Zihguan District () is a coastal suburban
district
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of
Kaohsiung City
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in southern
Taiwan
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.
History
After the
handover of Taiwan from Japan to the
Republic of China in 1945, Zihguan was organized as a
rural township of
Kaohsiung County. On 25 December 2010, Kaohsiung County was merged with Kaohsiung City and Zihguan was upgraded to a
district
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of the
city
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.
Geography
* Area: 11.595 km
2
* Population: 36,417 people (January 2016)
Administrative divisions
Ziguan District is divided into 15
villages
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and 286 neighborhoods.
* Chidong Village
* Chikan Village
* Chixi Village
* Dashe Village
* Dianbao Village
* Jiadong Village
* Like Village
* Tong'an Village
* Xinke Village
* Zhike Village
* Zhonglun Village
* Zihe Village
* Ziping Village
* Zixin Village
* Ziyi Village
Politics
The district is part of
Kaohsiung City Constituency II electoral district for
Legislative Yuan.
Economy
Northern Zihguan consists mostly on agriculture, while in the South consists mostly about fishery.
Tourist attractions
*
Tong'an Temple (蚵子寮通安宫)
Notable natives
*
Sun Shu-may
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Sun won Golden Melody Award
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, pop singer, actress and TV host
See also
*
Kaohsiung
References
External links
*
Tzukuan District Office, Kaohsiung City
{{Districts in Taiwan
Districts of Kaohsiung