Cianjhen District
Cianjhen District is a district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
Cianjhen District is a district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. It covers an area of 19.1207 km2 (7.3825 sq mi) and is subdivided into 59 villages. The district has a population is 180,097, as of October 2023. It is the fifth-most populated district in Kaohsiung, with a population density of 9,457 people per square kilometer, or 24,494 people per square mile.
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Worth seeing in and around Cianjhen District
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaohsiung
The Diocese of Kaohsiung is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Taiwan. The diocese has the distinction of being the first Catholic ecclesiastical territory erected on the island of Taiwan.
3.2 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in Taiwan · Wikipedia - 02Holy Rosary Cathedral
The Basilica Cathedral of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary is the oldest Roman Catholic church and Minor Basilica in the Republic of China. The shrine is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the venerated title of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.
3.2 km · cathedral of Kaohsiung · Wikipedia - 03Farglory THE ONE
The Farglory THE ONE is a skyscraper located in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the fourth tallest building in Taiwan and the second tallest in Kaohsiung.
1.7 km · Skyscraper in Kaohsiung, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 04Liuhe Night Market
The Liouhe Night Market is a tourist night market in Sinsing District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is one of the most popular markets in Taiwan where seafood, handicrafts, clothing, knives, cameras and live animals are sold.
3.8 km · night market in Kaohsiung, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 05National Kaohsiung Normal University
National Kaohsiung Normal University is a public university located in Lingya District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Founded in 1967, the university has two campuses: Ho-Ping and Yan-Chao.
2.9 km · university in Kaohsiung, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 06China Steel Corporation Headquarters
The China Steel Corporation Headquarters is a 29-story, 135 metres skyscraper office building in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It houses the corporate headquarters of China Steel Corporation.
1.4 km · skyscraper in Qianzhen, Kaohsiung, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 07Han-Lai New World Center
The Han-Lai New World Center is a skyscraper located in Cianjin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the eleventh tallest building in Taiwan and the third tallest in Kaohsiung.
2.8 km · skyscraper located in Cianjin · Wikipedia - 08Dream Mall
Dream Mall, located in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is the largest shopping mall in Taiwan and the 15th largest in East Asia. It is built and operated by Tungcheng Development Corporation, a subsidiary of Uni-President Enterprises Corporation, Taiwan's largest food conglomerate that also runs subsidiaries in many other industries.
1 km · shopping mall in Kaohsiung · Wikipedia - 09Kaohsiung Main Public Library
The Kaohsiung Main Public Library is the central library of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the main library of the Kaohsiung Public Library System and opened in November 2014.
1.7 km · public library in Kaohsiung, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 10Taroko Park
The SKM Park is an amusement park and outlet in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is owned by Shin Kong Mitsukoshi.
2.4 km · shopping mall and amusement park in Kaohsiung · Wikipedia
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Getting to Cianjhen District
- Airports
- Kaohsiung (KHH), 4 km · Tainan / Tainan Air Base (TNN), 40 km · Penghu Magong (MZG), 129 km
- Stations
- Port of Kaohsiung, 3.9 km · Formosa Boulevard Station, 3.7 km · Lizihnei LRT station, 1.1 km · Central Park Station, 3 km · Kaohsiung Exhibition Center Station, 2 km
- Tainan (Rende) → Cianjhen District43 km · quickest by road, 52 min · NT$95–125
- Huxi → Cianjhen District733 km · quickest by road, 9h 52m · ¥265–355
- Taichung (Qingshui) → Cianjhen District189 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · NT$420–560
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Cianjhen District
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cianjhen District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundHowever, it is not yet legally possible to bicycle to and from Cijin as the underwater Kaohsiung Harbor Tunnel to and from Cianjhen District is officially closed to bicycles around the clock, even during late nights when ferries stop running.
- Get aroundAn inexpensive ferry service connects various areas of Kaohsiung City, including Taiwan's nearest island, Xiao Liuqiu () - Little Ryukyu - which is a coral island located just south of Kaohsiung and is reachable by ferry from Dong Gang (), which is only a 15-minute scooter or taxi ride from Kaohsiung International Airport.
- Get around31 at the Zhuo Iing Bus Station to the Ferry Pier.
- Get aroundOr, you may take a ferry: Gushan ferry terminal (from which one can take the ferry to Cijin island) is an easy 10 min walk from Hamasen MRT station (you may have to ask for directions though as the route is not that straightforward, but signboards are pretty clear nowadays)
From Wikivoyage: Kaohsiung, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Cianjhen District
Cianjhen District is 2 km from Kaohsiung, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kaohsiungcity in southern Taiwan2.4 km
- Cijin DistrictA district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan3.1 km
- Yancheng DistrictA district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan3.9 km
- Lingya DistrictA district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan2.6 km
- Sinsing DistrictA district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan3 km
- Cianjin DistrictA district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan3.7 km