Majia Township () is a mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County,

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. The area is known as Makazayazaya (瑪家雑牙雑牙社) in the

Paiwan language Paiwan is a native language of Taiwan, spoken by the Paiwan, a Taiwanese indigenous people. Paiwan is a Formosan language of the Austronesian language family. It is also one of the national languages of Taiwan. Dialects Paiwan variants are see ...

, and the Taiwanese mountain pitviper (''Ovophis monticola makazayazaya'') is named after it. The main population is the

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History

During the

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, Majia was grouped with modern-day Sandimen Township and Wutai Township as , which was governed under the of

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Geography

The township has an area of , and a population of 6,718 people (2014).

Administrative divisions

The township comprises six villages: Beiye, Jiayi, Liangshan, Majia, Paiwan and Sanhe.

Tourist attractions

* Taiwan Indigenous Peoples Cultural Park

References

Townships in Pingtung County Taiwan placenames originating from Formosan languages {{Taiwan-geo-stub