Mituo District

Mituo

彌陀區
Mituo 彌陀區
District
	Mituo District
	Mituo District in Kaohsiung City
Country	Taiwan
Region	Southern Taiwan
Population (October 2023)
• Total	18,322
Website	mituo-en.kcg.gov.tw

Mituo District (Chinese: 彌陀區; pinyin: Mítuó Qū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Mî-tô-khu/Bî-lô-khu/Mî-lô-khu) is a rural district of Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan.

History

Map of Mituo (labeled as Midakō) and surrounding area (1944)

This district was formerly called Bilokang (Chinese: 彌陀港; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bî-lô-káng)^[2]

Map including Mituo (labeled as Mit'o (Mida) 弥陀) (1951)

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Mituo was organized as a rural township of Kaohsiung County. On 25 December 2010, Kaohsiung County was merged with Kaohsiung City and Mituo was upgraded to a district of the city.

The district consists of Guanghe, Mijing, Miren, Mishou, Mituo, Jiugang, Wenan, Yancheng, Guogang, Haiwei, Tade and Nanliao Village.^[3]

^ "Glossary of Names for Admin Divisions" (PDF). placesearch.moi.gov.tw. Ministry of Interior of the ROC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
^ "Entry #40242". 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.
^ https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TV/nm64000002800000000.html ^{[bare URL]}
^ Mituo Township Office Web (2 December 2010). "Mituo Township Office Web Site". Archived from the original on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2014-02-07.

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Mituo 彌陀區
District
Mituo District ^[1]

Mituo District in Kaohsiung City
Country	Taiwan
Region	Southern Taiwan
Population (October 2023)
• Total	18,322
Website	mituo-en.kcg.gov.tw