Cishan District

Coordinates: 22°52′05″N 120°28′26″E / 22.867951°N 120.473907°E / 22.867951; 120.473907

Cishan 旗山區
District
Qishan District ^[1]
Cishan District
Cishan District in Kaohsiung City
Country	Taiwan
Region	Southern Taipei
Population (January 2016)
• Total	37,749
Website	Official Website (Chinese)

Cishan District office

Cishan District (Chinese: 旗山區; Hanyu Pinyin: Qíshān Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Císhan Cyu; Wade–Giles: Ch'i²-shan¹ Ch'ü¹) is a suburban district in northeastern Kaohsiung, Taiwan.^[2]

Geography

Area: 94.6122 km²
Population: 37,749 people (2016)

An old street in Cishan.

Education

Fortune Institute of Technology

Tourist attractions

Cishan Tianhou Temple
Jhongshan Old Street
Jhongshan Park
Mount Ciwei
Mount Jhongliao Leisure and Agriculture Area
Qishan Train Station
Stone Arches Corridor
Wulong Fongsan Temple^[3]

Transportation

Until the 1970s, a branch railroad linked Qishan with the main north-south railway. Now, the most important transportation link is National Highway No. 10.

Notable natives

Chen Chien-jen, former Minister of Department of Health

References

↑ "Glossary of Names for Admin Divisions" (PDF). placesearch.moi.gov.tw. Ministry of Interior of the ROC. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
↑ http://www.chishan.gov.tw/en/
↑ http://www.chishan.gov.tw/en/

External links

Cishan District Office, Kaohsiung City

Districts of Kaohsiung

City seat: Lingya and Fengshan

Earlier districts	Gushan Lingya Nanzih Cianjin Cianjhen Cijin Sanmin Siaogang Sinsing Yancheng Zuoying

Fengshan region	Daliao Dashe Dashu Fengshan Linyuan Niaosong Renwu

Gangshan region	Alian Gangshan Hunei Lujhu Mituo Cheting Ciaotou Tianliao Yanchao Yong'an Zihguan

Cishan region	Jiasian Liouguei Meinong Neimen Cishan Shanlin

Mountain indigenous districts	Namasia Maolin Taoyuan

Note: Although Hanyu Pinyin^[1] is the national standard, Tongyong Pinyin and older romanization is still commonly used in Kaohsiung.

Districts in Taiwan

Special
municipalities

Kaohsiung	Alian Daliao Dashe Dashu Fengshan Gangshan Gushan Hunei Jiaxian Lingya Linyuan Liugui Luzhu Maolin¹ Meinong Mituo Namaxia¹ Nanzi Neimen Niaosong Qianjin Qianzhen Qiaotou Qieding Qijin Renwu Qishan Sanmin Shanlin Taoyuan¹ Tianliao Xiaogang Xinxing Yanchao Yancheng Yong'an Ziguan Zuoying

New Taipei	Banqiao Bali Gongliao Jinshan Linkou Luzhou Pinglin Pingxi Ruifang Sanchong Sanxia Sanzhi Shenkeng Shiding Shimen Shuangxi Shulin Taishan Tamsui Tucheng Wanli Wugu Wulai¹ Xindian Xinzhuang Xizhi Yingge Yonghe Zhonghe

Taichung	Beitun Central Da'an Dadu Dajia Dali Daya Dongshi East Fengyuan Heping Houli Longjing Nantun North Qingshui Shalu Shengang Shigang South Taiping¹ Tanzi Waipu West Wufeng Wuqi Wuri Xinshe Xitun

Tainan	Anding Annan Anping Baihe Beimen Danei Dongshan East Guanmiao Guantian Guiren Houbi Jiali Jiangjun Liujia Liuying Longqi Madou Nanhua Nanxi North Qigu Rende Shanhua Shanshang South West Central Xiaying Xigang Xinhua Xinshi Xinying Xuejia Yanshui Yongkang Yujing Zuozhen

Taipei	Beitou Da'an Datong Nangang Neihu Shilin Songshan Wanhua Wenshan Xinyi Zhongshan Zhongzheng

Taoyuan	Bade Daxi Dayuan Fuxing¹ Guanyin Guishan Longtan Luzhu Pingzhen Taoyuan Xinwu Yangmei Zhongli

Provincial
cities

Chiayi	East West

Hsinchu	East North Xiangshan

Keelung	Anle Nuannuan Qidu Ren'ai Xinyi Zhongshan Zhongzheng

Note: Hanyu Pinyin is the national standard and promulgated by the Ministry of Interior. Exceptions: "Tamsui" instead of "Danshui," cardinal direction districts, and names of special municipalities and provincial cities. ¹ — Mountain Indigenous District

↑ "Glossary of Names for Admin Divisions" (PDF). placesearch.moi.gov.tw. Ministry of Interior of the ROC. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

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