Cianjhen District

Cianjhen District (Chinese: 前鎭區; Hanyu Pinyin: qiánzhèn qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Ciánjhèn Cyu; Wade–Giles: Ch'ien2-chên4 Ch'ü and is subdivided into 59 villages.
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  • Type: Suburb with 191,000 residents
  • Description: A district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
  • Also known as: Ch’ien-chen”, “Ch’ienchen”, “Chianjen”, “Chyanjen”, “Cianjhen”, “Qianzhen”, and “Qianzhen District

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kaohsiung Municipal Cianjhen Senior High School and Cianjhen Senior High School.

School

Metro station
Photo: KaurJmeb, Public domain.
is a station on the Red line of Kaohsiung MRT in Cianjhen District, , . It will be a future transfer station with the Yellow line.

Railway station
station is a light rail station of the Circular light rail of the Kaohsiung Metro. It is located in Cianjhen District, , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Caoya and Siaogang District.

Suburb
is a village in the southern of Cianjhen District, , . The name "Caoya", which originally means a draft government building of Zheng Chenggong in Ming dynasty, now consists of more than 12,000 people.

Suburb
is a district of Kaohsiung City in southern . Before the merging of Kaohsiung City and Kaohsiung County in 2010, Siaogang was the southernmost district in Kaohsiung City. is situated 3 km southeast of Cianjhen District.

Quarter
is an industrial, exhibition and cultural site located at , . It is a major construction of Kaohsiung City's industrial transformation, in order to promote the urban development of Kaohsiung Harbor and downtown Kaohsiung. is situated 3½ km northwest of Cianjhen District.

Cianjhen District

Latitude
22.58643° or 22° 35′ 11″ north
Longitude
120.31858° or 120° 19′ 7″ east
Population
191,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
7QJ2H8P9+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60655906
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1678547
Wiki­data ID
Q712894
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Cianjhen District” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Չանջենի Շրջան
  • Chinese: Chiân-tìn-khu
  • Chinese: 前鎮
  • Chinese: 前鎮區
  • Chinese: 前镇区
  • French: Qianzhen
  • German: Qianzhen
  • Hakka Chinese: cien ziinˊ kiˋ
  • Hakka Chinese: qienˇ ziinˋ kiˊ
  • Italian: Distretto di Qianzhen
  • Japanese: ぜんちん
  • Japanese: 前鎮
  • Japanese: 前鎮区
  • Korean: 첸전구
  • Min Nan Chinese: Chiân-tìn-khu
  • Min Nan Chinese: Tsiân-tìn-khu
  • Polish: Qianzhen
  • Russian: Цяньчжэнь
  • Vietnamese: Tiền Trấn
  • Yue Chinese: 前鎮區
  • 前鎮
  • 前鎮區

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