Siaogang

English Siaogang District, Kaohsiung thumb|Siaogang metro station Siaogang Station Alternative forms en Hsiao-kang Hsiaokang Wade-Giles en Xiaogang Pinyin Etymology From the en cmn-tongyong -en 2006 Taiwan place names https://web.archive.org/web/20061001212733/https://pinyin.info/taiwan/place_names.html Pinyin.info zh 鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old formszh 小港區 / Xiaogang / Xiǎogǎng / Siaogang / Hsiaokang romanization of the en cmn 小港 Siǎogǎng. Pronunciation shyouʹgängʹ en Siao gang Proper noun en district city/Kaohsiung c/Taiwan. en 2013 中華民國102年內政統計年報 2013 Statistical Yearbook of Interior https://books.google.com/books?id=tAIUGbk5vIwC 內政部統計處 36132438 37, 49 Kaohsiung City was elevated to the status of a city directly under the jurisdiction of Central Government on July 1st, 1979, including Siaogang township of Kaohsiung County.[...]The area of Kaohsiung City has increased 1.3488 square kilometers because Siaogang District reclaimed land from the sea in Sept., 2011, which was for expanding the area of Kaohsiung Intercontinental Container Terminal to 41.2061[...] en https://archive.org/details/roughguidetotaiw0000fost/ The Rough Guide to Taiwan w:Rough Guides Simon Foster; Stephen Keeling 2015 9780241186831 921930497 3rd 257–258 https://archive.org/details/roughguidetotaiw0000fost/page/257/ The city metro, or KMRT (zh 高雄捷運; gāoxióng jiéyùn; krtco.com.tw) is the best way to get around, although it doesn't go everywhere. Two lines-Red (with stops R3 to R24) and Orange (stops 01 to 014) - crisscross the city (metting at Formosa Blvd), from Gangshan in the north to the airport and Siaogang in the south, and from Sizihwan in the west to Daliao in the eastern suburbs. en 2016 Arvin Farid Geohazards Caused by Human Activity https://books.google.com/books?id=Z3aQDwAAQBAJ 9789535128014 1193042505 The cases discussed are as follows:• Collapse of Chung Lin Road in Kaohsiung's Siaogang District - subsidence cracked Chung Lin Road for the second time within a year in the aftermath of Typhoon Dujuan in September 2015.[...]2.1. Collapse of Chung Lin Road in Kaohsiung's Siaogang District en May 23, 2019 Cabinet rebuts Han’s non-cooperation claims Lee Hsin-fang; Sherry Hsiao w:Taipei Times https://web.archive.org/web/20190522192905/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/05/23/2003715654 22 May 2019 At a question-and-answer session at the Kaohsiung City Council on Tuesday, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Shao-ting (zh 黃紹庭) suggested that due to a lack of cooperation from the central government, progress on major projects, such as the relocation of residents from Siaogang District’s (zh 小港) Dalinpu Village (zh 大林蒲) and the construction of a new yellow line on the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit system, have come to a standstill since Han took office on Dec. 25 last year. en 05/27/2020 Yu Hsiao-han; Wang Shu-fen; Joseph Yeh CWB issues torrential rain alerts for 16 cities, counties w:Focus Taiwan https://web.archive.org/web/20200530114115/https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202005270005 30 May 2020 According to CWB weather stations in Kaohsiung as of 11 a.m., Cianjhen District had recorded the largest amount of rainfall since midnight Monday at 280.5 mm, followed by Siaogang District at 252 mm. en Jan 28, 2022 Jason Pan CPC division head suspected of bribery w:Taipei Times https://web.archive.org/web/20220127175044/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2022/01/28/2003772222 27 January 2022 1563-9525 464696902 Taiwan News 2 Hsu’s division is responsible for CPC’s two main facilities, the oil refinery in Kaohsiung’s Siaogang District (zh 小港) and the refinery in Taoyuan’s Gueishan District (zh 龜山), which together process 600,000 barrels of crude oil per day, a report released last year by CPC said. en October 27, 2022 Farah Master; Meg Shen; Yimou Lee Large explosion in Taiwan's CPC Dalin oil refinery, no one hurt Rashmi Aich w:Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20221028021635/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/large-explosion-taiwans-cpc-dalin-oil-refinery-no-one-hurt-2022-10-28/ 28 October 2022 https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/large-explosion-taiwans-cpc-dalin-oil-refinery-no-one-hurt-2022-10-28/ Asia Pacific A large explosion hit Taiwan's state-backed CPC Dalin Refinery in the southern city of Kaohsiung on Thursday night, videos and images from the Fire Deparment showed, with heavy fire seen above the plant but no injuries initially found, officials said.The fire broke out at 10.35 p.m. local time (1435 GMT) in Siaogang district. The city's fire department said the fire was put out early on Friday and no one was injured or trapped after an initial investigation. en October 4, 2024 Keoni Everington Kaohsiung teen battles Typhoon Krathon's wind with umbrella w:Taiwan News https://web.archive.org/web/20241004080111/https://taiwannews.com.tw/news/5946869 https://taiwannews.com.tw/news/5946869 October 04, 2024 Environment Krathon made landfall in Kaohsiung's Siaogang District at 12:40 p.m., making it the first typhoon in history to strike the city in October, per CNA. en 02/20/2025 Wang Yang-yu; Hung Hsueh-kuang; Matthew Mazzetta Prosecutors search offices of DPP lawmaker Lin Tai-hua in fraud probe w:Focus Taiwan https://web.archive.org/web/20250220045035/https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202502200005 https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202502200005 February 20, 2025 Politics At around 10 a.m., as Lin exited a vehicle in front of an Investigation Bureau office in Kaohsiung's Siaogang District, she held up a piece of paper and repeatedly shouted "political interference in the judiciary, judicial interference in the primary elections." en Synonyms from Japanese en Kominato en Hsiao-chiang Translations district in south Taiwan Chinese: Cantonese: yue 小港 siu2 gong2 Hokkien: nan-hbl 小港 Sió-káng Mandarin: cmn 小港 Xiǎogǎng References Further reading Siaogang, Xiaogang, Hsiaokang, Hsiao-kang en Kaohsiung