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Kaohsiung Locates in the South-West Area of Taiwan, Long and Narrow on a South-North Axis Kaohsiung locates in the south-west area of Taiwan, long and narrow on a south-north axis. It is full of sunshine all year long and the weather is delightful. The area of Kaohsiung reaches 2946 km2. The Taiwan Strait is to the west and KaoPing River and Pingtung County are to the south, naturally forms the bay of Kaohsiung. Plentiful landforms enable Kaohsiung to have a distinctive city landscape with mountains, sea, rivers, and harbor, also develop its multi-ethnic culture. Rich historic culture, natural resources of mountain and sea, and the enthusiasm of people make Kaohsiung become one and only south big city. Kaohsiung has continuous supply of vitality and becomes a genuine maritime tourism capital. Kaohsiung Passionate Livable City 首爾 3 hours and 15 minutes 北京 Seoul 東京 Beijing 釜山 Tokyo 2 hours and 35 minutes Busan 3 hours and 21 minutes 大阪 2 hours and 30 minutes Osaka 上海 2 hours and 40 minutes Shanghai 2 hours and 10 minutes 台北 About Kaohsiung City Taipei Geographic Characteristics of Kaohsiung 1 hour The 2,946 km2 Kaohsiung City is a vertical strip of land in 1 hour and 15 minutes Southwestern Taiwan, bordering on the Jianan Plain, Pingtung Plain, 香港 高雄 Taiwan Strait and Bashi Channel to the north, east, west and south, Hong Kong Kaohsiung respectively. The City provides a strategically located pathway from Northeast Asia to the South Pacific, with natural qualities befitting a good commercial harbor as well an emerging cosmopolis. Transportation-wise, the Kaohsiung International Airport offers direct links to various Asian cities and Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, from which flights to destinations worldwide depart. It takes a mere 90 minutes to travel from Taipei to Kaohsiung’s Zuoying area by Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) system. Kaohsiung: a Harbor City According to 2012 statistics, the Port of Kaohsiung (PoK) is the world’s 13th largest international harbor with 4 hours and 5 minutes Kaohsiung International Airport ※Shown here is the average cargo container terminal facilities and ranked No. 1 in Taiwan. Blessed 新加坡 travel time. Please contact with a warm climate and long strips of offshore sandbars, PoK lies respective airlines for details. Singapore along a perfect coast with 26.66 km2 of navigable water, an 18 km long navigation channel and two harbors accommodating ships of up to 100,000 tons. It is also the centerpiece of local tourism, and Things to Know before Visiting Kaohsiung comparable to any other world-class harbor in scenic beauty. Currency Frequently Requested Phone Numbers New Taiwan Dollar, abbreviated as NT$ or NTD, is circulated in the Republic of Fire emergencies, ambulance, fire department 119 China (R.O.C., Taiwan) in the forms of: Police 110 ■ Banknotes in five different denominations: NT$2,000, NT$1,000, NT$500, International operator 100 NT$200 and NT$100. Local directory assistance 104 ■ Coins in five different denominations: NT$50, NT$20, NT$10, NT$5 and NT$1. Long-distance directory assistance 105 Please hold onto your receipts of currency exchange transactions, which are English-language directory assistance 106 available at designated banks or international hotels, and present them upon To report a faulty landline (phone) 112 leaving Taiwan should you wish to exchange NTD into another currency. Speaking clock service 117 ※Visit the website of the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to learn Central Weather Bureau 166 more about NTD banknotes or coins. Traffic reports 168 Tourism Bureau Tourist Information Hotline (02)2717-3737 Tourism Bureau Call Center (0800)011-765 Taxi Rates in Kaohsiung “Living in Taiwan” Hotline (0800)024-111 Tourist Service Center of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Minimum meter fare: NT$85 for the first 1.5 km; Terminal 1 (03)398-2194 NT$5 for every additional 250 meters Terminal 2 (03)398-3341 Congestion surcharge: NT$5 for every 3 accumulated minutes Kaohsiung City’s Tourist Service Center of Kaohsiung International Airport (07)805-7888 traveling under 5 km per hour Transportation Bureau: Bureau of Foreign Trade (02)2351-0271 Late-night surcharge: 20% of metered fare between 11PM and Taxi information service Taiwan External Trade Development Council(TAITRA) (02)2725-5200 6AM Taiwan Visitors Association (02)2594-3261 Chinese New Year surcharge: additional NT$50 per trip during a Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China(Taiwan) (02)2348-2999 7-day period starting the day before Chinese New Year’s Eve Police Broadcasting Service (02)2388-8099 Maximum charging standard for tourism taxi: English-speaking taxi services (02)2799-7997 NT$2,400 for a ride under 4 hours, NT$500 per additional hour after the 4th hour Luggage surcharge: NT$10 is charged for trunk usage per ride. ■ Toll-free taxi booking hotline: 0800-001-006 ■ Chinese and foreign language services: Weather For local residents (in Mandarin, Taiwanese, English or Hakka dialect): 1999 Foreign tourists’ toll-free hotline (in Mandarin, English, Japanese and Korean): Central Weather Bureau (02)2349-1234 0800-011-765 http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V7/ ※ Visit the website of the Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government to Southern Region Weather Center (06)345-9200 learn more about Kaohsiung’s taxi services: http://www.tbkc.gov.tw/supervision_01.aspx 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Operation Line 88 大寮站 Enjoy Your Trip in Daliao Station OT1 E-Da Outlet Mall A Kaohsiung Bronze Winner of LivCom 2013 25 10 Kaohsiung Tourist Map 鳳山國中站 There are several ways to enjoy your Fongshan Junior High O14 School Station 小港Siaogang Station trip in Kaohsiung.You can choose to Wei-Wu-Ying Center for Gold Winner of LivCom 2011 ( Fengshan Youth Night Market 小港醫院 take Kaohsiung Rapid Transit, bus, Da-dong Arts Center the Arts 17 Da-dong Arts Center Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts is ferry, or city bike to make this happy The cultural assets of Hongmaogang 大東站 O13 designed by Holland architect, have been completely preserved. It is Dadong Station Fengshan Long Shan Temple Francine Houben.The oblong holiday unforgettable. the only scenic spot in Taiwan where 1 building shape of the Wei-Wu-Ying ) 站 you can get a close look at the Center for the Arts floats like a 高雄國際機場International Airport Kaohsiung intercontinental cargo ships entering sound wave, creating a poetic 【Popular cycling routes】 into a port. 鳳山站 O12 image to the visitors.The south part Fongshan Station of Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts R3 B is including South Lake, Summer Boulevard,Children’s Playground West Side Harbor Line Bike Path Chengching Lake Area National Stadium -The World Games 10 Chengching Lake Niaosong Wetland 鳳山西(高雄市議會)站 and Park. 草衙Caoya( 22 Main Stadium Fongshan West Station O11 Bronze Winner of LivCom 2013 National Stadium is designed by (Kaohsiung City Council) Bike Path around Fengshan City ( National Science and Technology Museum Technology National Science and 高雄捷運公司 Japanese architect, Toyo Ito. It is the Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts KRTC R4 前鎮高中( Cianjhen Senior High School first and the only one stadium in the Wujia Kaisyuan and Jin-Zuan Night Market world, which uses green architecture 衛武營站 O10 1 )Station Cijin Oceanview Bike Path Weiwuying Station technology and solar energy for )Station Kaohsiung power generation. ( Kaohsiung Store (THSR Zuoying Station) 五甲 Bike Trip around Lotus Pond bike path network ) 技擊館站 站 Martial Arts O9 1 ) 後勁Houjing Stadium Station 巨蛋( Kaohsiung Arena Station 站 Sanmin Household & Commercial High School 22 New Zuoying Shopping District ( Hongmaogang Cultural Park Banpingshan Nature Park 五塊厝站 ( 海科大 油廠國小Station Oil Refinery Elementary School R4A ( Sanduo Shopping District Station NKMU 三民家商The British Consulate at 三多商圈站 1 Wukuaicuo O8 Shihjia( The cultural assets of Hongmaogang 世運( Games World 獅甲 National Sports Complex Takow Station have been completely preserved. It is (Guoguang Laboratory School,NSYSU) ) ( the only scenic spot in Taiwan where you Station ( 10 The British Consulate includes the ) 勞工公園 Labor Park 站 國家體育園區 Sanduo Shopping District consulate’s residence on the hill, 美麗島站Formosa Boulevard Station can get a close look at the interconti- ( 1 生態園區站Station Ecological District C ) R5 中山大學附中 站 the consulate’s office on the coast, nental cargo ships entering into a port. Ciaotou Sugar Industry Cultural Park R21 and the hiking trail connecting both 文化中心站 Kaohsiung Museum of Shadow Puppet residence and the office. This is 中央公園站Central Park Station ) 都會公園站Metropolitan Park Station O7 R22 Cultural 站)Station R20 the only cultural park in Taiwan that Center Station R6 Hongmaogang Cultural Park Gangshan Lamb Hot Pot preserves completely images of 新崛江商圈 Shopping District Talee ) R22A 青埔站Cingpu 站 consulate’s office and residence. 信義國小站 Banpingshan 凱旋站Kaisyuan Station )Station R23 ) 站 Sinyi Elementary O6 橋頭糖廠站Refinery Station Ciaotou Sugar School Station ( NKFUST ( R16 ) 橋頭火車站Ciaotou Station 高科大 R24 R19 R15 Kaohsiung Store (Kaohsiung Post Mall) R7 President Dream Mall 左營Station Zuoying(THSR) ) Station Gangshan South 南岡山站 楠梓加工區站Processing Zone Station Nanzih Export R8 ) R18 R17 Kaohsiung Arena Shopping District R14 ( R13 高鐵 R12 R11 R10 O5 R9 85 Sky Tower 凹子底站Aozihdi Station Kaohsiung Store (Lotus Pond flag-ship) 高雄車站Kaohsiung Station 後驛Houyi( ) Singuang Ferry Wharf 站 Rueifong Night Market Kaohsiung Exhibition and Convention Center National Stadium 蓮池潭 ( Liouhe Night Market Kaohsiung Rose Basilica 高醫大KMU O4 Kaohsiung Film Archive Kaohsiung Music Center (under construction) )Station 市議會(舊址)站 Cijin Coastline City Council D ) 站 (Former Site)Station Love River Gold Winner of LivCom
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