Yongan District

22.822707°N 120.226967°E / 22.822707; 120.226967

Yongan 永安區 Yong'an District [1]
District
Yongan District in Kaohsiung City
Country	Taiwan
Region	Southern Taiwan
Population  (October 2023)
• Total	13,860
Website	yongan.kcg.gov.tw/en/

Yongan District office

Yongan District^[2] (Chinese: 永安區; pinyin: Yǒng'ān Qū) is a coastal suburban district of Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan.

History

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Yong'an was organized as a rural township of Kaohsiung County. On 25 December 2010, Kaohsiung County was merged with Kaohsiung City and Yong'an was upgraded to a district of the city.

Administrative divisions

The district consists of Yongan, Yonghua, Xingang, Yantian, Baoning and Weixin Village.^[3]

Politics

The district is part of Kaohsiung City Constituency II electoral district for Legislative Yuan.

Tourist attractions

• Old House of Huang Family^[4] (Chinese: 黃家古厝)
• Yongan Yong'an Temple (永安宮)

Infrastructure

• Hsinta Power Plant
• Yongan LNG Terminal
• Yongan PV Power Plant

See also

• Kaohsiung