Meinong District (WG: Meinung, Hakka: 瀰濃 Mî-nùng, ) is a

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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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. Meinong is one of the four districts in Kaohsiung that is the central focus of Hakka cultural development, the others being

Jiasian District Jiasian District, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency () is a rural district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Located far from the coast, the township is regarded as a gateway to Taiwan's Central Mountain Range. History Qing Dyn ...

Shanlin District Shanlin District () is a suburban district of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan. Hakka is one of the major population centers in this area. History After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Shanlin was organized as a ...

, and

Liouguei District Liouguei District, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ( Taivoan: ''Lakuri''; ) is a rural district of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. It is the third largest district in Kaohsiung City after Tauyuan District and Namasia District. The ...

. In March 2012, it was named one of the "Top 10 Small Tourist Towns" by the

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Name

During Japanese rule, the name was changed from "Mî-nùng" (瀰濃/彌濃) to Mino . "Mî-nùng" may have come from the name of a local aboriginal tribe, "Malang".

History

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the

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in 1945, Meinong was organized as an

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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 Meinong was upgraded to a

of the

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Geography

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 ...

: 120.0316 km². *

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: 40,776 (January 2016) *

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: 843 *

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: 14,480

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 19 urban villages and 389 neighborhoods. Villages in the district are Fu'an, Gehe, Luxing, Zhongtan, Dexing, Longshan, Shishan, Longdu, Guangde, Xinglong, Zhongzun, Tungmen, Taian, Minong, Qingshui, Jiyang, Jihe, Jitung and Guanglin Village.

Economy

The area has grown tobacco since 1630 and is renowned nationwide for its oil paper umbrellas. , These oil paper umbrellas are made mainly by the Hakka population and exported to

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Education

* Kaomei College of Health Care and Management There is one senior high school in Meinong District, which is Kaohsiung Private Qimei Senior Commercial and Industrial Vocational School ; three national middle schools, namely Kaohsiung Meinong National Middle School , Kaohsiung City Nanlong National Middle School , Kaohsiung City Longdu National Middle School ; nine National Primary Schools There are Meinong National Elementary School in Meinong District , Kaohsiung City, Jidong National Elementary School in Meinong District , Kaohsiung City, Dongmen National Elementary School in Meinong District , Kaohsiung City, Guangxing National Elementary School in Meinong District , Kaohsiung City, Longdu National Elementary School in Meinong District , Kaohsiung City, and Meinong City, Kaohsiung City . District Zhongtan National Primary School , Kaohsiung City Meinong District Jiyang National Primary School , Kaohsiung City Meinong District Fu'an National Primary School , Kaohsiung City Meinong District Longshan National Primary School .

Infrastructure

* Jhumen Power Plant

Tourist attractions

* Chung Li-ho Museum * God of Earth * Guangshan Temple (美濃廣善堂) * Jhaoyuan Buddhist Temple (朝元寺) * Jhong Lihe Memorial Institute and Footpath of Taiwanese Literature * Lin Chun-yu Gatehouse * Literature Pavilion *

Meinong Cultural and Creative Center The Meinong Cultural and Creative Center () is a multi-purpose park in Meinong District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in ...

* Meinong East Gate Tower * Meinong Folk Village *

Meinong Hakka Culture Museum The Meinong Hakka Culture Museum () is a cultural museum in Meinong District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History During the opening ceremony speech on 28 April 2001, President Chen Shui-bian emphasized the effort by the central government to preserve H ...

* Meinong Lake * Mount Jian * Mount Ling * Mount Yueguang * Shuangsi Tropical Viviparous Forest * Siajhuang Bridge *

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* Tseng Wen-chung Fine Arts Museum * Word-worshipping Paper Incinerator * Yellow Butterfly Valley * Yong-an Old Street * Yuan Siang Yuan Paper Umbrella Culture Village

Notable natives

* Zhong Lihe, Hakka fiction writer of international importance (See Chung Li-ho) (1915-1960) *Lin Shengxiang 林生祥, social-environmental activist, globally important (Hakka) folk-rock-fusion singer-songwriter *

Lee Yung-te Lee Yung-te (; born 30 May 1955) is a Taiwanese politician who is the current Minister of Culture. He served as the Minister of the Hakka Affairs Council from March 2005 to March 2008 and was reappointed to the position in April 2016. Education ...

, Minister of

Culture Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tyl ...

* Lin Hsiang-nung, Minister of the

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(1999–2000) * Wu Chin-fa, vice chairman of the

Council of Cultural Affairs The Ministry of Culture (MOC, ) is the ministry of the Republic of China (Taiwan) that promotes cultural and creative industries. The ministry also maintains thNational Repository of Cultural Heritage History Established in 1981 by Executive Yu ...

(2004–2008) * Yang Hung-duen, Minister of Science and Technology (2016–2017)

References

External links

* {{Districts in Taiwan Districts of Kaohsiung