Kaohsiung County

**高雄縣**
*Kaohsiung County*
status	Former County of Taiwan Province , Republic of China (Taiwan)

structure	1 city (市), 3 urban parishes (鎮), 23 rural parishes (鄉)
Capital	Fengshan
Average annual temperature	23.8 ° C
Symbols
flower	Chinese rose marshmallow
tree	American mahogany
bird	Japanese eyeglass bird
Data
surface	2,793 km²
population	1,243,410 (Nov 2010)
Population density	445 inhabitants / km² (Nov. 2010)
height	0 to 3844 m
Telephone code	+886 (0) 7
Postcodes	814 to 852
Time zone	UTC +8
Web presence	www.kaohsiung.gov.tw (today's website of Kaohsiung City)

The Kaohsiung County ( Chinese 高雄縣 , Pinyin Kaohsiung Xiàn ) was an existing 1945-2010 administrative unit of the Republic of China on Taiwan . It was located in the southwest of the island of Taiwan, the seat of administration was Fengshan . On December 25, 2010, he was incorporated into Kaohsiung City .

cities and communes

In the course of the decades the status of some parishes changed or names were changed. On July 1, 1957, the three rural communities Maya ( 瑪雅鄉 ), Yani ( 雅爾鄉 ) and Duona ( 多納鄉 ) were renamed Sanmin ( 三民鄉 ), Taoyuan ( 桃源鄉 ) and Maolin ( 茂林鄉 ). On July 1, 1972, the township of Fengshan ( 鳳山鎮 ) was raised to a county seat ( 市 , Shì ). With the elevation of Kaohsiung to a city under the government on July 1, 1979, the then rural community Xiaogang ( 小港鄉 ) was spun off from the district and incorporated into the city as a new municipality. On January 1, 2008, the rural community of Sanmin changed its name to Namaxia ( 那瑪夏鄉 ).

Most recently, Kaohsiung County was divided into the city of Fengshan, the only city (市, Shì), three urban parishes (è, Zhèn) and 23 rural parishes (鄉, Xiāng). Since the merger with the city of Kaohsiung, the formerly independent cities and towns have the status of districts (區, Qū) of Kaohsiung.