Gangshan | |
Official Name: | Gangshan District [1] |
Native Name Lang: | zh-hant |
Other Name: | Okayama |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Taiwan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Taiwan |
Parts Type: | Divisions |
Population Total: | 95532 |
Population As Of: | October 2023 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Gangshan District (Hakka: Kông-sân-khî), is a suburban district in Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan. It has 95,532 inhabitants in October 2023. The township is part of the suburbs of Kaohsiung City which encompass 10 cities (or townships) out of 18 in the official Kaohsiung Metro Area.
In 1920, during the Japanese era, the town of A-kong-tien (阿公店;) was renamed and made the site of an airbase. Administratively Okayama Town covered modern day Gangshan District and Ciaotou District and was under Okayama District, Takao Prefecture. The town suffered heavy bombardment in World War II.
Following the Surrender of Japan and handover to the Kuomintang, the government continued to use the same name (岡山), but transliterated using Mandarin (Gangshan). The town continued to host Gangshan Air Base (Kangshan Air Base), and has a strong military veteran's presence as well.
The district consists of Pingan, Gangshan, Shoutian, Weiren, Houhong, Daliao, Zhongxiao, Heping, Qianfeng, Liucuo, Xiehe, Houxie, Xinyi, Tande, Sanhe, Renshou, Bihong, Chengxiang, Zhuwei, Taishang, Wanli, Baimi, Shitan, Fuxing, Benzhou, Jiaxing, Jiafeng, Huagang, Dazhuang, Xierong, Weisui, Shoufeng and Renyi Village.[2]
The district is part of Kaohsiung City Constituency II electoral district for Legislative Yuan.
Gangshan District is known for restaurants serving goat meat, traditionally goats were raised in northern Kaohsiung because of the poor quality of the land. Due to this the area developed into a center of the regional trade, slaughter, and consumption of goats.[3]
It is linked to Kaohsiung city center by the Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital metro station of Kaohsiung Metro Red line or TRA Gangshan station.