Maolin District ( Rukai: Teldreka; ) is a mountain indigenous district of

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 ...

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. Maolin is one of the least populated districts in Taiwan, since it is located just to the south of the

Central Mountain Range The Central Mountain Range is the principal mountain range on the island of Taiwan. It runs from the north of the island to the south. Due to this separation, connecting between the west and east is not very convenient. The tallest peak of th ...

. The height ranges from 230 meters to 2700 meters above sea level, with a hot tropical and humid weather. The main population of Maolin district is the

indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention *Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band *Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...

Rukai people The Rukai () are one of the indigenous people of Taiwan. They consist of six communities residing in southern Taiwan (Budai, Labuan, Tanan, Maga, Mantauran, and Tona), each of which has its own dialect of the Rukai language. As of the year 2014, ...

. Maolin is well suited for tourism due to its unique scenery and ecology.

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 ...

is located in the district.

Geography

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With a population of 1,915 as of December 2014, Maolin District has the fewest population among other districts in Kaohsiung. *

Area Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape A shape or figure is a graphics, graphical representation of an obje ...

: 194 km² *

Population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

: 1,893 people (January 2016) *

Postal Code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal a ...

: 851 *

Households A household consists of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling. It may be of a single family or another type of person group. The household is the basic unit of analysis in many social, microeconomic and government models, and is impo ...

: 584

History

During the period of Japanese rule, Maolin was grouped with modern-day

Namasia 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 T ...

and Tauyuan districts and classified as , which was governed under of

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Administrative divisions

Maolin District consists of 3

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and 19 neighborhoods. Along with

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 ...

, Maolin District has the fewest village among other districts in Kaohsiung. * Duona Village (多納里) *

Maolin Village Maolin (茂林) may refer to the following locations in China: * Maolin, Jing County, Anhui, town in Jing County, Anhui * Maolin, Yulin, Guangxi, town in Yulin, Guangxi * , town in Shuangliao, Jilin * Maolin, Yongshan County, town in Yongshan ...

(茂林里) *

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(萬山里)

Tourist attractions

2019 Duona Bridge Maolin District Kaohsiung Taiwan

* Duona Hot Spring * Duona Stone Houses * Duona Suspension Bridge *

Gorge of Serenity A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency to cu ...

Lover's Gorge(Chinese: 情人谷)
* Maolin Gorge
Meiya Gorge(Chinese: 美雅谷)

Mount Dragon Head
* Mount Gueishing * Mount Serpent Head * Old Jiadong Tree

Notable natives

Rachel Liang Wen Yin Liang (, Rukai: Leheane Palray; or Rachel Liang born 8 April 1987) is a Taiwanese Mandopop Mandopop or Mandapop refers to Mandarin popular music. The genre has its origin in the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai kno ...

, singer *

Saidai Tarovecahe Wu Li-hua (; born 12 August 1969), known in the Rukai language as Saidhai Tahovecahe, is a Taiwanese Rukai educator and politician. She is the first legislator of the Democratic Progressive Party to represent the Highland Aborigine Constituency, ...

, member of

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Transportation

Duonagao Suspension Bridge The Duonagao Suspension Bridge () is a suspension bridge in Maolin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The bridge has been an important infrastructure for the Rukai people since the Japanese rule of Taiwan. It underwent maintenance which was c ...

Teldreka Bridge The Teldreka Bridge () is a bridge in Maolin District, Kaohsiung in Taiwan. Name ''Teldreka'' is derived from Rukai language name for Maolin. History In August 2009, Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan and caused the road near the entrance of Maolin ...

References

External links

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