Liouguei District, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ( Taivoan: ''Lakuri''; ) is a rural

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

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 ...

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. It is the third largest district in Kaohsiung City after

Tauyuan District Taoyuan District ( Bunun: Ngani; ) is a mountain indigenous district of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. It is the largest district in Kaohsiung City by area and the least densely populated district in Taiwan. The population is mainly the indigenous Bu ...

and

Namasia District Namasia District (Kanakanavu language, Bunun language: ''Namasia''; ), formerly Sanmin Township (), is a mountain indigenous district located in the northeastern part of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the second largest district in Kaohsiung after Tao ...

. The place-name is derived from the name of a Taivoan community ''Lakuri'' or ''Lakkuli'', which emigrated from Vogavon in

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" ...

, driven to Kaohsiung by the invasion of

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immigrants and Siraya in the late 17th century. The residents of this district are mainly

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...

(about 44% ) and

Hoklo Taiwanese Hoklo Taiwanese ( zh, t=臺灣福佬人) or Holo people ( zh, t=河洛人, links=no) are a major ethnic group in Taiwan whose ancestry is wholly or partially Hoklo. Being Taiwanese of Han origin, their mother tongue is Taiwanese (Tâi-oân-ōe) ...

, as well as

indigenous peoples Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

and immigrants from other China provinces. The entire region has been included in the

Maolin National Scenic Area The Maolin National Scenic Area () is a national scenic area in Kaohsiung and Pingtung County of Taiwan. Geology The scenic area is located at the western side of Central Mountain Range foothill which covers three rivers. It is located within ...

. In recent years, the tourism industry has flourished.

History

Due to the invasion of

in the 17th century, Siraya that originally lived in the plains of

was forced to migrate to

Yuchin Basin Yujing District () is a rural district in eastern Tainan, Taiwan. It is famous for its cultivation of mangoes. After a 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit southern Taiwan in March 2010, pillars were severely damaged at Yujing Junior High School forc ...

, which in turn drove Taivoan from Vogavon to Pangliao,

Kaohsiung 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 . Kaohsi ...

in 1781, reaching nowadays Liouguei in 1799, founding community Lakkuli (), also spelled ''Lakuri'' or ''La-ko-li''. In 1902, during early Japanese rule, the area was administered as "Lakkuli Village" (). In 1910, it was reorganized as , . In 1920, it became , under ,

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. In 1932, Rokuki was annexed into under Takao Prefecture. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the

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in 1945, Liouguei was incorporated into

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 ...

as a rural township. On 25 December 2010, the township became a district of

. In August 2019, some residents living in high-risk areas of Liouguei District were evacuated from their homes after heavy rain and flash flooding.

Geology

The district resembles the shape of long gourd with a vertical length of 36 km and a horizontal width of 5 km. The

Laonong River The Laonong River, also spelled Laonung River (), is a tributary of the Gaoping River in Taiwan; it is the main course of the river system above the Gaoping River. It flows through Kaohsiung City for 136 km. See also *List of rivers in Taiwa ...

passes from north to south through the center of the township.

Administrative divisions

The district consists of Sinwei/Xinwei, Xinxing, Xinliao, Xinfa, Peinong, Liugui, Yibao, Xinglong, Zhongxing, Baolai, Wenwu and Dajin Villages.

Economy

During Japanese rule, the district was known for the production of

Camphor Camphor () is a waxy, colorless solid with a strong aroma. It is classified as a terpenoid and a cyclic ketone. It is found in the wood of the camphor laurel ('' Cinnamomum camphora''), a large evergreen tree found in East Asia; and in the k ...

oil. The Japanese government constructed a route and tunnels to facilitate the transportation of the product.

Tourist attractions

The 18 Arhats Mountain（WEI, WAN-CHEN）－ 5

* Baolai Spring Park * Bulao Hot Spring * Liouguei Tunnels *

* 18 Arhats Mountain * Sinwei Forest Ecological Park * Jinlongshan Cihui Temple (金龍山慈惠堂)

Agricultural Products

* "Black Diamond" Wax Jambu (''

Syzygium samarangense ''Syzygium samarangense'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, native to an area that includes the Greater Sunda Islands, Malay Peninsula, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but introduced in prehistoric times to a wider a ...

'') * Jinhuang Mango * Jinxuan Oolong Tea *

Jujube Jujube (), sometimes jujuba, known by the scientific name ''Ziziphus jujuba'' and also called red date, Chinese date, and Chinese jujube, is a species in the genus ''Ziziphus'' in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. Description It is a smal ...

Transportation

Liouguei Bus Station The Liouguei Bus Station () is a bus station in Liouguei Borough, Liouguei District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The bus station building was originally constructed as a hotel by Heitaro Ikeda during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. In July 1934, I ...

References

{{Districts in Taiwan Districts of Kaohsiung Taivoan people