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12-603: Liouguei District ( Taivoan : Lakuri ; Chinese : 六龜 區 ; Hanyu Pinyin : Liùguī Qū ; Tongyong Pinyin : Liòuguei Cyu ; Wade–Giles : Liu-kuei Ch'ü ) is a rural district of Kaohsiung City , Taiwan . It is the third largest district in Kaohsiung City after Tauyuan District and Namasia District . The place-name is derived from the name of a Taivoan community Lakuri or Lakkuli , which emigrated from Vogavon in Tainan , driven to Kaohsiung by

24-419: A rural township . On 25 December 2010, the township became a district of Kaohsiung City . In August 2019, some residents living in high-risk areas of Liouguei District were evacuated from their homes after heavy rain and flash flooding. The district resembles the shape of long gourd with a vertical length of 36 km and a horizontal width of 5 km. The Laonong River passes from north to south through

36-422: A low fee to get Class B mountain entry permits (入山許可證). The mountain entry control is no longer in effect so mountain entry permits are no longer required. The highway was badly damaged by Typhoon Morakot in 2009, with landslides washing away entire sections, and has been closed ever since. Since then there have been continuous reconstruction works. In 2012 heavy rainfall caused further damage. The reopening of

48-621: Is primarily located in the areas of Xinliao, Xinwei, and Xinxing near the Liouguei Tunnel, with most of them originating from the Meinong area and maintaining close connections and intermarriages with neighboring regions. The population of Chinese mainlanders mostly consists of retired soldiers and their descendants who stayed behind after the construction of the Southern Cross-Island Highway , mainly residing in

60-637: The Central Mountain Range , the road follows the Laonong River Valley for a considerable distance. The road, considered one of South Taiwan's major tourist attractions, is sometimes damaged by landslides, especially during the wet summer months. The route was cut through the mountains in the early 1970s, but the highest sections were not properly surfaced until 1992. This highway and its 50-metre (160 ft) surrounding used to have mountain entry control so visitors had to pay

72-597: The areas of Zhongxing and Wenwu. The plain indigenous group Taivoan is scattered across several villages, and the mountain indigenous people have migrated from nearby mountainous areas. The Night Ceremony and the Public Hall Kong-kài in Liouguei and Laonong are signigicant markers of the Taivoan people's culture in the district. According to local records, thousands of years ago, when the ancestors of

84-562: The center of the township. The district consists of Sinwei/Xinwei, Xinxing, Xinliao, Xinfa, Laonong, Liouguei, Yibao, Xinglong, Zhongxing, Baolai, Wenwu and Dajin Villages. During Japanese rule, the district was known for the production of Camphor oil. The Japanese government constructed a route and tunnels to facilitate the transportation of the product. Liouguei comprises mainly Hakka , Chinese mainlanders , plain indigenous people , and mountain indigenous people . The Hakka community

96-916: The indigenous people encountered a typhoon during their sea voyage to Taiwan, it was the highest ancestral spirit, Hagan, who appeared and led them to land safely on the island. This was the beginning of the people's worship of the spirit in Kong-kài. Taivoan language Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 935505531 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:51:18 GMT Southern Cross-Island Highway The Southern Cross-Island Highway ( Chinese : 南橫公路 ; pinyin : Nán Héng Gōnglù ), also known as Provincial Highway No. 20 , links Tainan City on

108-528: The invasion of Han immigrants and Siraya in the late 17th century. The residents of this district are mainly Hakka (about 44% ) and Hoklo Taiwanese , as well as indigenous peoples and immigrants from other China provinces. The entire region has been included in the Maolin National Scenic Area . In recent years, the tourism industry has flourished. Due to the invasion of Han in the 17th century, Siraya that originally lived in

120-470: The plains of Tainan was forced to migrate to Yuchin Basin , which in turn drove Taivoan from Vogavon to Pangliao , Kaohsiung in 1781, reaching nowadays Liouguei in 1799, founding community Lakkuli ( Chinese : 六龜里社 ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : La̍k-ku-lí-siā ), also spelled Lakuri or La-ko-li . In 1902, during early Japanese rule , the area was administered as "Lakkuli Village" ( 六龜里庄 ). In 1910, it

132-567: The west coast to Taitung City on the east coast, on the southern section of the island of Taiwan . The road is 209 kilometres (130 mi) long. From west to east, the road passes through the townships of Sinhua , Yujing , Jiasian , and then the aboriginal communities of Taoyuan , Meishan, and Lidao. The highest point of the road, Yakou , is 2,722 m (8,930 ft) above sea level. The section from Meishan to Yakou Tunnel lies within Yushan National Park . Before crossing

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144-457: Was reorganized as Rokkiri Subprefecture ( Japanese : 六龜里支廳 ) , Akō Prefecture ( 阿緱廳 ) . In 1920, it became Rokuki Village ( 六龜庄 ) , under Heitō District ( 屏東郡 ) , Takao Prefecture . In 1932, Rokuki was annexed into Kizan District ( 旗山郡 ) under Takao Prefecture. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Liouguei was incorporated into Kaohsiung County as

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