Namasia District

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| name = Namasia

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| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hant|那瑪夏區}}}}

| official_name = Namasia District{{cite web|title=Administrative Districts|url=http://www.kcg.gov.tw/EN/cp.aspx?n=C8B81163CD9BA0FD|website=高雄市政府|access-date=4 April 2017|date=30 September 2016|quote=Namasia District：}}

| settlement_type = Mountain Indigenous District

| image_skyline = Overview of the Kanakanavu tribe of Maia.jpg

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| image_caption = Maya Village

| image_map = Namasia KH.svg

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| map_caption = Namasia District in Kaohsiung City

| image_blank_emblem = File:高雄市那瑪夏區公所 Namasia District Office, Kaohsiung City.png

| blank_emblem_type = {{lang|zh-tw|高雄市那瑪夏區公所}}
Namasia District Office, Kaohsiung City

| coordinates = {{Coord|23.271627|N|120.725906|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Taiwan

| subdivision_type1 = Municipality

| subdivision_name1 = Kaohsiung City

| p1 = 3 villages

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| government_type = District government

| leader_title = District chief

| leader_name = Payan Islituan

| leader_party = Independent

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| population_total = 3165

| population_as_of = October 2023

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Namasia District{{cite web|url=https://namasia-en.kcg.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=FC77F3723EED0AE3|title=District Mayor's Remarks|website=Namasia District Office|access-date=28 July 2019|quote=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.)}}{{cite web|url=https://topics.amcham.com.tw/2019/05/making-comeback-from-morakot/|title=Making a Comeback from Morakot|author=Steven Crook|quote=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.|date=21 May 2019|access-date=28 July 2019|publisher=Taiwan Business TOPICS}}{{cite web|access-date=28 July 2019|url=https://www.rgs.org/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?nodeguid=e3e7f910-b484-4bc5-9d80-cd0e1dfd8e74&lang=en-GB|title=Living with typhoons: Disaster management in rural Taiwan|author=Christopher L. Knight |author2=Glen Burgin |author3=Yung-Fang Chen |page=105|quote=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.|publisher=Royal Geographical Society}}{{cite periodical|title=Camphor Trees Recall Jiasian's Captivating History|periodical=Love Kaohsiung 愛·高雄|issue=4|date=October 2019|page=3|quote=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.|publisher=Information Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government|author=Chen Ting-fang|translator=Hou Ya-ting}}{{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=那瑪夏區 Namasia District 252.9895 850 3,146 1,614 1,532 105.35 3.70 12|language=zh-tw,en}} (Kanakanavu language, Bunun language: Namasia; {{zh|c={{linktext|那瑪夏|區}}|hp=Nàmǎxià Qū|tp=Nàmǎsià Cyu|w=Na⁴-ma³-hsia⁴ Ch'ü¹}}), formerly Sanmin Township ({{zh|t=三民鄉|p=Sānmín Xiāng|labels=no}}), 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.{{Cite conference |last=Zeitoun |first=Elizabeth |last2=Teng |first2=Stacy F. |date=2014 |title=The Position of Kanakanavu and Saaroa Within the Formosan Languages Revisited |url=http://iscll-14.ling.sinica.edu.tw/files-pdf/Papers/Session6/ZeitounTeng.pdf |conference=The 14th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics (IsCLL-14), June 4–9, 2014. Academia Sinica, Taipei |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606223817/http://iscll-14.ling.sinica.edu.tw/files-pdf/Papers/Session6/ZeitounTeng.pdf |archive-date=2014-06-06 |access-date=2015-07-16 }}