Zihguan | |
Official Name: | Zihguan District[1] |
Native Name Lang: | zh-hant |
Other Name: | Tzuguan[2] Ziguan |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Taiwan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Taiwan |
Parts Type: | Divisions |
Population Total: | 34843 |
Population As Of: | October 2023 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Zihguan District is a coastal suburban district of Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan.
After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Zihguan was organized as a rural township of Kaohsiung County. On 25 December 2010, Kaohsiung County was merged with Kaohsiung City and Zihguan was upgraded to a district of the city.
Ziguan District is divided into 15 villages and 286 neighborhoods.
The district is part of Kaohsiung City Constituency II electoral district for Legislative Yuan.
Northern Zihguan consists mostly on agriculture, while in the South consists mostly about fishery.