Sinsing District, Kaohsiung

22°37′29″N 120°18′4.7″E

Sinsing 新興區 Xinxing
District
Sinsing District[1][2]
Sinsing District
高雄市新興區公所 SINSING DISTRICT OFFICE KAOHSIUNG CITY SINSING
Sinsing District in Kaohsiung City
Country	Taiwan
Region	Southern Taiwan
Population  (October 2023)
• Total	49,478
Website	hsingsin.kcg.gov.tw/en/

Sinsing District^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} (Chinese: 新興區; Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnxīng Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Sinsing Cyu; Wade–Giles: Hsin¹-hsing¹ Ch'ü¹) 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 (Chinese: 大港埔) 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

Map of villages in Sinsing District

Sinsing District Office

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

• Hong Fa Temple (宏法寺)
• Liuhe Night Market
• Dingxin Park
• Hsin Chueh Chian Shopping Area
• Jhongsiao Park
• Nanhua Shopping Center
• Park Number 11
• Sinsing Park
• Old Japanese Villa逍遙園

References

1. "Administrative Districts". 高雄市政府. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2017. Sinsing District：
2. "雙語詞彙". 高雄市政府全球資訊網 Kaohsiung City Government (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). 30 August 2016. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020. 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
3. "About Singsing". Sinsing District Office, Kaohsiung City. Retrieved 25 July 2019. Sinsing District used to be called Dagangpu.
4. Sinsing (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
5. Huang Chia-lin; Jake Chung (4 June 2019). "Kaohsiung announces tours of Siaoyao estate". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 July 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.
6. Hama Salih, Samal; Mirza Hassan, Mohammad; Shiau, Jim; Hossain, Zakaria (27 Mar 2018). "Numerical simulation of staged braced excavation in sand ~ O6 MRT station". International Journal of Geomate. 14 (43): 104–111. Retrieved 25 July 2019. The Orange Line is located in the Lingya and Sinsing districts in Kaohsiung city with three underground stations, O6, O7, and O8.
7. "Sinsing District Office Kaohsiung City".
8. https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TV/nm64000000600000000.html ^{[bare URL]}

External links

• Official website