Jiasian District

23°05′N 120°35′E / 23.083°N 120.583°E / 23.083; 120.583

Jiasian
甲仙區
Jiaxian[1]
District
Jiasian District[2]
Official seal of Jiasian
Seal
Official logo of Jiasian
高雄市甲仙區公所
Jiasian District Office, Kaohsiung City
Jiasian District in Kaohsiung City
Jiasian District in Kaohsiung City
CountryTaiwan
RegionSouthern Taiwan
Population
 (October 2023)
 • Total5,581
Websitejiasian-en.kcg.gov.tw Edit this at Wikidata

Jiasian District[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] (Chinese: 甲仙區; Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǎxiān Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Jiǎsian Cyu; Wade–Giles: Chia3-hsien1 Ch'ü1) is a rural district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Located far from the coast, the township is regarded as a gateway to Taiwan's Central Mountain Range.

  1. ^ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 (PDF). Online Translation System of Geographic Name, Ministry of Interior. 16 June 2011. pp. 4–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2012. 高雄市 Kaohsiung City{...}甲仙區 Jiaxian District
  2. ^ a b "Administrative Districts". 高雄市政府. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2017. Jiasian District：
  3. ^ "About Jiasian". Jiasian District Office. Retrieved 29 July 2019. Jiasian Township is located at the northeast end of Kaohsiung County,{...}Address： No.50, Jhongshan Rd., Jiasian District, Kaohsiung City 84742, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
  4. ^ Jiasian (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  5. ^ Eryk Smith (22 January 2018). "OPINION: Should Kaohsiung Spend US$100M Repairing Rural Roads?". The News Lens. Retrieved 29 July 2019. the Aug. 8, 2009, series of mudslides and floods triggered by Typhoon Morakot that buried alive at least 400 souls in Jiasian (甲仙區) District's Siaolin Village (小林村).
  6. ^ Liu, Chia-Yun; Tsang, Yun-Chung; Shieh, Chjeng-Lun; Lu, Ming-Hong; Chen, Nan-Huei (April 2018). "Bed-load monitoring via Japanese pipe-hydrophone- case study in Kaohsiung, Taiwan". EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts: 3194. Bibcode:2018EGUGA..20.3194L. The study area of this paper is located in Yokaung River, a mountain torrent in Kaohsiung city, Jiasian District.
  7. ^ Chen Ting-fang (October 2019). "Camphor Trees Recall Jiasian's Captivating History". Love Kaohsiung 愛·高雄. No. 4. Translated by Hou Ya-ting. Information Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. p. 3. Taro from Kaohsiung's Jiasian District enjoys an excellent reputation.
  8. ^ 1.7-鄉鎮市區戶口數 [Population for Township and District]. Ministry of the Interior (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). August 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020. 甲仙區 Jiasian District 124.0340 2,297 5,907 3,123 2,784 112.18 2.57 48