Editing Kaohsiung (section)

==Politics==
[[File:Chen Chi-mai election infobox.jpg|thumb|185x185px|[[Chen Chi-mai]], the incumbent [[Mayor of Kaohsiung]]]]

===Government===
{{main|Kaohsiung City Government|Kaohsiung City Council}}
{{see also|List of mayors of Kaohsiung|List of county magistrates of Kaohsiung}}

Sometimes Kaohsiung used to be seen as the political opposite of Taipei. While northern Taiwan leans towards the [[Pan-Blue Coalition]] in the state-level elections, southern Taiwan, including Kaohsiung, leaned towards the [[Pan-Green Coalition]] since the late 1990s. [[Frank Hsieh]] of the [[Democratic Progressive Party]] was reelected twice as Mayor of Kaohsiung, where he was widely credited for transforming the city from an industrial sprawl into an attractive modern metropolis. Hsieh resigned from the office of mayor to take up the office of [[Premier of the Republic of China]] in 2005. The [[2005–06 Taiwanese local elections|municipal election, held on 9 December 2006]], resulted in a victory for the [[Democratic Progressive Party]]'s candidate [[Chen Chu]], the first elected female mayor of [[Special municipality of Taiwan|special municipality]] in Taiwan, defeating her [[Kuomintang]] rival and former deputy mayor, [[Huang Jun-ying]]. As of 12 June 2020, the mayor of Kaohsiung City is [[Chen Chi-mai]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lin |first=Sean |date=12 June 2020 |title=Yang to Become Acting Kaohsiung Mayor: Source |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/06/12/2003738078 |work=[[Taipei Times]] |page=1 |access-date=5 October 2022 |archive-date=17 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817155711/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/06/12/2003738078 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<gallery widths="200" heights="155">
File:Kaohsiung City Hall (Dec 2010).JPG|alt=Kaohsiung City Hall|[[Kaohsiung City Government]] – Sihwei Administration Center
File:Fongshan Administration Center, Kaohsiung City Government 20140720.jpg|alt=Kaohsiung City Hall|[[Kaohsiung City Government]] – Fongshan Administration Center
File:Hall of Kaohsiung City Council.JPG|[[Kaohsiung City Council]]
File:高雄地方法院.JPG|Kaohsiung [[District Courts (Republic of China)|District Court]]
</gallery>

===Subdivisions===
Kaohsiung is divided into 38 [[District (Taiwan)|districts]], three of which are mountain indigenous districts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kcg.gov.tw/EN/cp.aspx?n=C8B81163CD9BA0FD |access-date=26 April 2019 |publisher=Kaohsiung City Government |title=Administrative Districts |date=30 September 2016 |quote=Taoyuan District Maolin District Namasia District Jiasian District Liouguei District Shanlin District Meinong District Neimen District Cishan District Dashu District Daliao District Zihguan District Linyuan District Tianliao District Yanchao District Dashe District Renwu District Siaogang District Fongshan District Mituo District Alian District Gangshan District Niaosong District Ciaotou District Nanzih District Zuoying District Gushan District Sanmin District Sinsing District Cianjin District Yancheng District Lingya District Cijin District Cianjhen District Hunei District Lujhu District Cheting District Yongan District |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121184636/https://www.kcg.gov.tw/EN/cp.aspx?n=C8B81163CD9BA0FD |archive-date=21 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kcg.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=07880B28C8E3EAEA |script-title=zh:認識高雄 |trans-title=Understanding Kaohsiung |language=zh-tw |publisher=Kaoshiung City Government |access-date=27 April 2019 |quote={{lang|zh-Hant|高雄市行政區劃分District 楠梓區 左營區 鼓山區 三民區 苓雅區 新興區 前金區 鹽埕區 前鎮區 旗津區 小港區 鳳山區 茂林區 甲仙區 六龜區 杉林區 美濃區 內門區 仁武區 田寮區 旗山區 梓官區 阿蓮區 湖內區 岡山區 茄萣區 路竹區 鳥松區 永安區 燕巢區 大樹區 大寮區 林園區 彌陀區 橋頭區 大社區 那瑪夏區 桃源區}} |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011233226/https://www.kcg.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=07880B28C8E3EAEA |archive-date=11 October 2019 |url-status=live|date=30 September 2016 }}</ref><ref name="moien">{{cite web|date=16 June 2011 |script-title=zh:臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 |url=http://placesearch.moi.gov.tw/translate/Admin1000616.pdf |pages=4–6|publisher=Online Translation System of Geographic Name, [[Ministry of Interior of the Republic of China|Ministry of Interior]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325205328/http://placesearch.moi.gov.tw/translate/Admin1000616.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2012 |quote={{lang|zh-Hant|高雄市 Kaohsiung City Gaoxiong City 直轄市、縣（市）級以上 行政區域名稱係依國際 慣用方式譯寫 鹽埕區 Yancheng District 鼓山區 Gushan District 左營區 Zuoying District{...}楠梓區 Nanzi District 三民區 Sanmin District 新興區 Xinxing District 前金區 Qianjin District 苓雅區 Lingya District 前鎮區 Qianzhen District 旗津區 Qijin District 小港區 Xiaogang District 鳳山區 Fengshan District 林園區 Linyuan District 大寮區 Daliao District 大樹區 Dashu District 大社區 Dashe District 仁武區 Renwu District 鳥松區 Niaosong District 岡山區 Gangshan District 橋頭區 Qiaotou District 燕巢區 Yanchao District 田寮區 Tianliao District 阿蓮區 Alian District 路竹區 Luzhu District 湖內區 Hunei District 茄萣區 Qieding District 永安區 Yong’an District 彌陀區 Mituo District 梓官區 Ziguan District 旗山區 Qishan District 美濃區 Meinong District 六龜區 Liugui District 甲仙區 Jiaxian District 杉林區 Shanlin District 內門區 Neimen District{...}茂林區 Maolin District 桃源區 Taoyuan District 那瑪夏區 Namaxia District}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.moi.gov.tw/files/site_stuff/321/1/month/m1-07.xls |script-title=zh:1.7-鄉鎮市區戶口數 |trans-title=Population for Township and District |date=August 2020 |access-date=21 September 2020 |website=[[Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan)|Ministry of the Interior]] |quote=高雄市 Kaohsiung City鹽埕區 Yancheng District鼓山區 Gushan District左營區 Zuoying District楠梓區 Nanzih District三民區 Sanmin District新興區 Sinsing District前金區 Cianjin District苓雅區 Lingya District前鎮區 Cianjhen District旗津區 Cijin District小港區 Siaogang District鳳山區 Fongshan District林園區 Linyuan District大寮區 Daliao District大樹區 Dashu District大社區 Dashe District仁武區 Renwu District鳥松區 Niaosong District岡山區 Gangshan District橋頭區 Ciaotou District燕巢區 Yanchao District田寮區 Tianliao District阿蓮區 Alian District路竹區 Lujhu District湖內區 Hunei District茄萣區 Jiading District永安區 Yongan District彌陀區 Mituo District梓官區 Zihguan District旗山區 Cishan District美濃區 Meinong District六龜區 Liouguei District甲仙區 Jiasian District杉林區 Shanlin District內門區 Neimen District茂林區 Maolin District桃源區 Taoyuan District那瑪夏區 Namasia District |language=zh-tw,en |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612184854/https://www.moi.gov.tw/files/site_stuff/321/1/month/m1-07.xls |url-status=dead}}</ref> There are a total of 651 [[Village (Taiwan)|villages]] in which each village is subdivided into [[neighborhoods]] (鄰). There are 18,584 neighborhoods in Kaohsiung City. [[Lingya District|Lingya]] and [[Fongshan District|Fongshan]] districts are the administrative centers of the city while Lingya and Sinsing Districts are the two most densely populated districts of the city. Kaohsiung has the most numbers of districts among other [[Special municipality (Taiwan)|special municipalities]] in Taiwan.
{|
|valign=top|<div style="position: relative;">[[File:Kaohsiung labelled map.png|thumb|400px|Kaohsiung City administrative divisions map]]
{{Image label small|x=-95.0|y=-335.0|scale=-1|text=[[Alian District|Alian]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-130.0|y=-464.0|scale=-1|text=[[Daliao District|Daliao]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-116.0|y=-397.0|scale=-1|text=[[Dashe District|Dashe]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-145.0|y=-408.0|scale=-1|text=[[Dashu District|Dashu]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-102.0|y=-452.0|scale=-1|text=[[Fongshan District|Fongshan]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-75.0|y=-365.0|scale=-1|text=[[Gangshan District|Gangshan]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-55.0|y=-325.0|scale=-1|text=[[Hunei District|Hunei]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-30.0|y=-339.0|scale=-1|text=[[Qieding District|Cieding]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-222.0|y=-225.0|scale=-1|text=[[Jiasian District|Jiasian]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-119.0|y=-501.0|scale=-1|text=[[Linyuan District|Linyuan]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-234.0|y=-256.0|scale=-1|text=[[Liouguei District|Liouguei]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-69.0|y=-342.0|scale=-1|text=[[Lujhu District|Lujhu]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-270.0|y=-311.0|scale=-1|text=[[Maolin District|Maolin]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-185.0|y=-325.0|scale=-1|text=[[Meinong District|Meinong]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-52.0|y=-378.0|scale=-1|text=[[Mituo District|Mituo]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-250.0|y=-160.0|scale=-1|text=[[Namasia District|Namasia]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-79.0|y=-405.0|scale=-1|text=[[Nanzih District|Nanzih]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-155.0|y=-295.0|scale=-1|text=[[Neimen District|Neimen]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-105.0|y=-433.0|scale=-1|text=[[Niaosong District|Niaosong]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-83.0|y=-385.0|scale=-1|text=[[Ciaotou District|Ciaotou]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-160.0|y=-347.0|scale=-1|text=[[Cishan District|Cishan]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-110.0|y=-415.0|scale=-1|text=[[Renwu District|Renwu]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-197.0|y=-279.0|scale=-1|text=[[Shanlin District|Shanlin]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-300.0|y=-185.0|scale=-1|text=[[Taoyuan District, Kaohsiung|Taoyuan]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-121.0|y=-338.0|scale=-1|text=[[Tianliao District|Tianliao]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-100.0|y=-480.0|scale=-1|text=[[Siaogang District|Siaogang]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-106.0|y=-375.0|scale=-1|text=[[Yanchao District|Yanchao]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-32.0|y=-357.0|scale=-1|text=[[Yong'an District|Yong'an]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-66.0|y=-422.0|scale=-1|text=[[Zuoying District|Zuoying]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-45.0|y=-395.0|scale=-1|text=[[Zihguan District|Zihguan]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-283.0|y=-403.0|scale=-1|text=[[Gushan District|Gushan]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-367.0|y=-454.0|scale=-1|text=[[Lingya District|Lingya]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-320.0|y=-450.0|scale=-1|text=[[Cianjin District|Cianjin]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-344.0|y=-505.0|scale=-1|text=[[Cianjhen District|Cianjhen]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-303.0|y=-530.0|scale=-1|text=[[Cijin District, Kaohsiung|Cijin]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-355.0|y=-415.0|scale=-1|text=[[Sanmin District|Sanmin]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-335.0|y=-442.0|scale=-1|text=[[Sinsing District|Sinsing]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-291.0|y=-460.0|scale=-1|text=[[Yancheng District, Kaohsiung|Yancheng]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-154.0|y=-78.0|scale=-1|text=[[Chiayi City|<span style="color:green;">Chiayi City</span>]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-82.0|y=-253.0|scale=-1|text=[[Tainan City|<span style="color:green;">Tainan City</span>]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-395.0|y=-100.0|scale=-1|text=[[Hualien County|<span style="color:green;">Hualien County</span>]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-246.0|y=-99.0|scale=-1|text=[[Chiayi County|<span style="color:green;">Chiayi County</span>]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-377.0|y=-45.0|scale=-1|text=[[Nantou County|<span style="color:green;">Nantou County</span>]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-169.0|y=-452.0|scale=-1|text=[[Pingtung County|<span style="color:green;">Pingtung County</span>]]}}
{{Image label small|x=-393.0|y=-299.0|scale=-1|text=[[Taitung County|<span style="color:green;">Taitung County</span>]]}}
</div>
|valign=top|[[File:Population density map of Kaohsiung (Dec 2009).svg|thumb|300px|Kaohsiung City's population density 2009]]
|valign=top|[[File:Kaohsiung Districts.PNG|thumb|Kaohsiung City with its districts before merger with Kaohsiung County in 2010]]
|}
:<small>Note: There are several [[Romanization of Chinese in Taiwan|romanization systems used in Taiwan]]. This table contains both [[Hanyu Pinyin]] (the official standard of the [[Government of the Republic of China|central government]]),<ref>{{cite web |title=Glossary of Names for Admin Divisions |url=http://placesearch.moi.gov.tw/translate/Admin1010320.pdf |website=placesearch.moi.gov.tw |publisher=Ministry of Interior of the ROC |access-date=18 March 2015 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6athTxlTm?url=http://placesearch.moi.gov.tw/translate/Admin1010320.pdf |archive-date=19 August 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Tongyong Pinyin]] (the official standard of the [[Kaohsiung City Government]]). The major order of districts referred to the code of administrative area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Untitled |url=http://www.dgbas.gov.tw/public/Attachment/012241754371.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721184010/http://www.dgbas.gov.tw/public/Attachment/012241754371.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2011 |language=Traditional Chinese |location=Taipei |publisher=[[Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics]] |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref></small>
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Code
!English name
!Native name!!Population{{efn|September 2023|name=|group=}}!!Area<br>(km<sup>2</sup>)
!Population density (/km<sup>2</sup>)
!Population 2010{{efn|December 2010}}
!Population change{{efn|September 2023 − December 2010|name=|group=}}
|-
|64000010
|[[Yancheng District, Kaohsiung|Yancheng District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|鹽埕區}}||22,505||1.42
|16,843.66
|27,399
|−4,894
|-
|64000020
|[[Gushan District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|鼓山區}}||140,492||	14.75
|9,573.42
|131,728
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>8,764
|-
|64000030
|[[Zuoying District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|左營區}}||196,953||	19.38
|10,210.37
|191,991
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>4,962
|-
|64000040
|[[Nanzih District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|楠梓區}}||192,777||25.83
|7,287.69
|173,053
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>19,724
|-
|64000050
|[[Sanmin District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|三民區}}||331,864||19.79
|17,156.54
|354,022
|−22,158
|-
|64000060
|[[Sinsing District, Kaohsiung|Sinsing District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|新興區}}||49,495||1.98
|25,775.76
|55,287
|−5,792
|-
|64000070
|[[Cianjin District, Kaohsiung|Cianjin District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|前金區}}||27,033||1.86
|14,466.67
|28,859
|−1,826
|-
|64000080
|[[Lingya District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|苓雅區}}||163,779||8.15
|20,714.85
|183,948
|−20,169
|-
|64000090
|[[Cianjhen District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|前鎮區}}||180,233||19.12
|9,809.62
|199,144
|−18,911
|-
|64000100
|[[Cijin District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|旗津區}}||26,301||1.46
|19,225.34
|29,968
|−3,667
|-
|64000110
|[[Siaogang District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|小港區}}||155,042|| 45.44
|3,474.93
|154,548
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>494
|-
|64000120
|[[Fongshan District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|鳳山區}}||356,397||26.76
|13,456.95
|341,120
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>15,277
|-
|64000130
|[[Linyuan District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|林園區}}||68,328||32.29
|2,155.40
|70,512
|−2,184
|-
|64000140
|[[Daliao District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|大寮區}}||111,910||71.04
|1,580.60
|108,984
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>2,946
|-
|64000150
|[[Dashu District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|大樹區}}||40,505||66.98
|628.28
|43,955
|−3,450
|-
|64000160
|[[Dashe District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|大社區}}||33,689||26.58
|1,294.96
|32,941
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>748
|-
|64000170
|[[Renwu District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|仁武區}}||97,008||36.08
|2,489.05
|72,202
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>24,806
|-
|64000180
|[[Niaosong District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|鳥松區}}||44,468||24.59
|1,826.96
|42,595
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>1,873
|-
|64000190
|[[Gangshan District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|岡山區}}||95,533||47.94
|2,026.49
|97,102
|−1,569
|-
|64000200
|[[Ciaotou District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|橋頭區}}||41,488||25.94
|1,477.33
|36,415
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>5,073
|-
|64000210
|[[Yanchao District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|燕巢區}}||28,777||65.40
|453.72
|30,790
|−2,013
|-
|64000220
|[[Tianliao District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|田寮區}}||6,549||92.68
|75.92
|8,214
|−1,665
|-
|64000230
|[[Alian District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|阿蓮區}}||27,465||34.62
|823.45
|30,383
|−2,918
|-
|64000240
|[[Lujhu District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|路竹區}}||50,396||48.43
|1,077.60
|53,791
|−3,395
|-
|64000250
|[[Hunei District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|湖內區}}||29,629||20.16
|1,474.26
|28,827
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>802
|-
|64000260
|[[Qieding District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|茄萣區}}||29,292||15.76
|1,905.52
|31,433
|−2,141
|-
|64000270
|[[Yong'an District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|永安區}}||13,855||22.61
|608.85
|14,301
|−446
|-
|64000280
|[[Mituo District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|彌陀區}}||18,331||14.78
|1,287.21
|20,433
|−2,102
|-
|64000290
|[[Ziguan District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|梓官區}}||34,813||11.60
|3,081.12
|36,726
|−1,913
|-
|64000300
|[[Cishan District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|旗山區}}||34,390||94.61
|383.54
|39,873
|−5,483
|-
|64000310
|[[Meinong District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|美濃區}}||37,116||120.03
|325.69
|42,993
|−5,877
|-
|64000320
|[[Liouguei District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|六龜區}}||11,731||194.16
|64.99
|14,833
|−3,102
|-
|64000330
|[[Jiasian District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|甲仙區}}||5,584||124.03
|47.77
|7,228
|−1,644
|-
|64000340
|[[Shanlin District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|杉林區}}||10,970||104.00
|112.13
|11,842
|−872
|-
|64000350
|[[Neimen District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|內門區}}||13,258||95.62
|148.34
|15,951
|−2,693
|-
|64000360
|[[Maolin District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|茂林區}}||1,893||194.00
|10.01
|1,874
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>19
|-
|64000370
|[[Taoyuan District, Kaohsiung|Taoyuan District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|桃源區}}||4,249||928.98
|4.58
|4,817
|−568
|-
|64000380
|[[Namasia District]]||{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|那瑪夏區}}||3,163||252.99
|12.44
|3,401
|−238
|}