Dashe District () is a suburban
district
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in southwest
Kaohsiung City
Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsiu ...
,
Taiwan
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.
History
After the
handover of Taiwan from Japan to the
Republic of China
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in 1945, Dashe was organized as a
rural township of
Kaohsiung County
Kaohsiung County was a county in southern Taiwan between 1945 and 2010. The county seat was located in Fongshan City.
History
Kaohsiung County was established on 6 December 1945 on the territory of Takao Prefecture () shortly after the end of W ...
. On 25 December 2010, Kaohsiung County was merged with Kaohsiung City and Dashe was upgraded to a
district
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of the
city
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.
Administrative divisions
The district consists of the villages Jiacheng, Baoshe, Baoan, Dashe, Cuibing, Sannai, Guanyin, Shennong, and Zhongli.
Education
*
Morrison Academy Kaohsiung
Morrison Academy Kaohsiung (MAK) is a K–12 Christian International school in Dashe District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the southern satellite school of the Morrison Academy school system.
The school is jointly accredited by the Western Assoc ...
Junior high schools
* Kaohsiung Municipal Dashe District Junior High School (高雄市立大社國民中學)
Primary schools
* Kaohsiung Municipal Dashe District Dashe Primary School (高雄市大社區大社國民小學)
* Kaohsiung Municipal Dashe District Jiacheng Primary School (高雄市大社區嘉誠國民小學)
* Kaohsiung Municipal Dashe District Guanyin Primary School (高雄市大社區觀音國民小學)
Tourist attractions
*
Guanyinshan Dajue Temple
*
Mount Guanyin
References
External links
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Districts of Kaohsiung
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