Kaohsiung metropolitan area

Place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan ----
22°38′N 120°20′E / 22.633°N 120.333°E / 22.633; 120.333CountryTaiwan
Major CitiesKaohsiungArea
 • Metro
1,329.8498 km2 (513.4579 sq mi)Population
 (End of June 2018)
 • Metro
3,023,225 • Metro density2,272.05/km2 (5,884.6/sq mi)

Kaohsiung metropolitan area (Chinese: 高雄都會區; pinyin: Gāoxióng Dūhuì Qū) is the urban area of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan.

Definition

According to the definition of metropolitan areas formerly used by the Republic of China (Taiwan) government, Kaohsiung metropolitan area included the following areas:

Kaohsiung City (core city) Pingtung County
  • Cianjhen District
  • Cianjin District
  • Ciaotou District
  • Cijin District
  • Cishan District
  • Daliao District
  • Dashu District
  • Dashe District
  • Fongshan District

However, since the merger of Kaohsiung City and the former Kaohsiung County on 25 December 2010, the term is no longer in official usage.[1]

References

  1. ^ 「中華民國統計地區標準分類」自99年12月25日起停止適用 (PDF). Retrieved 2010-07-04.
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  • 1 The provinces are merely retained as nominal entities within the constitutional structure, as they have no governing power following the formal dissolution of the provincial administrative organs in 2018. Cities and counties are de facto regarded as the principal constituent divisions of the ROC.
    • Sarah Shair-Rosenfield (November 2020). "Taiwan Combined" (PDF). The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 29 May 2021.


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