Hunei District

22°53′42″N 120°13′30″E / 22.894995°N 120.224907°E / 22.894995; 120.224907

District in Southern Taiwan, Taiwan

Hunei District Office

Hunei District (Chinese: 湖內區; pinyin: Húnèi Qū) is a rural district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.

History

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Hunei was organized as a rural township of Kaohsiung County. On 25 December 2010, Kaohsiung County was merged with Kaohsiung City and Hunei was upgraded to a district of the city.

Administrative divisions

The district consists of Haishan, Liujia, Taiye, Gongguan, Yecuo, Dahu, Tianwei, Hunei, Haipu, Wenxian, Zhongxian, Yixian, Zhongxing and Hutung Village.^[2]

Politics

The district is part of Kaohsiung City Constituency II electoral district for Legislative Yuan.

Education

• Tung Fang Design University

Tourist attractions

• Hankou Canal
• Mausoleum of Lord Ningjing, Ming Dynasty
• Shigeo Fukuda Design Museum^[3]
• TSC Mini Train Old Rail Track Reconstruction
• Yuemeichi Ciji Temple (月眉池慈济宫)
• Dahu Night Market
• Wei Zi Nei Night Market

Notable natives

• Lin Yi-chuan, baseball player

See also

• Kaohsiung

References

1. "Glossary of Names for Admin Divisions" (PDF). placesearch.moi.gov.tw. Ministry of Interior of the ROC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
2. https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TV/nm64000002500000000.html ^{[bare URL]}
3. http://www.tf.edu.tw/En/NewsInfo.asp?ID=7610. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Official website