Lingya District
Lingya District is a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Lingya District is a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The 85 Sky Tower and the Kaohsiung City Hall are located here. Lingya District is the administrative center of Kaohsiung City along with Fongshan District. Its population is around 163,850 as of October 2023. It is the 6th most-populated district in Kaohsiung, with a population density of 19,916 people per square kilometer, or 51,581 people per square mile. It has an area of 8.1522 square kilometers, or 3.1476 square miles. The average elevation of Lingya is 6 meters, or 20 feet.
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Worth seeing in and around Lingya 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.
- 01Kaohsiung Mosque
The Kaohsiung Mosque is a mosque in the Lingya District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Completed in 1949, it was the second mosque built in Taiwan, after the Taipei Grand Mosque.
2.6 km · mosque in Zhenggi Village, Lingya District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 02Roman 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.
2.6 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in Taiwan · Wikipedia - 03Holy 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.
2.6 km · cathedral of Kaohsiung · Wikipedia - 04Kaohsiung Museum of History
The Kaohsiung Museum of History is a museum located in Yancheng District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is administered by the Kaohsiung City Government.
3 km · museum in Kaohsiung · Wikipedia - 05Chang-Gu World Trade Center
The Chang-Gu World Trade Center, also known as Grand 50 Tower, is a 222-metre tall skyscraper in Sanmin District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It was completed in 1992 and was designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners, who also designed the 85 Sky tower, and the Taipei 101.
2.2 km · skyscraper · Wikipedia - 06Farglory 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.
2 km · Skyscraper in Kaohsiung, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 07China 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.
2.6 km · skyscraper in Qianzhen, Kaohsiung, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 08National 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.
500 m · university in Kaohsiung, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 09Liuhe 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.
1.8 km · night market in Kaohsiung, Taiwan · Wikipedia - 10National Science and Technology Museum
The National Science and Technology Museum is a museum of applied science and technology in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2.1 km · museum in Kaohsiung, Taiwan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Lingya District
- Airports
- Kaohsiung (KHH), 6 km · Tainan / Tainan Air Base (TNN), 38 km · Penghu Magong (MZG), 127 km
- Stations
- Kaohsiung main station, 2.3 km · Formosa Boulevard Station, 1.8 km · Lizihnei LRT station, 2.2 km · Central Park Station, 1.6 km · Fongshan Station, 4 km
- Huxi → Lingya District126 km · quickest by ferry, 7h 13m · NT$625–2,235
- Taichung (Qingshui) → Lingya District184 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · NT$405–540
- Hualien City → Lingya District201 km · quickest by road, 8h 4m · NT$660–880
- 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 Lingya 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 Lingya 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 Lingya District
- Kaohsiungcity in southern Taiwan2.2 km
- Fongshan DistrictA district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan3.6 km
- Yancheng DistrictA district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan3.1 km
- 2021 Kaohsiung tower fire14 October 2021 fire in Yancheng District, Kaohsiong City, Taiwan3.3 km
- Cianjhen DistrictA district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan2.6 km
- Sinsing DistrictA district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan1.6 km