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Kaohsiung

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Kaohsiung or Kao-hsiung , city (1995 pop. 1,426,035), S Taiwan. It is the second largest city of Taiwan and its leading port. Its designation as an export processing zone in the late 1970s has stimulated foreign investment. The leading industries produce petroleum products, steel, cement, aluminum, wood and paper products, fertilizers, metals, and machinery; shipbuilding is also carried on. Kaohsiung is connected by high-speed rail to Taipei. The city grew up from a small fishing village and was developed as a manufacturing center and port by the Japanese, who occupied Taiwan in 1895. Nearby... Read more
Taiwan
TAIWAN Republic of China Major Cities: T'aipei, Kaohsiung, T'aichung, T'ainan Other Cities: Chiai, Chungli, Hsinchu, Hualien, Keelung, T'aitung INTRODUCTION The island nation of TAIWAN... Read more
Taipei
...products, ships, and motorcycles. The city has a subway/elevated light-rail system, and is connected by high-speed rail to Kaohsiung . Several universities, the National Palace Museum and other cultural institutions, and Taipei 101 , the world's tallest building... Read more

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