Yong'an District

Yongan District[2] (Chinese: 永安區; pinyin: Yǒng'ān Qū) is a coastal suburban district of Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan.[3]

Yongan

永安區

Yong'an District [1]
District
Yongan District in Kaohsiung City
CountryTaiwan
RegionSouthern Taiwan
Population
 (January 2016)
 • Total14,118
WebsiteOfficial Website (in Chinese)
Yongan District office

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.[4]

Politics

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

Tourist attractions
  • Old House of Huang Family[5] (Chinese: 黃家古厝)

Infrastructure

See also

References
  1. "Glossary of Names for Admin Divisions" (PDF). placesearch.moi.gov.tw. Ministry of Interior of the ROC. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. "Yongan District Office Kaohsiung City". Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  3. "Yungan District Office, Kaohsiung City". Yungan.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  4. https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TV/nm64000002700000000.html
  5. "The Old House of Huang Family". Yongan District Office, Kaohsiung City - Traditional Architecture. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
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