Lioujia District
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| official_name = Lioujia District
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Lioujia District Office, Tainan City
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| map_caption = Lioujia District in Tainan City
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Lioujia District{{cite web|title=District Office|website=Tainan City Government Global Website|url=https://www.tainan.gov.tw/en/News_Content.aspx?n=13228&sms=13691&s=1395669|access-date=22 November 2019|date=2016-06-03|quote=Lioujia District Office}}{{cite web|url=http://english.lioujia.gov.tw/?mode=about2&id=5|title=DISTRICT EXECUTIVE INTRODUCTION|access-date=22 November 2019|date=15 April 2019|website=LIOUJIA District Office, Tainan City|quote=Shueilin Li., Lioujia Dist., Tainan City 73443, Taiwan (R.O.C.){...}Lioujia District is a "good place" with a long history, rich culture and elegant scenery. I uphold the expectations of Mayor Huang and lead the administrative team of the Lioujia District Office to serve the folks with a "doing better" and courageous attitude. People in the Lioujia District can “make better” and move toward the vision of “Hope for Home”.}}{{cite journal|journal=Zoological Studies|volume=56|edition=18|page=6|url=http://ir.lib.nchu.edu.tw/bitstream/11455/95819/1/56-18.pdf|title=Four New Species of Earthworms (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae: Amynthas) from Taiwan Based on Morphological and Molecular Evidence|author1=Yu-Hsi Wang |author2=Hsi-Te Shih |date=12 July 2017|access-date=22 November 2019|quote=Amynthas lioujia n. sp.{...}Etymology: This species is named for its type locality, Lioujia District, Tainan City, Taiwan. The name is used as a noun in apposition.}}{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/11/16/2003725943|title=Tainan to present 12 dowry gifts to Lin Chi-ling, groom|date=16 November 2019|access-date=22 November 2019|website=Taipei Times|quote=The firewood consists of bamboo charcoal produced in Tainan’s Longci District (龍崎), while the rice is of championship quality from the Houbi (後壁) and Lioujia (六甲) districts.}}{{GEOnet2|4A88DCE1C2140C47E0440003BA962ED3|Lioujia (Variant - V)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency{{cite web|url=https://www.moi.gov.tw/files/site_stuff/321/1/month/m1-07.xls|script-title=zh:1.7-鄉鎮市區戶口數|trans-title=Population for Township and District|date=August 2020|access-date=21 September 2020|website=Ministry of the Interior|quote=六甲區 Lioujia District 67.5471 7,886 21,716 11,230 10,486 107.10 2.75 321|language=zh-tw,en}} ({{zh|c={{linktext|六甲|區}}|hp=Liùjiǎ Qū|tp=Liòujiǎ Cyu|w=Liu4-chia3 Ch'ü1|poj=La̍k-kah-khu}}) is a rural district of about 21,392 residents in Tainan, Taiwan.
History
After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Lioujia was organized as a rural township of Tainan County. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County was merged with Tainan City and Lioujia was upgraded to a district of the city.
Geography
Lioujia District is bordered to the east by Nansi District; to the north by Liouying District and Dongshan District; to the south by Guantian District and Danei District, and to the west by Xiaying District.{{cite web|url=https://www.lioujia.gov.tw/about/about1/1217|script-title=zh:認識六甲|language=zh-tw|date=2018-02-02|access-date=12 November 2020|website=Lioujia District Office, Tainan City|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112205105/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AgruQTr_aOhkJ%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.lioujia.gov.tw%2Fabout%2Fabout1%2F1217|archive-date=12 November 2020|url-status=live}}
Administrative divisions
Liujia, Jiatung, Jianan, Longhu, Qijia, Erjia, Shuilin, Zhongshe, Guigang, Jingpu, Wangye and Daqiu Village.
Tourist attractions
- Chishan Longhu Temple
- Nanyuan Recreationa Farm
- Shanhu Lake
- Siangong Temple
- World of Water Lilies
- Wushantou Reservoir
- Wushantou Prehistoric Remains{{cite web
| url = http://web1.tainan.gov.tw/NewEnglish/CP/12376/Lioujia-1.aspx
| title = Lioujia Township
| access-date = 8 February 2014
| url-status = dead
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140221202536/http://web1.tainan.gov.tw/NewEnglish/CP/12376/Lioujia-1.aspx
| archive-date = 21 February 2014
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Transportation
Notable natives
- Chen Yu-lin, football athlete.
- Tien Hung-mao, Chairman of Straits Exchange Foundation (2016–2018){{cite web|url=https://www.lioujia.gov.tw/about/about1/1221|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112111354/https://www.lioujia.gov.tw/about/about1/1221|archive-date=12 November 2020|url-status=live|script-title=zh:地方知名人物|date=2018-02-02|language=zh-tw|access-date=12 November 2020|website=Lioujia District Office, Tainan City|quote=田弘茂}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Lioujia District, Tainan}}
{{Wiktionary|Lioujia|Liuchia}}
- {{official website}}
{{Districts in Taiwan}}
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