Majia Township () is a mountain indigenous township in

Pingtung County Pingtung () is a County (Taiwan), county located in southern Taiwan. It has a warm tropical monsoon climate and is known for its agriculture and tourism. Kenting National Park, Taiwan's oldest national park, is located in the county. The county ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

. The area is known as Makazayazaya (瑪家雑牙雑牙社) in the

Paiwan language Paiwan (, ) is a native language of southern Taiwan. It is spoken as a first language by the ethnic Paiwan, a Taiwanese indigenous people, and historically as a second language by most of people in southern Taiwan. Paiwan is a Formosan languag ...

, and the

Taiwanese mountain pitviper ''Ovophis monticola'', commonly known as the Chinese mountain pit viper, is a pit viper species found in Asia. Currently, two subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. Recent taxonomic work suggests that most ...

(''Ovophis monticola makazayazaya'') is named after it. The main population is the

indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology) In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often populari ...

Paiwan people The Paiwan () are an indigenous people of Taiwan. They speak the Paiwan language. In 2014, the Paiwan numbered 96,334. This was approximately 17.8% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the second-largest indigenous group. The ma ...

History

During the

Japanese era The or , is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being "", meaning "origin, basis"), followed b ...

, Majia was grouped with modern-day Sandimen Township and Wutai Township as , which was governed under the of

Takao Prefecture was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Kaohsiung City and Pingtung County. Population Administrative divisions Cities and district ...

Geography

The township has an area of , and a population of 6,742 people (February 2024).

Administrative divisions

The township comprises six villages: Beiye, Jiayi, Liangshan, Majia, Paiwan and Sanhe.

Tourist attractions

Taiwan Indigenous Peoples Cultural Park The Taiwan Indigenous Peoples Cultural Park () is a cultural park about Taiwanese aborigines in Beiye Village, Majia Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. History The cultural park was originally established in 1987 as Machia Aboriginal Cultural ...

References

Townships in Pingtung County Taiwan placenames originating from Formosan languages {{Taiwan-geo-stub