Sinsing District

Coordinates: 22°37′29″N 120°18′4.7″E / 22.62472°N 120.301306°E / 22.62472; 120.301306

Sinsing
新興區
District
Xinxing District [1]

Sinsing District

Sinsing District in Kaohsiung City
Country Taiwan
Region Southern Taipei
Population (January 2016)
  Total 51,953
Website [http://Official Website official website] (Chinese)
Sinsing District office

Sinsing District (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 prosperity in Mandarin Chinese.

History

Sinsing used to be called Dagangpu 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 maize.

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Dagangpu grew gradually and was renamed Sinsing District afterwards. It is now the lively and beautiful modernized administrative area at present.[2]

Tourist attractions

See also

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References

  1. "Glossary of Names for Admin Divisions" (PDF). placesearch.moi.gov.tw. Ministry of Interior of the ROC. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. http://hsingsin.kcg.gov.tw/english/index.php?strurl=about.htm

External links

  1. "Glossary of Names for Admin Divisions" (PDF). placesearch.moi.gov.tw. Ministry of Interior of the ROC. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. "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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