Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung, with 2.73 million inhabitants in October 2023, is the third most populated city in Taiwan after New Taipei and Taichung. It is located in the south of the island on the west coast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fengshan and National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying).
Fengshan
Railway station
Photo: Zu3612403, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fongshan station, is a railway station on Taiwan Railway Pingtung line located in Fongshan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. The station is located about 700 meters, or 2300 feet northeast of the Kaohsiung MRT Fongshan Station.
National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)
Theater building
National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, also known as Weiwuying, is located in Fengshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the largest cultural facility in Taiwan, the world's largest performing art theater under one roof, and the first national-level performing arts venue in southern Taiwan.
Kaohsiung Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kaohsiung Mosque is a mosque in the Lingya District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Completed in 1949, it was the second mosque built in Taiwan, after the Taipei Grand Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fongshan District and Sanmin District.
Fongshan District
Suburb
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Fongshan District is a district located in southern Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Fongshan is one of the administrative centers of Kaohsiung and is home to the Republic of China Military Academy.
Sanmin District
Suburb
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Sanmin District is a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Sanmin District is situated 7 km west of Kaohsiung.
Kaohsiung
- Historically known as: “Takao”
- Location: Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.6343° or 22° 38′ 3″ northLongitude
120.3662° or 120° 21′ 58″ eastPopulation
2,730,000Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)Open location code
7QJ2J9M8+PFGeoNames ID
7280289
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Kaohsiung” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كاوهسيونغ”
- Bulgarian: “Гаосюн”
- Burmese: “ကောင်းရှုံမြို့”
- Chinese: “高雄市”
- Czech: “Kao-siung”
- Esperanto: “Kaoŝiung”
- Gan Chinese: “高雄市”
- Hakka Chinese: “Kô-hiùng-sṳ”
- Hungarian: “Kaohsziung”
- Indonesian: “Kota Kaohsiung”
- Japanese: “高雄市”
- Korean: “가오슝 시”
- Lithuanian: “Gaosiongas”
- Mongolian: “Гаошюн”
- Panjabi: “ਕਾਓਸੀਅੰਗ”
- Russian: “Гаосюн”
- Slovak: “Kao-siung”
- Thai: “เกาสง”
- Tibetan: “ཀའོ་ཞུང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།”
- Uighur: “Gawshyung”
- Vietnamese: “Cao Hùng”
- Wu Chinese: “高雄市”
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