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  1. City and port on the W coast of Taiwan;
  2. population (1988) 1,300,000. Industries
  3. include aluminium ware, fertilizers, cement,
  4. oil refineries, iron and steel works,
  5. shipyards, and food-processing. Kaohsiung
  6. began to develop as a commercial port after
  7. 1858; its industrial development came about
  8. while it was occupied by Japan 1895-1945.
  9.