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Majia, Pingtung


Coordinates: 22°40′N 120°40′E / 22.667°N 120.667°E / 22.667; 120.667

Majia Township (Chinese: 瑪家鄉; pinyin: Mǎjiā Xiāng) is a mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County, Taiwan. The area is known as Makazayazaya (瑪家雑牙雑牙社) in the Paiwan language, and the Taiwanese mountain pitviper Ovophis monticola makazayazaya is named after it. The main population is the Paiwan people of the Taiwanese aborigines.

During the Japanese era, Majia was grouped with modern-day Sandimen Township and Wutai Township as "Savage Land" (蕃地?), which was governed under Heitō District (屏東郡) of Takao Prefecture.


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