Yongan District () is a coastal suburban
district
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of
Kaohsiung City
Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohs ...
in southern
Taiwan
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.
History
After the
handover of Taiwan from Japan to the
Republic of China in 1945, Yong'an was organized as a
rural township of
Kaohsiung County. On 25 December 2010, Kaohsiung County was merged with Kaohsiung City and Yong'an was upgraded to a
district
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of the
city
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.
Administrative divisions
The district consists of Yongan, Yonghua, Xingang, Yantian, Baoning and Weixin Village.
Politics
The district is part of
Kaohsiung City Constituency II electoral district for
Legislative Yuan.
Tourist attractions
*
Old House of Huang Family ()
* Yongan Yong'an Temple (永安宮)
Infrastructure
*
Hsinta Power Plant
*
Yongan LNG Terminal
See also
*
Kaohsiung
References
External links
*
Districts of Kaohsiung
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