Zihguan District

Zihguan District is a coastal suburban district of Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan.

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

Geography

 * Area: 11.595 km2
 * Population: 34,843 people (October 2023)

Administrative divisions
Ziguan District is divided into 15 villages and 286 neighborhoods.


 * Chidong Village
 * Chikan Village
 * Chixi Village
 * Dashe Village
 * Dianbao Village
 * Jiadong Village
 * Like Village
 * Tong'an Village
 * Xinke Village
 * Zhike Village
 * Zhonglun Village
 * Zihe Village
 * Ziping Village
 * Zixin Village
 * Ziyi Village

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

Economy
Northern Zihguan consists mostly on agriculture, while in the South consists mostly about fishery.

Tourist attractions

 * Tong'an Temple (蚵子寮通安宫)

Notable natives

 * Sun Shu-may, pop singer, actress and TV host