The Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit (KMRT) is an underground metro system currently under construction in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Construction began in Oct 2001. Completion is scheduled for sometime in December 2006, however recent accidents during construction have led some to queston whether such a time frame is indeed feasible.
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The following information was taken from the official KMRT page (http://www.krtco.com.tw/customer/cus_2s.htm) as is current as of August 2004.
Kaohsiung (Chinese:高雄, pinyin: gāo xióng) is the second largest city in Taiwan (population around 1.45m) with eleven districts, and the island's most significant port (the world's third largest container port after Hong Kong and Singapore).
Like Taipei, Kaohsiung can refer to either the Kaohsiung City, which is administered directly by the central government of the Republic of China, or Kaohsiung County, which is administered as part of Taiwan Province.
Kaohsiung is the major port through which most of Taiwan's oil is imported which accounts for the large amount of heavy industry.
Kaohsiung City is administered directly by the central government of the Republic of China.
Kaohsiung is located south of the Tropic of Cancer, the climate is tropical with average temperatures ranging from between 18.6 and 28.7 degrees Celsius, and average humidity between 60 and 81%.
The Port of Kaohsiung is also Taiwan's largest container port, and is one of the largest in the world by some measurements, ranking 6th in the world in terms of container throughput.
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