Sinsing District, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency () is a downtown

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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 . Kaohs ...

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Name

Sinsing means ''new prosperity'' in

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History

Sinsing used to be called Tāi-káng-po͘ () in early days where it was filled with endless wilderness before. During the

Japanese rule of Taiwan The island of Taiwan, together with the Penghu Islands, became a dependency of Japan in 1895, when the Qing dynasty ceded Fujian-Taiwan Province in the Treaty of Shimonoseki after the Japanese victory in the First Sino-Japanese War. The shor ...

, residents in the area used to make a living from farming and lived a simple life. Due to the nature of agriculture industry, people deployed water conservation methods in the area, thus irrigation system was spread all over the area. Fields became fertile and they grew rice, sweet potato, sugarcane or corn. After the Retrocession Day, handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, the area grew gradually and was renamed Sinsing District.

Administrative divisions

Sinsing District Administration Center, Kaohsiung City 20101229

The district consists of Haoran, Zhencheng, Desheng, Zhenhua, Zhengqi, Dezheng, Rensheng, Dewang, Huasheng, Jiaoyuan, Yongning, Yuheng, Shunchang, Wenchang, Guangyao, Xingchang, Kaiping, Chenggong, Xinjiang, Liming, Aiping, Nangang, Zhongtung, Mingzhuang, Daming, Qiushan, Zhangyi, Jianxing, Jianhua, Hanmin, Rongzhi and Tungpo Village.https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TV/nm64000000600000000.html

Tourist attractions

* Hong Fa Temple (宏法寺) * Liuhe Night Market * Dingxin Park * Hsin Chueh Chian Shopping Area * Jhongsiao Park * Nanhua Shopping Center * Park Number 11 * Sinsing Park * Old Japanese Villa逍遙園

References

External links

* Districts of Kaohsiung {{taiwan-geo-stub