Sinsing District, Kaohsiung Explained

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Sinsing
Official Name:Sinsing District[1] [2]
Native Name Lang:zh-hant
Other Name:Xinxing
Settlement Type:District
Image Blank Emblem:File:高雄市新興區公所 SINSING DISTRICT OFFICE KAOHSIUNG CITY SINSING.jpg
Blank Emblem Type:Chinese: 高雄市新興區公所
SINSING DISTRICT OFFICE
KAOHSIUNG CITY SINSING
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Taiwan
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Southern Taiwan
Parts Type:Divisions
Population Total:49478
Population As Of:October 2023
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code

Sinsing District[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] is a downtown district of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.

Name

Sinsing means new prosperity in Mandarin Chinese.

History

Sinsing used to be called Tāi-káng-po͘ in early days where it was filled with endless wilderness before. During the Japanese rule of Taiwan, residents in the area used to make a living from farming and lived a simple life. Due to the nature of agriculture industry, people deployed water conservation methods in the area, thus irrigation system was spread all over the area. Fields became fertile and they grew rice, sweet potato, sugarcane or corn.

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, the area grew gradually and was renamed Sinsing District.[7]

Administrative divisions

The district consists of Haoran, Zhencheng, Desheng, Zhenhua, Zhengqi, Dezheng, Rensheng, Dewang, Huasheng, Jiaoyuan, Yongning, Yuheng, Shunchang, Wenchang, Guangyao, Xingchang, Kaiping, Chenggong, Xinjiang, Liming, Aiping, Nangang, Zhongtung, Mingzhuang, Daming, Qiushan, Zhangyi, Jianxing, Jianhua, Hanmin, Rongzhi and Tungpo Village.[8]

Tourist attractions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Administrative Districts. 高雄市政府. 4 April 2017. 30 September 2016. Sinsing District：.
  2. Web site: 雙語詞彙. zh-tw,en. https://web.archive.org/web/20200915130945/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.kcg.gov.tw/News.aspx?n=7D6B9BB2B62B80A5&sms=9CB9EC4A97981CA2&_CSN=56A1E23C4473ACEB&page=4. 15 September 2020. live. 高雄市政府全球資訊網 Kaohsiung City Government. 30 August 2016. 中文 英文 類別 提供單位
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    新興區 Sinsing District [旅遊資訊(travel)] KCG. 15 September 2020.
  3. Web site: About Singsing. Sinsing District Office, Kaohsiung City. 25 July 2019. Sinsing District used to be called Dagangpu..
  4. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  5. Web site: Kaohsiung announces tours of Siaoyao estate. 25 July 2019. 4 June 2019. Planned as a testing ground for the development of tropical agriculture, the estate, which is behind the Sinsing District (新興) Office on Jintian Road, was a peculiar blend of townhouse and private residence, the department said.. Huang Chia-lin . Jake Chung . Taipei Times.
  6. Numerical simulation of staged braced excavation in sand ~ O6 MRT station. The Orange Line is located in the Lingya and Sinsing districts in Kaohsiung city with three underground stations, O6, O7, and O8.. 27 Mar 2018. 25 July 2019. Hama Salih, Samal . Mirza Hassan, Mohammad . Shiau, Jim . Hossain, Zakaria . International Journal of Geomate. 14. 43. 104–111.
  7. Web site: Sinsing District Office Kaohsiung City.
  8. https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TV/nm64000000600000000.html

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