Namasia District Explained

Namasia
Official Name:Namasia District[1]
Settlement Type:Mountain Indigenous District
Image Blank Emblem:File:高雄市那瑪夏區公所 Namasia District Office, Kaohsiung City.png
Blank Emblem Type:Chinese: 高雄市那瑪夏區公所
Namasia District Office, Kaohsiung City
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Taiwan
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1:Kaohsiung City
P1:3 villages
Government Type:District government
Leader Title:District chief
Leader Name:Payan Islituan
Leader Party:Independent
Population Total:3165
Population As Of:October 2023

Namasia District[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] (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 Taoyuan District.

The population of the township is mainly the indigenous Bunun, Kanakanavu and Saaroa peoples. The modern-day population of the Kanakanavu people live in the two villages of Manga and Takanua.[7]

Name

On 1 January 2008, the then-township (which then was a part of Kaohsiung County) was renamed from Sanmin to Namasia, as the name of Sanmin (taken from the Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People), was considered an overly political name. Rather, the name Namasia was chosen, as it is the name of a local river in the Tsou language, while its meaning is "better and better" in the Bunun language.[8]

History

During the period of Japanese rule, Namasia was grouped with Maolin District and Taoyuan District and classified as, which was governed under Kizan District of Takao Prefecture.

Geography

The lowest point in the Qishan River valley is 430 meters above sea level; the highest is the peak of Mount Xinwangling (新望嶺), at 2,481 meters. The four main settlements upriver are Nangisalu (南沙魯), Maya (瑪雅), and Takanua (達卡努瓦) 1 & 2 .

There is plentiful wildlife: 29 mammal species, 97 bird species, 30 types of reptile, 16 amphibians, and 18 fishes. There are also 89 butterfly species.

Administrative divisions

Namasia District is divided into three villages:

Politics

On 29 November 2014, Dahu Istanda of Taiwan First Nations Party[10] was elected the first ever District Magistrate of Namasia.On 24 November 2018, Payan Islituan was elected the District Magistrate of Namasia.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Administrative Districts. 高雄市政府. 4 April 2017. 30 September 2016. Namasia District：.
  2. Web site: District Mayor's Remarks. Namasia District Office. 28 July 2019. Welcome to Namasia District . Just follow Tai 21 Expressway northbound, you will come right into Namasia. From the beautiful mountains and rivers, we sincerely invite you to witness and experience the tribal myths and the beauty of Namasia.Address： No.1, Anshan Ln., Namasia District, Kaohsiung City 849, Taiwan (R.O.C.).
  3. Web site: Making a Comeback from Morakot. Steven Crook. This April, Kaohsiung's Namasia District enjoyed perhaps its largest-ever influx of visitors when firefly-chasing tourists made the most of a four-day weekend.. 21 May 2019. 28 July 2019. Taiwan Business TOPICS.
  4. Web site: 28 July 2019. Living with typhoons: Disaster management in rural Taiwan. Christopher L. Knight . Glen Burgin . Yung-Fang Chen . 105. RJM: Yes, but they were renamed in 2008. Minzu has become Nangisalu, Mingchuan has become Maya and Mingshen 1 and 2 has become Dakanua. Previously they were considered very KMT so they wanted something a little less political, so they've reverted to aboriginal names. My wife voted. They gave her a free teapot for voting. It used to be considered Sanming County, now it's Namasia District. That changed as well.. Royal Geographical Society.
  5. Camphor Trees Recall Jiasian's Captivating History. Love Kaohsiung 愛·高雄. 4. October 2019. 3. Long ago, poor transportation infrastructure in Kaohsiung's mountainous districts meant that those traveling between central Jiasian and what are now Taoyuan and Namasia districts often had to spend a night in Jiasian.. Information Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. Chen Ting-fang. Hou Ya-ting.
  6. Web site: https://www.moi.gov.tw/files/site_stuff/321/1/month/m1-07.xls. zh:1.7-鄉鎮市區戶口數. Population for Township and District. August 2020. 21 September 2020. Ministry of the Interior. 那瑪夏區 Namasia District 252.9895 850 3,146 1,614 1,532 105.35 3.70 12. zh-tw,en.
  7. Zeitoun . Elizabeth . Teng . Stacy F. . 2014 . The Position of Kanakanavu and Saaroa Within the Formosan Languages Revisited . The 14th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics (IsCLL-14), June 4–9, 2014. Academia Sinica, Taipei . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20140606223817/http://iscll-14.ling.sinica.edu.tw/files-pdf/Papers/Session6/ZeitounTeng.pdf . 2014-06-06 . 2015-07-16 .
  8. News: Gao. Pat. 1 February 2015. Promoting Indigenous Rights. Taiwan Today. 12 June 2021.
  9. Web site: Namasia Township Office Web. Namasia Township Office. Web. 2 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714112234/http://namasia-en.kcg.gov.tw/namasia-en/CP.aspx?s=2742&cp=1&n=12821. 14 July 2014.
  10. Web site: December 13, 2012 . Taiwan: First Indigenous Political Party Founded . Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization . en.

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