| Meinong | |
| Official Name: | Meinong District [1] |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-hant |
| Other Name: | Mino |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Taiwan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Southern Taiwan |
| Parts Type: | Divisions |
| Population Total: | 37092 |
| Population As Of: | October 2023 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Meinong District (WG: Meinung, Hakka: 瀰濃 Mî-nùng,) is a Hakka district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Meinong is one of the four districts in Kaohsiung that is the central focus of Hakka cultural development, the others being Jiasian District, Shanlin District, and Liouguei District. In March 2012, it was named one of the "Top 10 Small Tourist Towns" by the Tourism Bureau.[2]
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".
After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Meinong was organized as an urban township of Kaohsiung County. On 25 December 2010, Kaohsiung County was merged with Kaohsiung City and Meinong was upgraded to a district of the city.
120.0316 km2.
37,092 (October 2023)
843
15,065 (October 2023)
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.[3]
The area has grown tobacco since 1630[4] and is renowned nationwide for its oil paper umbrellas.[5] These oil paper umbrellas are made mainly by the Hakka population and exported to Japan.
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 .