Gangshan District
Gangshan District, is a suburban district in Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan. It has 95,532 inhabitants in October 2023.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 97,600 residents
- Description: A district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
- Also known as: “A-kung-tien”, “Gangshan”, “Kang-shan”, “Kang-shan-chuang”, and “Kangshan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kang-shan Station and Kaohsiung Museum of Shadow Puppet.
Kang-shan Station
Railway station
Photo: SElefant, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gangshan is a railway station and metro station on the Taiwan Railway West Coast line and Kaohsiung Metro Red line located in Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Kaohsiung Museum of Shadow Puppet
Museum
The Kaohsiung Museum of Shadow Puppet is a museum in Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital
Metro station
Photo: Kevin765432, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital is the station on the Red line of Kaohsiung MRT in Gangshan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Formerly Gangshan South station, it was renamed in 2024 with the extension of Red line to Gangshan station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qiaotou District and Ziguan District.
Qiaotou District
Suburb
Ciaotou District is a rural district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Qiaotou District is situated 4½ km south of Gangshan District.
Ziguan District
Suburb
Photo: 阿文, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zihguan District is a coastal suburban district of Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan. Ziguan District is situated 5 km southwest of Gangshan District.
Mituo District
Suburb
Photo: The Erica Chang, CC BY 3.0.
Mituo District is a rural district of Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan. Mituo District is situated 5 km west of Gangshan District.
Gangshan District
- Categories: district of Taiwan, urban township of Taiwan, and locality
- Location: Weiren Village, Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Southern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.79735° or 22° 47′ 51″ northLongitude
120.29513° or 120° 17′ 43″ eastPopulation
97,600Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)United Nations Location Code
TW GANOpen location code
7QJ2Q7WW+W3OpenStreetMap ID
node 60655839OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Gangshan District” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գանգշանի Շրջան”
- Chinese: “Kong-san-khu”
- Chinese: “冈山区”
- Chinese: “岡山”
- Chinese: “岡山區”
- Chinese: “岡山鎮”
- Chinese: “竿蓁林”
- Chinese: “阿公店”
- Dutch: “Gangshan”
- French: “Gangshan”
- German: “Gangshan”
- Hakka Chinese: “Kông-sân-khî”
- Hakka Chinese: “Kông-sân-tsṳ́n”
- Italian: “Distretto di Gangshan”
- Japanese: “岡山区”
- Japanese: “岡山鎮”
- Korean: “강산구”
- Korean: “강산진”
- Lithuanian: “Gangšanas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “A-kong-tiàm”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kong-san-khu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kong-san-tìn”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kong-san”
- Polish: “Gangshan”
- Russian: “Ганшань”
- Vietnamese: “Cương Sơn, Cao Hùng”
- Vietnamese: “Cương Sơn”
- Yue Chinese: “岡山區”
- “岡山”
- “岡山區”
- “岡山鎮”
- “竿蓁林”
- “阿公店”
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Highlights include 岡山區公所 and 岡山地政事務所.
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