Zuoying

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Zuoying
左 營 區
Tsóyàng - Chóiâⁿ - (Zuoying, Kaohsiung City) .svg
Location Zuoyings within Kaohsiung City
State : TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Republic of China (Taiwan)
Coordinates : 22 ° 41 ′  N , 120 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 22 ° 41 ′ 14 "  N , 120 ° 17 ′ 31"  E
Area : 19.3823  km²
 
Residents : 197,072 (Dec 2017)
Population density : 10,168 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time)
Telephone code : (+886) (0) 7
Postal code : 813
ISO 3166-2 : TW-KHH
 
Community type : Municipality of Kaohsiung
Structure : 39 districts ( 里 )
Website :
Zuoying (Taiwan)
Zuoying
Zuoying

Zuoying ( Chinese  左 營 區 , Pinyin Zuǒyíng Qū , Pe̍h-ōe-jī Chó-iâⁿ Khu ) is a district in the west of the Taiwanese city ​​of Kaohsiung .

Location and importance

The 19.39 km² district is bordered by the Nanzi and Renwu districts to the north and east, and the neighboring districts to the south are Gushan and Sanmin . To the west, Zuoying is bounded by the Taiwan Strait . In September 2013 the district had 195,389 inhabitants.

The southern terminus of the Taiwanese high-speed railroad is located in Zuoying . In addition, the district is connected to the network of the Taiwanese Railway through two train stations . The Taiwanese military maintains the largest naval base on the island in Zuoying and a naval aviation base.

Popular excursion destinations in Zuoying are the Lotus Lake , which is lined with a multitude of temples, and the Banpingshan Mountain, which is accessible via hiking trails . Other sights include the Confucius Temple of Kaohsiung and the remains of the historic city wall of (Old) Fengshan .

history

Zuoying was built in the second half of the 17th century under the name Fengshan as a port fortress of the Tungning Kingdom . To distinguish it from the city of Fengshan , which was later founded further east , the fortress is now also known as " Old Fengshan ". After the Qing Dynasty conquered Taiwan , the name was changed to Zuoying ( "camp on the left" ). Zuoying remained an important naval base during the Japanese rule over Taiwan and was incorporated into the city of Kaohsiung in 1940. After Taiwan was handed over to the Republic of China , the government in Zuoying built a one-story housing estate for officers and their families, some of which has been preserved to this day and forms a stark contrast to the modern high-rise districts of the city.

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