Kaohsiung metropolitan area

Kaohsiung metropolitan area (Chinese: 高雄都會區; pinyin: Gāoxióng Dūhuì Qū) is the urban area of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan.

Kaohsiung metropolitan area
Kaohsiung skyline
Coordinates: 22°38′N 120°20′E
CountryTaiwan
Major CitiesKaohsiung
Area
  Metro
1,329.8498 km2 (513.4579 sq mi)
Population
 (End of June 2018)
  Metro
3,023,225
  Metro density2,272.05/km2 (5,884.6/sq mi)

Definition

According to the definition of metropolitan areas formerly used by the Republic of China (Taiwan) government, Kaohsiung metropolitan area included the following areas:

Kaohsiung City (core city)Pingtung County

However, since the merger of Kaohsiung City and the former Kaohsiung County on 25 December 2010, the term is no longer in official usage.[1]

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