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Glory Pier light rail station

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Glory Pier (Chinese: 光榮碼頭站; pinyin: Guāngróng Mǎtóu) is a light rail station of the Circular Line of the Kaohsiung rapid transit system. It is located in Lingya District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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Glory Pier light rail station
Hai-bian Road, Kaohsiung Lingya District

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N 22.6168 ° E 120.2932 °
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光榮碼頭 (輕軌光榮碼頭站)

Hai-bian Road
802 Kaohsiung, Lingya District
Taiwan
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Kaohsiung (Mandarin Chinese: [káʊɕjʊ̌ŋ] ; Wade–Giles: Kao¹-hsiung²; Pinyin: Gāoxióng), officially Kaohsiung City, is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of 2,952 km2 (1,140 sq mi). Kaohsiung City has a population of approximately 2.73 million people as of October 2023 and is Taiwan's third most populous city and largest city in southern Taiwan.Since it was founded in the 17th century, Kaohsiung has grown from a small trading village into the political and economic centre of southern Taiwan, with key industries such as manufacturing, steel-making, oil refining, freight transport and shipbuilding. It is classified as a "Gamma −" level global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, with some of the most prominent infrastructures in Taiwan. Kaohsiung is of strategic importance to the nation as the city is the main port city of Taiwan; the Port of Kaohsiung is the largest and busiest harbor in Taiwan and more than 67% of the nation's exports and imports container throughput goes through Kaohsiung. Kaohsiung International Airport is the second busiest airport in number of passengers in Taiwan. The city is well-connected to other major cities by high speed and conventional rail, as well as several national freeways. It also hosts the Republic of China Navy fleet headquarters and its naval academy. More recent public works such as Pier-2 Art Center, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts and Kaohsiung Music Center have been aimed at growing the tourism and cultural industries of the city.