Qieding District (or Jiading; ) is a coastal suburban district (Republic of China), district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Name and pronunciation

Etymology

One theory is that it is named for a type of local mangrove. Another is that it derived from a Makattao Taiwanese Plains Aborigines, aboriginal name, written as "Cattia" or "Cattea" by Europeans, meaning "place of many fish" (literally "ten fish"). This was then rendered as ''Ka-tang-tiāⁿ-á'' () and ''Ka-tiāⁿ-á'' () in Taiwanese Hokkien and also ''Ka-tiāⁿ'' () or ''Ka-têng'' () with both sets of characters also referring to types of ''Avicennia'' (''cf''. ''Avicennia marina'', ).

Pronunciation and Romanization

Traditionally, the name is pronounced ''Ka-tiāⁿ'' in Taiwanese and ''Jiādìng'' in Mandarin. Following the Retrocession Day, 1945 handover of Taiwan, the name was romanized as ''Chiating'' via the Wade-Giles system. The later systems Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II, MPS II and Tongyong Pinyin yielded ''Jiading'', which is seen on street signs and signs on the district office and the local elementary and junior high schools. However outside of Jiading, the pronunciation of ''Qiédìng'' in Mandarin is common, using an alternate reading of the first Chinese character in the name (; referring to aubergine/eggplant). With the adoption of Hanyu Pinyin for Taiwanese place names in 2009, the name was officially rendered as ''Qieding'' by the Ministry of the Interior, but has not achieved uniform implementation. Buses from Kaohsiung and Tainan have the name Romanized with the non-standard "Chieding". The district's website uses several non-standard spellings including "Cieding", "Cheting", and "Chieting".

History

From 1920 to 1945, the district was governed under , Okayama District, Takao Prefecture. After the History of Taiwan (1945–present), handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Qieding was organized as a Township (Taiwan), rural township of Kaohsiung County. On 25 December 2010, Kaohsiung County merged with Kaohsiung City and Qieding was upgraded to a District (Taiwan), district of the Special municipality (Taiwan), city.

Administrative divisions

* Baiyun Village (白雲里 Mandarin: ''Báiyún Lǐ;'' Taiwanese: ''Pe̍h-hûn Lí'') * Baoding Village (保定里 ''Bǎodìng Lǐ; Pó-tiāⁿ Lí'') * Dading Village (大定里 ''Dàdìng Lǐ; Tāi-tiāⁿ Lí'') * Fude Village (福德里 ''Fúdé Lǐ; Hok-tek Lí'') * Guangding Village (光定里 ''Guāngdìng Lǐ; Kong-tiāⁿ Lí'') * Hexie Village (和協里 ''Héxié Lǐ; Hô-hia̍p Lí'') * Jia'an Village (嘉安里 ''Jiā'ān Lǐ; Ka-an Lí'') * Jiaci Village (嘉賜里 ''Jiācì Lǐ; Ka-sù Lí'') * Jiading Village (嘉定里 ''Jiādìng Lǐ; Ka-tiāⁿ Lí'') * Jiafu Village (嘉福里 ''Jiāfú Lǐ; Ka-hok Lí'') * Jiale Village (嘉樂里 ''Jiālè Lǐ; Ka-lo̍k Lí'') * Jiatai Village (嘉泰里 ''Jiātài Lǐ; Ka-thài Lí'') * Jiding Village (吉定里 ''Jídìng Lǐ; Kiat-tiāⁿ Lí'') * Qilou Village (崎漏里 ''Qílòu Lǐ; Kiā-làu Lí'') * Wanfu Village (萬福里 ''Wànfú Lǐ; Bān-hok Lí'')

Politics

The district is part of Kaohsiung City Constituency II electoral district for Legislative Yuan.

Infrastructure

* Hsinta Power Plant

Tourist attractions

* Jiading Wetlands * Lovers Wharf * Hsinta Harbor Fish Market * Kuo Chang-hsi Knife and Sword MuseumArchived a
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* Wanfu Temple (白砂崙萬福宮)

Notable natives

* Lin Yi-shih, Secretary-General of Executive Yuan (2012) * Wang Yu-yun, Mayor of Kaohsiung (1973-1981)

References

External links

* * https://web.archive.org/web/20120325205328/http://placesearch.moi.gov.tw/translate/Admin1000616.pdf {{coord, 22, 54, 24.43, N, 120, 10, 57.37, E, display=title, region:TW_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Districts of Kaohsiung