Definition of "Nanzih"

This project is located in the Nanzih district in Kaohsiung, the special municipality in southwestern Taiwan. Similar to other areas in Taiwan, Kaohsiung had a very low wastewater treatment rate.

2010, Sha Zheng and Robert L. K. Tiong, M.ASCE, “First Public-Private-Partnership Application in Taiwan’s Wastewater Treatment Sector: Case Study of the Nanzih BOT Wastewater Treatment Project”, in Journal of Construction Engineering & Management‎, page 916

Level 3: For areas with low thermal stress and high dynamic potential, such as Zuoying, Nanzih, Cijin, and Gushan Districts, the current situations should be preserved and the provision of surfaces of low albedo is encouraged. In particular, potential air pollution problem in Nanzih requires specific attention.

2011, Architecture & Sustainable Development‎, page 217

Some barriers may also be psychological and not physical in nature....In the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung a category killer may have a store in the northern part of town in the district called Nanzih and the management would name its outlet after the district: Nanzih Store....It is better to give the store a neutral name like Lotus Flower Store, than to name it after the district, which may create a psychological barrier.

2011, Laurent Sausset, Shopping Behavior in Asia‎, Paramount Market Publishing, page 72

The beginnings of the municipality’s petrochemical industry can be traced to 1936, when the former Japanese Imperial Navy established a fuel plant in what is now Nanzih District’s (楠梓) Houjin Township (後勁) to refine crude oil and fuel its fleet.

2014, Ko You-hao, Yang Ching-ching, Jake Chung, “KAOHSIUNG DISASTER: Blasts mar Kaohsiung’s status as petrochemical hub”, in Taipei Times‎

The other three winning special prize receipts were a NT$35 purchase of a male urine pot at a MedFirst store inside the National Cheng Kung University Hospital, a NT$1,626 food and grocery purchase at a Carrefour store in Kaohsiung's Nanzih District, and a NT$25 purchase of tuna onigiri at a 7-Eleven of THSR Zuoying Station in Kaohsiung.

2018 May 20, Sophia Yang, “Seven NT$10 million special prize receipts yet to be claimed for Taiwan receipt lottery”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 22 May 2018

In World War II, when the US Army Air Forces bombed the area heavily, numerous blockhouses and air-raid shelters were built around Shoushan (Mt. Shou), Cihou Mountain (on Cijin Island), Mt. Guei (in Zuoying District), Mt. Banping (between Zuoying and Nanzih districts), Taidi Mountain in what is now Taidishan Natural Park (in Mituo District), and both Mt. Dagang and Mt. Siaogang in Gangshan District.

2019, Chen Ting-fang, Gao Jia-ling, “Kaohsiung Introduces Military Tourism”, in Hou Ya-ting, transl., Love Kaohsiung 愛·高雄, number 4, page 9

Testing of family members revealed that two male cousins had also contracted the disease. According to Kaohsiung Department of Health specialist Pan Chao-ying (潘炤穎), case No. 19,382 lives in Dashu District and had lunch with his father in Renwu District at noon on Feb. 4 before going to his maternal grandparent's house in Nanzih District that evening for dinner.

2022 February 9, Keoni Everington, “COVID cluster of unknown origin rises to 4 in Taiwan's Kaohsiung”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 9 February 2022