Cheting District

Cheting
茄萣區
District
Qieding District [1]

Cheting District in Kaohsiung City
Country Taiwan
Region Southern Taiwan
Population (January 2016)
 • Total 30,498
Website Official Website (Chinese)

Jiading District or Qieding District[2] (Chinese: 茄萣區; Hanyu Pinyin: Qiédìng Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Ciédìng Cyu; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ka-tiāⁿ-khu) is a coastal suburban district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Name and pronunciation

Etymology

One theory is that it is named for a type of local mangrove. Another is that it derived from a Makattao aboriginal name, written as "Cattia" or "Cattea" by Europeans, meaning "place of many fish" (literally "ten fish"). This was then rendered as Ka-tang-tiāⁿ-á (茄苳萣仔)[3] and Ka-tiāⁿ-á (茄萣仔) in Taiwanese Hokkien and also Ka-tiāⁿ (茄萣) or Ka-têng (茄藤) with both sets of characters also referring to types of Avicennia (cf. 海茄苳 Avicennia marina, 海茄朾).

The Jiading District Office with English signage reading "Jiading District Office Kaohsiung City"

Pronunciation and Romanization

Traditionally, the name is pronounced Ka-tiāⁿ in Taiwanese and Jīadìng in Mandarin. Following the 1945 handover of Taiwan, the name was romanized as Chiating via the Wade-Giles system. The later systems MPS II and Tongyong Pinyin yielded Jiading, which is seen on street signs and signs on the district office and the local elementary and junior high schools.

However outside of Jiading, the pronunciation of Qiédìng in Mandarin is common, using an alternate reading of the first Chinese character in the name (Chinese: 茄; pinyin: jiā; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiô). With the adoption of Hanyu Pinyin for Taiwanese place names in 2009, the name was officially rendered as Qieding by the Ministry of the Interior, but has not achieved uniform implementation. Buses from Kaohsiung and Tainan have the name Romanized with the non-standard "Chieding". The district's website uses several non-standard spellings including "Cieding",[4] "Cheting",[5] and "Chieting".[6]

History

From 1920 to 1945, the district was governed under Konai village (湖内庄), Okayama District, Takao Prefecture.

Administrative divisions

An aerial view of northern Jiading District where the Erren River reaches the Taiwan Strait; north of the river, in the left hinterground of the photo, is the South District of Tainan City

Infrastructure

Tourist attractions

Notable natives

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chieding District, Kaohsiung.

References

  1. ↑ "Glossary of Names for Admin Divisions" (PDF). placesearch.moi.gov.tw. Ministry of Interior of the ROC. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. ↑ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website (English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Entry #40140 (茄苳萣仔)". 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Hokkien). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011.
  4. ↑ 高雄市茄萣區公所
  5. ↑ Cheting District Office, Kaohsiung City
  6. ↑ Cheting District Office, Kaohsiung City
  7. ↑ http://cheting-en.kcg.gov.tw/cheting-en/CP.aspx?s=2741&cp=1&n=12818
  8. ↑ http://heritage.khcc.gov.tw/english/Heritage.aspx?KeyID=099cb598-1f70-45e7-b8f6-3b2046e2e60d
  9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEEbzx81MuA

Coordinates: 22°54′24.43″N 120°10′57.37″E / 22.9067861°N 120.1826028°E / 22.9067861; 120.1826028

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