Fongshan District

Fongshan
鳳山區
Hōzan, Fengshan
Fongshan District[1]
Official logo of Fongshan
Location of Fongshan District
Location of Fongshan District
Coordinates: 22°38′N 120°21′E / 22.633°N 120.350°E / 22.633; 120.350
CountryRepublic of China (Taiwan)
MunicipalityKaohsiung
Area
 • Total26.76 km2 (10.33 sq mi)
Population
 (October 2023)
 • Total356,463
 • Density13,000/km2 (35,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (National Standard Time)
Websitefsdo.kcg.gov.tw/en/ Edit this at Wikidata
Kaohsiung City Government - Fongshan Administration Center
Fongshan District Office

Fongshan District[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] (Chinese: 鳳山; Hanyu Pinyin: Fèngshān Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Fòngshan Cyu; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hōng-soaⁿ-khu) is a district located in southern Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Fongshan is one of the administrative centers of Kaohsiung and is home to the Republic of China Military Academy. There are three military units currently located in Fongshan. Both the Republic of China Military Academy and R.O.C. Army Infantry School came to Taiwan from mainland China and were re-established here in 1950. Chung Cheng Armed Forces Preparatory School was established in 1976. These three units used to be the main economic driving force, but their importance diminished gradually as Fongshan has established itself as a conjunction between Pingtung City and Kaohsiung.

Although there are several industrial zones at the outskirts of the city, the major lifestyle in Fongshan seems to be very residential. Many apartments were built near the Kaohsiung city center as a result of shifting economic weight. Like most of areas in Taiwan, it also has many night markets scattered around within the city. Most of the night markets run until 2:00 am. Some of them are open on different days of a week, but some others are open all year round. Some of them are temporary, while others have become permanent establishments.

  1. ^ a b "Administrative Districts". Kaohsiung Municipal Government. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2017. Fongshan District:
  2. ^ "Water Resources Bureau". 高雄市政府 Kaohsiung City Government. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2020. Moreover, forward command center will be established in Fongshan, Cishan, and Gangshan when typhoon or torrential rain occurs in order to aggregate information and dispatch human resources.
  3. ^ "Fongshan History". Welcome to Fongshan District Office. Retrieved 24 July 2019. On December 25, 2010, Kaohsiung City and County were consolidated, and the Office was renamed as Fongshan District Office of Kaohsiung City.
  4. ^ "Welcome to Fongshan District First Household Registration Office, Kaohsiung City". Fongshan District First Household Registration Office. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. ^ Fongshan (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  6. ^ Chen Yu-fu; Jonathan Chin (19 June 2019). "Commission researches White Terror-era prisons". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 July 2019. The euphemistically named "Fongshan Guesthouse" (鳳山招待所) in Kaoshiung's Fongshan District (鳳山) is one of three intact prison facilities used in the city during the White Terror era, it said.
  7. ^ M. Chuang (19 June 2019). "Second Wave of Dengue Cluster Infections Begins 高雄新增1登革熱病例 疑群聚疫情第2波". Public Television Service. Retrieved 24 July 2019. With the outbreak spreading, Fongshan District is on high alert due to its proximity to Sanmin District. The chief of Fongshan's Guoguang Borough says the military was supposed to disinfect the borough but never showed up.
  8. ^ Chiu, Chuan-Hung; Wen, Tzai-Hung; Chien, Lung-Chang; Yu, Hwa-Lung (10 October 2014). "A Probabilistic Spatial Dengue Fever Risk Assessment by a Threshold-Based-Quantile Regression Method". PLoS ONE. 9 (10): e106334. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j6334C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106334. PMC 4193740. PMID 25302582. Fongshan District, located to the southeast of Kaohsiung City and covering an area of 26 km2, was the former capital of Kaohsiung County and has a population of approximately 36 000.
  9. ^ 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. 鳳山區 Fongshan District 26.7590 144,316 359,835 175,699 184,136 95.42 2.49 13,447