Cijin District () is a

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Kaohsiung City Kaohsiung, officially Kaohsiung City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsiung City has a population of ...

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, covering Cijin Island () and islands in the

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. It is the second smallest district in Kaohsiung City after Yancheng District, with an area of 1.4639 square kilometers, or 0.5652 square miles. It has a population of 26,282 as of October 2023, making it the 26th most populated district in Kaohsiung, with a population density of 18,414 people per square kilometer, or 47,692 people per square mile.

History

Cijin forms the original core of the

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung, officially Kaohsiung City, is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsiung City has a population of approximately 2.73 million p ...

, which was established by the fisherman Hsu Ah-hua () in the mid-17th century. He realized the attractiveness of the location when he was forced to seek shelter from a

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in the

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and returned with settlers from the Hung,

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, Pai, and Pan families and an idol of the

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Ma-tsu. This was housed in a bamboo and thatch structure that formed the first

Cijin Tianhou Temple The Cijin Tianhou Temple,. also known as the Cihou Tianhou Temple,. & or Chi Jin Mazu Temple, is a Chinese temple, temple dedicated to the Chinese folk religion, Chinese Shen (Chinese religion), Goddess Mazu, who is the Goddess of Sea and P ...

. The town grew up around the temple grounds.. HMS ''Reynard'' was wrecked near

Pratas Island Pratas Island,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency also known as the Tungsha Islands or the Dongsha Islands (), is a coral island situated in the northern part of the South China Sea administered as part of Cijin District, K ...

on May 31, 1851. Cijin Island was once connected to the mainland at the southern tip, but in 1967, this link was severed to create a second entry point to the

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. Currently Cijin Island is connect to the mainland via tunnel, thus the island is not valid for Offshore Islands Development Act.

Geography

Cijin Island is long with an average width of . Two islands and one reef in the

are administered by Kaohsiung City as part of the districts Zhongxing Village: *

on Dongsha Atoll *

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Zhongzhou Reef Zhongzhou Reef (also known as Ban Than Reef among other variants) (; ) is a small coral reef on the north edge of the Tizard Bank in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea under administration by the Republic of China (Taiwan). It lies east of Taiw ...

Administrative divisions

The district consists of Cisia (Qixia), Yongan, Jhensing (Zhenxing), Ciai, Fuxing, Zhonghua, Shijian, Beishan, Nanshan, Shangzhu, Zhongzhou, Anshun and Jhongsing (Zhongxing) Villages.

Government

The councilor for Cijin District in the

Kaohsiung City Council The Kaohsiung City Council () is the city council of Kaohsiung City, Republic of China. It is currently composed of 65 councilors, each serving a four-year term, elected using the single non-transferable vote system. The speaker and deputy sp ...

is Lee Chiao-ju.

Economy

Most of its residents are employed by the shipping industry. There is a park on the north western shore.

Education

Universities

National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (NKUST; ) is a university located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. NKUST offers undergraduate and graduate programs in various fields such as engineering, business, management, design, humanities, and ...

Junior high schools

* Kaohsiung Municipal Cijin Junior High School

Elementary schools

* Kaohsiung Municipal Cijin Elementary School * Kaohsiung Municipal Dashan Elementary School * Kaohsiung Municipal Zhongzhou Elementary School

Tourist attractions

There are numerous tourist attractions in Cijin District.

Cijin Island proper

* Cijin Old Street * Cihou Market *

* Cijin Lingshui Temple *

Cihou Fort Cihou Fort or Cihou Battery () is a historic fort in Cijin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, formerly guarding the northern entrance to Kaohsiung Harbor. History The first fortifications were built in 1720 when Taiwan was ruled by the Manchu-l ...

* Cijin Tunnel * Mount Cihou * Cijin Shell Museum * Cijin Wind Turbine Park * Cijin Beach *

Kaohsiung Lighthouse The Kaohsiung Lighthouse ( zh, t=, s=高雄灯塔, first=t, w=Kao¹-hsiung² Têng¹-tʻa³, p=Gāoxióng Dēngtǎ), also called Cihou Lighthouse ( zh, c=旗後燈塔, tp=Cíhòu Dengtǎ, p=Qíhòu Dēngtǎ) or Cijin Lighthouse ( zh, c=, tp=Cíji ...

* Rainbow Church * War and Peace Memorial Park and Theme Hall *

YM Museum of Marine Exploration Kaohsiung The YM Museum of Marine Exploration Kaohsiung (MOME; ) is a museum about marine exploration in Cijin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History After its rental tenure was approved by the Marine Bureau of the Kaohsiung City Government on 18 January ...

Outer Islands

Dongsha Atoll National Park The Dongsha Atoll National Park () is the seventh national park of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The marine park is located at Pratas Island (Dongsha Island) in the north of the South China Sea, and includes the Dongsha Atoll (Pratas Atoll), ...

* Taiping Cultural Park

Transportation

Cijin Island proper

The "Cross Harbor Tunnel" () connects Cijin Island at the southern tip of the island to the rest of Kaohsiung on mainland Taiwan. Cijin District is also accessible by two ferry piers, the Cijin Ferry Pier at the northern tip of the island and the Zhongzhou Ferry Pier at the middle of the island.

Outer Islands

Dongsha Airport Dongsha Airport is located on Pratas Island (Tungsha/Dongsha) in Cijin District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Uni Air offers flights from Kaohsiung Kaohsiung, officially Kaohsiung City, is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. ...

and

Taiping Island Airport Taiping Island Airport () is an airport on Taiping Island, Cijin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is located in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea. The island (named Itu Aba before 1946See Taiping Island for more information.) has been sta ...

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External links

* {{Coord, 22.561674, 120.306998, format=dms, display=title, region:TW_type:city Barrier islands Districts of Kaohsiung Islands of Kaohsiung

History

Geography

Administrative divisions

Government

Economy

Education

Universities

Junior high schools

Elementary schools

Tourist attractions

Cijin Island proper

Outer Islands

Transportation

Cijin Island proper

Outer Islands

See also

Notes

References

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