Officially Kaohsiung City, a special municipality in southern Taiwan with a population of approximately 2.72 million, making it Taiwan's third most populous city and the largest in southern Taiwan. After annexing the entirety of Kaohsiung County in 2010, its administrative boundaries expanded from the coastal urban center across wide rural stretches into the wilderness of the Yushan Range, making it Taiwan's largest city by area at 2,952 square kilometers.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding YearMarks the Qing dynasty establishment of Fongshan County, the administrative predecessor named in the infobox established_title field, not the present municipal boundaries formed by the 2010 merger. Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone In the Other Atlases
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Sources
1. Kaohsiung (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_estimate
2,707,022 (List of administrative divisions of Taiwan)
Infobox: population_estimate_year
Aug 2026
Infobox: area_km2
2951.85
Infobox, elevation_m
elevation_m = 9
Infobox: established_date
1683
Infobox coordinates
22 36 54 N 120 17 51 E
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Kaohsiung - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1673820
22.61626 120.31333 P PPLA TW 02 KHH 2737660 9 Asia/Taipei
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 9 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 22.75, 120.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 22.75, 120.25
22.75 120.25 Am
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