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It is classified as a "Gamma −" level global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, [5] with some of the most prominent infrastructures in Taiwan. Kaohsiung is of strategic importance to the nation as the city is the main port city of Taiwan; the Port of Kaohsiung is the largest and busiest harbor in Taiwan and more than ...
The Great Harbor Bridge (traditional Chinese: 大港橋; simplified Chinese: 大港桥; pinyin: Dàgǎng Qiáo) is a pedestrian bridge in Yancheng District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the first horizontally rotating landscape bridge in Taiwan and the longest cross-port rotating bridge in Asia. [1]
The tallest building in Kaohsiung is currently the 85-story 85 Sky Tower, which rises 378 metres (1,240 ft), including its antenna, and was completed in 1997. It is also the second tallest building in Taiwan. Most of the tallest buildings in Kaohsiung were completed in 1990s at the time Kaohsiung's
The "Cross Harbor Tunnel" (Chinese: 過港隧道) connects Cijin Island at the southern [clarification needed] tip of the island to the rest of Kaohsiung on mainland Taiwan. Cijin District is also accessible by two ferry piers, the Cijin Ferry Pier at the northern tip of the island and the Zhongzhou Ferry Pier at the middle of the island.
The Port of Kaohsiung (POK; Chinese: 高雄港; pinyin: Gāoxióng Gǎng; Wade–Giles: Kao 1-hsiung 2 Kang 3; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko-hiông-káng) is the largest harbor in Taiwan, handling approximately 10.26 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) worth of cargo in 2015. [1]
First Kaohsiung City Hall (1924-1939) Second Kaohsiung City Hall (1939-1992) In 1924, Takao Town (Japanese: 高雄街) was upgraded to city status, and the Takao City Office was established in modern-day Gushan by the Japanese government which reported directly to Takao Prefecture. The city hall was located at the modern-day Dai Tien Kung temple.
Kaohsiung metropolitan area (Chinese: 高雄都會區; pinyin: Gāoxióng Dūhuì Qū) is the urban area of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan. Definition ...
Asia New Bay Area in 2023. Asia New Bay Area (Chinese: 亞洲新灣區) is an industrial, exhibition and cultural site located at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.It is a major construction of Kaohsiung City's industrial transformation, in order to promote the urban development of Kaohsiung Harbor and downtown Kaohsiung.