Niaosong District

Niaosong District is a rural district of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.

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

Geography
It has 44,469 inhabitants in October 2023.

Administrative divisions
The district consists of Diaosong, Mengli, Dahua, Dipu, Renmei, Dazhu and Huamei Village.

Government institutions

 * Radiation Monitoring Center

Education

 * Cheng Shiu University

Tourist attractions

 * Chengcing Lake
 * Chengcing Lake Baseball Stadium
 * Dharma Drum Mountain Zi Yun Temple (法鼓山紫云寺)
 * Kaohsiung Grand Hotel
 * Niaosong Wetland Park

Notable natives

 * Huang Shihui, writer