Sinsing District, Kaohsiung

22°37′29″N 120°18′4.7″E

Sinsing 新興區 Xinxing
District
Sinsing District[1][2]
Sinsing District
高雄市新興區公所 SINSING DISTRICT OFFICE KAOHSIUNG CITY SINSING
Sinsing District in Kaohsiung City
Country	Taiwan
Region	Southern Taiwan
Population  (October 2023)
• Total	49,478
Website	hsingsin.kcg.gov.tw/en/

Sinsing District^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} (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 new prosperity in Mandarin Chinese.

History

Sinsing used to be called Tāi-káng-po͘ (Chinese: 大港埔) 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 corn.

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, the area grew gradually and was renamed Sinsing District.^[7]

Administrative divisions

Map of villages in Sinsing District

Sinsing District Office

The district consists of Haoran, Zhencheng, Desheng, Zhenhua, Zhengqi, Dezheng, Rensheng, Dewang, Huasheng, Jiaoyuan, Yongning, Yuheng, Shunchang, Wenchang, Guangyao, Xingchang, Kaiping, Chenggong, Xinjiang, Liming, Aiping, Nangang, Zhongtung, Mingzhuang, Daming, Qiushan, Zhangyi, Jianxing, Jianhua, Hanmin, Rongzhi and Tungpo Village.^[8]

Tourist attractions

• Hong Fa Temple (宏法寺)
• Liuhe Night Market
• Dingxin Park
• Hsin Chueh Chian Shopping Area
• Jhongsiao Park
• Nanhua Shopping Center
• Park Number 11
• Sinsing Park
• Old Japanese Villa逍遙園