Definition of "Kaosiung"

Colonel Sun translates for Minister Yao and relays the minister’s reply. “Minister Yao advises that ROC Marine Corps headquarters is on the Naval Station at Tsoying, near Kaosiung, on the southwest coast. He suggests you do the Four Ninety-ninth wing this morning and the Marine headquarters this afternoon. It will take you about an hour to reach Tsoying by helicopter from Hsinchu. He just ordered General Peng to arrange meetings with the Navy and Marines at Tsoying, and transportation. From there we will go to Army headquarters at Hualien-T'aitung.”

2010, John A. Harper, “Taiwan”, in Mobilize!: Reassembling Forces with the World in Chaos‎ (Fiction), AuthorHouse, page 154