shuangyuan Bridge * Sinji Temple (興濟宮), founded in 1661 * Yishihyuan Herb Garden

References

External links

* {{Districts in Taiwan Districts of Kaohsiung