A record of Kaohsiung's geographical names, people, products, customs, relics, history and so on, first appeared in the Fengshan Hsien Chih (or annals) in 1719.
日本自光緒廿一年（西元一八九五年）據台，至民國卅四年抗戰勝利終止，其間曾由鳳山縣、而廳、而所、而署、而支廳……，調整了十次之多。