Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park
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| Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park | |
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| 高雄都會公園 | |
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 Interactive map of Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park | |
| Type | park |
| Location | Nanzih District and Ciaotou District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| Coordinates | 22°44′00.3″N 120°18′38.0″E / 22.733417°N 120.310556°E |
| Area | 35 hectares |
| Administered by | Construction and Planning Agency of the Ministry of the Interior |
| Status | Open all year |
| Public transit access | Metropolitan Park Station |
The Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park (traditional Chinese: 高雄都會公園; simplified Chinese: 高雄都会公园; pinyin: Gāoxióng Dūhuì Gōngyuán) is a park in Nanzih District and Ciaotou District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The park is under the management of Construction and Planning Agency of the Ministry of the Interior.
The park used to be a landfill.[1] It was then converted into a park by the Executive Yuan to protect the environmental resources and improving the local environment.[2]
Geology
Architecture
The park features the Golden Rooster Sundial sculpture which stands tall at the Central Square. There is a bronze cast illustration of the sundial shadow on the ground surface under the golden rooster. It also consists of a decorated swimming pool, an ecological exhibition room, parent-child playrooms and a library.[1]
