From a branch of Qishan Junior High to an independent school.
Jiaxian Junior High School opened in May 1963 as a branch of Qishan Junior High School, becoming an independent school on January 6, 1968. Its campus covers roughly 3.05 hectares in the Nanzixian River valley, a region with a long history of Indigenous and Han settlement.
甲仙國民中學創校於民國52年（1963年）5月，最初為旗山國中分校，民國57年（1968年）1月6日獨立設校。校地約3.0532公頃，座落於楠梓仙溪流域，此地區有著悠久的原住民與漢人開墾歷史。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏫 From Branch Campus to Independent School
從分校到獨立設校
Opened in 1963 as a branch of Qishan Junior High, the school became fully independent in 1968, marking its own identity within the district.
🏞️ A Spacious Mountain Campus
校地約3.05公頃
The campus spans roughly 3.05 hectares, giving the school ample room within its mountain-valley setting.
🏔️ In the Nanzixian River Valley
楠梓仙溪流域
The school sits in the Nanzixian River valley, a region historically significant as hunting ground and settlement for several of southern Taiwan's Indigenous and Plains Indigenous peoples.
📜 A Name Rooted in Local History
地名歷史淵源
Jiaxian's name is believed to derive from a Hoklo contraction of "Kalala," an old exonym for local Indigenous groups, combined with characters describing the river valley and its plain.
A valley of layered settlement history.
Jiasian, formerly called "Jiaxianpu" (甲仙埔), sits in the Nanzixian River valley — historically hunting ground of the Cou (a Kanakanavu-related people) and later settled by Siraya and Taivoan (大武壠) communities. See the Kaohsiung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 6, Wenhua S. Rd., Jiasian District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
高雄市甲仙區東安里文化南路6號
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