Siaogang

Siao·gang
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proper noun

A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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KominatoHsiao-chiang
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Hsiao-kang · alternative Hsiaokang · alternative Hanyu Pinyin Xiaogang

  1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

    According to CWB weather stations in Kaohsiung as of 11 a.m., Cianjhen District had recorded the largest amount of rainfall since midnight Monday at 280.5 mm, followed by Siaogang District at 252 mm.

    2020 May 27, Yu Hsiao-han, Wang Shu-fen, Joseph Yeh, “CWB issues torrential rain alerts for 16 cities, counties”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 30 May 2020
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    Kaohsiung City was elevated to the status of a city directly under the jurisdiction of Central Government on July 1st, 1979, including Siaogang township of Kaohsiung County.[...]The area of Kaohsiung City has increased 1.3488 square kilometers because Siaogang District reclaimed land from the sea in Sept., 2011, which was for expanding the area of Kaohsiung Intercontinental Container Terminal to 41.2061[...]

    2013 Statistical Yearbook of Interior

    2013, 中華民國102年內政統計年報 [2013 Statistical Yearbook of Interior], 內政部統計處, →OCLC, pages 37, 49

    The city metro, or KMRT (高雄捷運; gāoxióng jiéyùn; krtco.com.tw) is the best way to get around, although it doesn't go everywhere. Two lines-Red (with stops R3 to R24) and Orange (stops 01 to 014) - crisscross the city (metting at Formosa Blvd), from Gangshan in the north to the airport and Siaogang in the south, and from Sizihwan in the west to Daliao in the eastern suburbs.

    2015, Simon Foster, Stephen Keeling, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), 3rd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 257–258

    The cases discussed are as follows: • Collapse of Chung Lin Road in Kaohsiung's Siaogang District - subsidence cracked Chung Lin Road for the second time within a year in the aftermath of Typhoon Dujuan in September 2015.[...] 2.1. Collapse of Chung Lin Road in Kaohsiung's Siaogang District

    2016, Arvin Farid, editor, Geohazards Caused by Human Activity, →ISBN, →OCLC

    At a question-and-answer session at the Kaohsiung City Council on Tuesday, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Shao-ting (黃紹庭) suggested that due to a lack of cooperation from the central government, progress on major projects, such as the relocation of residents from Siaogang District’s (小港) Dalinpu Village (大林蒲) and the construction of a new yellow line on the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit system, have come to a standstill since Han took office on Dec. 25 last year.

    2019 May 23, Lee Hsin-fang, Sherry Hsiao, “Cabinet rebuts Han’s non-cooperation claims”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 22 May 2019

    Hsu’s division is responsible for CPC’s two main facilities, the oil refinery in Kaohsiung’s Siaogang District (小港) and the refinery in Taoyuan’s Gueishan District (龜山), which together process 600,000 barrels of crude oil per day, a report released last year by CPC said.

    2022 January 28, Jason Pan, “CPC division head suspected of bribery”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2022, Taiwan News, page 2

    Synonyms: Kominato, Hsiao-chiang

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Similar
KominatoHsiao-chiang

Origin

  1. Mandarin小港
  2. EnglishSiaogang

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 小港 (Siǎogǎng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 小港
  • 小港 (siu² gong²)district in south Taiwan
Chinese Mandarin 小港
  • 小港 (Xiǎogǎng)district in south Taiwan

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Siaogang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Siaogang

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“Siaogang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Siaogang. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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