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Cishan, Kaohsiung
Cishan District (also spelled Qishan; ) is a suburban district (Republic of China), district in northeastern Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It has an area of 94.61 square kilometers, or 36.53 square miles. The population of Cishan is 34,372 as of October 2023. It is the 19th most populous district in Kaohsiung. History After the History of Taiwan since 1945, handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China in 1945, Cishan was organized as an Township (Taiwan), urban township of Kaohsiung County. On 25 December 2010, Kaohsiung County was merged with Kaohsiung City and Cishan was upgraded to a District (Taiwan), district of the Special municipality (Taiwan), city. In 2009, then Cishan Township was affected by Effects of Typhoon Morakot on Taiwan, Typhoon Morakot. Geography *Area: *Population: 34,372 (October 2023) Administrative divisions The district comprises 21 villages: *1 Dalin *2 Zhongzheng *3 Yuanfu *4 Tungping *5 Yonghe *6 Ruij ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District (Taiwan)
Districts are administrative subdivisions of Taiwan's Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipalities of the second level and Provincial city (Taiwan), provincial cities of the third level formerly under its provinces. There are two types of district in the administrative scheme: Ordinary districts are governed directly by the municipality/city government, with district administrators appointed by mayors to four-year terms. The mountain indigenous district is a local government body with elected district chiefs as well as district council serving four-year terms. History The first administrative divisions entitled "districts" were established in the 1900s, when Taiwan was Taiwan under Japanese rule, under Japanese rule. After World War II, nine out of eleven Cities of Japan, prefectural cities established by the Japanese government were reformed into provincial cities. These were Changhua, Chiayi, Hsinchu, Kaohsiung, Keelung, Pingtung City, Pingtung, Taichung, Tainan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortune Institute Of Technology
Fortune Institute of Technology (FIT; ) was a private university in Daliao District and Cishan District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History FIT was founded on 5 July 1989 as Fortune Junior College of Industry in Cishan Township, Kaohsiung County. In 1991, it was renamed Fortune Junior College of Technology and Commerce. In 1998, the Daliao Campus was established in Daliao Township. In 1999, the junior college was upgraded as Fortune Institute of Technology. In 2002, the second campus in of Daliao Campus was established and was subsequently renamed Dafa Campus. In 2019, the collage had an enrollment rate of 58.10%. In September 2022, the Ministry of Education ordered the university to close by May 2023 due to poor financial and academic performances. Campuses * Dafa Campus * Daliao Campus * Chishan Campus Faculties * College of Business and Management * College of Design * College of Electrical and Computer Engineering * College of Food and Beverage Management See also * List of u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Chien-jen
Chen Chien-jen (; born 6 June 1951) is a Taiwanese epidemiologist, geneticist, and politician who served as Vice President of Taiwan from 2016 to 2020 and Premier of Taiwan from 2023 to 2024 under President Tsai Ing-wen. After earning a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, Chen was a medical researcher and joined the Chen Shui-bian presidential administration in 2003 as leader of the Department of Health, serving through 2005. He later headed the National Science Council between 2006 and 2008. Chen then served as a vice president of Academia Sinica from 2011 to 2015. Later that year, Chen joined Tsai Ing-wen on the Democratic Progressive Party presidential ticket and served as Vice President of Taiwan from 2016 to 2020. Chen joined the DPP in 2022 and was appointed premier in January 2023. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Fu Jen Catholic University before running for the presidential election and served as Fu Jen's Robert J. Ronald Chai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cishan Bus Station
The Cishan Bus Station () is a bus station in Cishan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. This station is often referred as "the South Station" by local residents. The building was originally the Cishan South Bus Station of Kaohsiung Transportation Co., Ltd. and underwent modification with solar cells installed on the roof and reconfiguration of the interior. The modification was completed in 2013. Monitors were set to display coming buses. There were 7 doors for boarding/unboarding buses. Inside the building there are several shops, including a convenient store facing Datong Street. Customer services, such as lost items, is provided here. The Cishan North Bus Station() is located at No.197, Yanping 1st Road, Cishan District, Kaohsiung City. It operates as a terminal station for some routes of Kaohsiung Transportation Co., Ltd.. Facilities Cishan Bus Station * Toilet * Convenient Store * Kaohsiung Transportation Co. Ltd. local office Passengers without valid smartcards have to buy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Freeway 1
National Freeway 1 (), also known as Sun Yat-sen Freeway (), is a turnpike in Taiwan, the first restricted controlled-access highway built in Taiwan. It begins in Keelung at the intersection of Xiao 2nd Road and Zhong 4th Road and ends in Kaohsiung at the intersection of Zhongshan 4th Road and Yugang Road, giving it a total length of . Naming The Republic of China government named the controlled highway Sun Yat-sen Freeway in honor of Sun Yat-sen, the country's founding father. National Freeway 1 is a tollway where the amount charged varies by distance traveled, with vehicles being fitted with an electronic tag to facilitate toll calculation; the term "freeway" refers to "free of signal", and not free from charge. There are eleven toll stations on the turnpike. History The construction began in 1971. The north section between Keelung and Zhongli (now Zhongli District, Taoyuan) was completed in 1974, and the entire highway was opened in 1978. A viaduct on top of the fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway No
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Qishan Railway Station (Taiwan)
Qishan Station () is a former train station in Cishan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The station was originally built by the Japanese government in Taiwan in 1912 to transport sugar cane, rice, bananas and people along the . In the following decade, the railway began to serve passengers. The railway was decommissioned in 1978 with only the station buildings left intact. Formally abandoned in 1982, it was designated a municipal historic building in 2005, then underwent renovation and was reopened on 27 July 2009 as a tourist attraction in a ceremony attended by Kaohsiung County Magistrate Yang Chiu-hsing. Architecture The 1-story station building is made of wood and has an octagonal shape. Its style was influenced by Tudor architecture The Tudor architectural style is the final development of medieval architecture in England and Wales, during the Tudor period (1485–1603) and even beyond, and also the tentative introduction of Renaissance architecture to Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan Railway Administration
Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) was a governmental agency in Taiwan which operated Taiwan Railway from 1948 to 2023. It managed, maintained, and operated conventional passenger and freight railway services on of track. Passenger traffic in 2018 was 231,267,955. On 1 January 2024, Taiwan Railway Administration became a state-owned corporation, Taiwan Railway Corporation. The agency's headquarters was at Taipei Main Station in Zhongzheng District, Taipei at the time of dissolution, the site which became the headquarter of the new company. History The railway between Keelung and Hsinchu was completed during the Qing era in 1893. In 1895, the Qing Empire ceded Formosa (Taiwan) to the Empire of Japan after the First Sino-Japanese War. The line was about in length but in a poor condition when the Japanese arrived. The railway was rebuilt and expanded under the of the Government-General of Taiwan during Japanese rule. Following the surrender of Japan in the afterma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiuqutang Railway Station
Jiuqutang (), formerly spelled Jioucyutang, is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration Pingtung line located in Dashu District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The station was opened on 1 October 1907. The current main station hall replaced the original 1907 station. Additional east exit with fully accessible overpass was added during renovations from 2016 to 2018. Around the station * Sanhe Tile Kiln * Taiwan Pineapple Museum * Old Gaoping River Iron Bridge historic bridge spans Gaoping River and built during Japanese rule of Taiwan. See also * List of railway stations in Taiwan A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ... References Railway stations in Kaohsiung Railway stations served by Taiwan Railways Administration Railway stations in Taiwan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qishan Station
Qishan Station () is a former train station in Cishan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The station was originally built by the Japanese government in Taiwan in 1912 to transport sugar cane, rice, bananas and people along the . In the following decade, the railway began to serve passengers. The railway was decommissioned in 1978 with only the station buildings left intact. Formally abandoned in 1982, it was designated a municipal historic building in 2005, then underwent renovation and was reopened on 27 July 2009 as a tourist attraction in a ceremony attended by Kaohsiung County Magistrate Yang Chiu-hsing. Architecture The 1-story station building is made of wood and has an octagonal shape. Its style was influenced by Tudor architecture The Tudor architectural style is the final development of medieval architecture in England and Wales, during the Tudor period (1485–1603) and even beyond, and also the tentative introduction of Renaissance architecture to Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
