Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung ; 高雄
	Special municipality
	Kaohsiung City · 高雄市
	Clockwise frae tap: Kaohsiung skyline, Kaohsiung Confucius Temple, Liuhe Night Market , Warld Gemmes Stadium , Port o Kaohsiung , Central Pairk Station
	Eik-name(s): The Harbor Ceety (Gangdu), The Maritime Caipital, The Watterfront Ceety
	Satellite image o Kaohsiung
	Coordinates: 22°38′N 120°16′E / 22.633°N 120.267°E Coordinates : 22°38′N 120°16′E / 22.633°N 120.267°E
Kintra	Republic o Cheenae (Taiwan)
Region	Soothren Taiwan
Ceety seat	Lingya Destrict
Govrenment
? Mayor	Han Kuo-yu ( KMT )
Area Rank 4
? Total	2946.2527 km 2 (1,137.5545 sq mi)
Population (2010)
? Total	2,769,072
? Density	940/km 2 (2,400/sq mi)
	Rank 2
Time zone	UTC+8 ( CST )
Postal code	800?852
Area code(s)	(0)7
Destricts	38
Website	www.kcg.gov.tw/EN

Kaohsiung ( Cheenese : 高雄 ; pinyin : G?oxiong ; Pe?h-?e-j? : Ko-hiong ; auld names: Takao , Takow , Takau ) offeecially Kaohsiung Ceety , is ane o the five special municipalities unner the admeenistration o the Republic o Cheenae . Locatit in soothren-westren Taiwan an facin the Taiwan Strait , Kaohsiung is the lairgest municipality in Taiwan at 2,947.62 km ² (1,138.08 sq mi), an seicont maist populous wi a population o approximately 2.77 million. Syne its stairt at 17t century, Kaohsiung haes grown frae a smaa tradin veelage, intae the poleetical , economic , transportation , manufacturin , refinin , shipbuildin , an industries centers o soothren Taiwan . It is a global ceety wi sufficiency which categorized bi GaWC in 2010. ^[1]