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Linyuan Lü
Linyuan District () is a suburban district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It has 68,299 inhabitants in October 2023. 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. Ming dynasty The district used to be the administrative, commercial and cultural center of Xiaozhu Li during the Ming dynasty. Qing dynasty During the Qing dynasty, 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 in 1945, Linyuan was organized as a rural township of Kaohsiung County. On 25 December 2010, Kaohsiung County was merged with Kaohsiung City and Linyuan was upgraded to a district of the city. 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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District (Taiwan)
Districts are administrative subdivisions of Taiwan's Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipalities of the second level and Provincial city (Taiwan), provincial cities of the third level formerly under its provinces. There are two types of district in the administrative scheme: Ordinary districts are governed directly by the municipality/city government, with district administrators appointed by mayors to four-year terms. The mountain indigenous district is a local government body with elected district chiefs as well as district council serving four-year terms. History The first administrative divisions entitled "districts" were established in the 1900s, when Taiwan was Taiwan under Japanese rule, under Japanese rule. After World War II, nine out of eleven Cities of Japan, prefectural cities established by the Japanese government were reformed into provincial cities. These were Changhua, Chiayi, Hsinchu, Kaohsiung, Keelung, Pingtung City, Pingtung, Taichung, Tainan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |