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Kaohsiung City, Taiwani
Regional Level Types
Kaohsiung CityMunicipality
TaiwanDisputed Territory

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Locality type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Kaohsiung1,519,711 (2017)
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Gaoxiong
Other Languages:
Classical Chinese:
高雄市, 臺灣
French:
Kaohsiung, Taïwan
German:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Italian:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Russian:
Гаосюн, Тайвань
Simplified Chinese:
高雄市, 臺灣
Spanish:
Kaohsiung, Taiwán
Traditional Chinese:
高雄市, 臺灣
Afrikaans:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Arabic:
كاوهسيونغ, تايوان
Armenian:
Գաոսյուն, Թայվան
Basque:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Bengali:
কোসিয়োং শহর, তাইওয়ান
Bulgarian:
Гаосюн, Тайван
Burmese:
ကောင်းရှုံမြို့, ထိုင်ဝမ်
Catalan:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Cebuano:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Chechen:
Гаосюн, Тайвань
Czech:
Kao-siung, Tchaj-wan
Danish:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Dutch:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Egyptian Arabic:
كاوهسيونج, تايوان
Esperanto:
Kaoŝiung, Tajvano
Estonian:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Farsi/Persian:
کاوهسیونگ, تایوان
Finnish:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Galician:
Kaohsiung, Taiwán
Gan:
高雄市, 中華民國
Georgian:
კაოჰსიუნგი, ტაივანი
Greek:
Καοσιούνγκ, Ταϊβάν
Gujarati:
કાઊશુંગ શહેર, તાઇવાન
Hakka:
Kô-hiùng-sṳ, Thòi-vân
Hebrew:
גאושיונג, טאיוואן
Hindi:
काऊशुंग सिटी, ताइवान
Hungarian:
Kaohsziung, Tajvan
Indonesian:
Kota Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Interlingue:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Japanese:
高雄市, 台湾
Kannada:
ಕಾಒಹ್ಸ್ಯುಂಗ್, ಟೈವಾನ್
Korean:
가오슝시, 타이완
Kyrgyz:
Гаосун, Тайвань
Latvian:
Gaosjunas speciālā municipalitāte, Taivāna
Lithuanian:
Gaosiongas, Taivanas
Luxembourgish:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Macedonian:
Гаосјунг, Тајван
Malay:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Malayalam:
കൗഷ്യിംഗ്, തായ്‌വാൻ
Marathi:
काऊशुंग शहर, तैवान
Min Dong Chinese:
Gŏ̤-hṳ̀ng, Dài-uăng
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Ko-hiông-chhī, Tâi-oân
Mongolian:
Гаошюн, Тайвань
Norwegian:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Occitan:
Gaoxiong, Taiwan
Polish:
Kaohsiung, Tajwan
Portuguese:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Punjabi:
ਕਾਓਸੀਅੰਗ, ਤਾਈਵਾਨ
Quechua:
Kau-hiyun, Taiwán
Romanian:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Scots:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Sinhalese:
කොසියුන්ග්, තායිවානය
Slovak:
Kao-siung, Taiwan
Swahili:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Swedish:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Tagalog:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Tamil:
கோஷிங் நகரம், சீனக் குடியரசு
Telugu:
కావోోసియంగ్ సిటీ, తైవాన్
Thai:
เกาสฺยง, ไต้หวัน
Tibetan (Standard):
ཀའོ་ཞུང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།, ཐེ་ཝན
Turkish:
Kaohsiung, Tayvan
Ukrainian:
Гаосюн, Тайва́нь
Urdu:
کائوسیونگ شہر, تائیوان
Uyghur:
گاۋشيۇڭ, تەيۋەن
Vietnamese:
Cao Hùng, Đài Loan
Waray:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Welsh:
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Wu Chinese:
高雄市, 中华民国
Zhuang:
Gauhyungz, Daizvanh


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Fossils

There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences39
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed23.0 Ma (Oligocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Ryukyu10.126 - 0.0117 Ma (Pleistocene)
Gutingkeng122.588 - 0.781 Ma (Pleistocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Amphistegina
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Amphisteginidae : Amphistegina2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Baculogypsinoides
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Calcarinidae : Baculogypsinoides2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Calcarina
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Calcarinidae : Calcarina2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Homotrema
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Homotrematidae : Homotrema2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Acropora
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Acropora2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Favia
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Favia2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Favites
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Favites2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Porites
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Gastropoda
class
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Bivalvia
class
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Antigona
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Antigona2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Cardium
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardium2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Chama
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Chamidae : Chama2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Chione
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Chione2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Crassatella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : Crassatella2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Diplodonta
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Ungulinidae : Diplodonta2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Gafrarium
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Gafrarium2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Laevicardium
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Lahilliidae : Laevicardium2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Pitar
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Pitar2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Bryozoa
phylum
Animalia : Bryozoa2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Bibos
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bos23.03 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Rhinoceros
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Rhinoceros23.03 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Corallinaceae
family
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Brechites
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Penicillidae : Brechites2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Lima lima
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Limidae : Lima : Lima lima2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Dendostrea folium
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Dendostrea : Dendostrea folium2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Periglypta puerpera
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Periglypta : Periglypta puerpera2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Chama limbula
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Chamidae : Chama : Chama limbula2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Venus (Venus)
subgenus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Venus : Venus (Venus)2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Codakia exasperata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Codakia : Codakia exasperata2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Periglypta reticulata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Periglypta : Periglypta reticulata2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Pecten aurantiacus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Pecten : Pecten aurantiacus2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Brissus latecarinatus
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Brissidae : Brissus : Brissus latecarinatus2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 3 fossil localities

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaohsiung
Wikidata ID:Q181557
GeoNames ID:7280289

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