{{Infobox settlement | name = Cijin | official_name = Cijin District{{refn|group=Note|name=usage|Use of the term Cijin in various contexts:Academia: Domestic Government: Central/ Municipal/ District International Journalism: Domestic/ International}} | native_name = | native_name_lang = zh-hant | other_name = Chichin, Qijin | settlement_type = District | translit_lang1 = | translit_lang1_type = | translit_lang1_info = | image_skyline = Kaohsiung Taiwan Cihou-Presbiterian-Church-02.jpg | image_blank_emblem = Cijin logo.png | blank_emblem_type = Cijin | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = Cijin KH.svg | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Cijin District in Kaohsiung City | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Taiwan | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Southern Taiwan | subdivision_type2 = Special municipality | subdivision_name2 = Kaohsiung | named_for = | seat_type = | seat = | parts_type = Divisions | parts_style = | parts = | p1 = | p2 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | governing_body = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 1.4639 | area_rank = 37 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 26611 | population_as_of = January 2023 | population_rank = 26 | population_density_km2 = 18414 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 805 | website = | elevation_m = 2 | elevation_ft = 7 | utc_offset = +8 | population_density_sq_mi = 47692 }}Cijin District (; Hokkien POJ: Kî-tin-khu) is a district of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, covering Cijin Island''' () and islands in the South China Sea. It is the second smallest district in Kaohsiung City after Yancheng District, with an area of 1.4639 square kilometers, or 0.5652 square miles. It has a population of 26,611 as of January 2023, making it the 26th most populated district in Kaohsiung, with a population density of 18,414 people per square kilometer, or 47,692 people per square mile. History Cijin forms the original core of the Kaohsiung, which was established by the fisherman Hsu Ah-hua () in the mid-17th century. He realized the attractiveness of the location when he was forced to seek shelter from a typhoon in the Taiwan Strait and returned with settlers from the Hung, Wang, Tsai, Lee, Pai, and Pan families and an idol of the Chinese sea goddess Ma-tsu. This was housed in a bamboo and thatch structure that formed the first Cijin Tianhou Temple. The town grew up around the temple grounds. HMS Reynard was wrecked near