A school relocated over flood risk.
Lingkou Elementary traces its origins to 1922, when it opened as the Xizhou Branch Teaching Site (溪洲分教場) during the Japanese colonial era, becoming an independent school in 1962 as Lingkou National School. The school's original planned site was rejected due to flood risk, so private land was acquired instead for its current campus. Its name, "嶺口" — meaning "ridge-pass mouth" — describes its location at a hill-pass entrance in southern Cishan.
嶺口國小創校於1922年（大正11年，日治時期），初為「溪洲分教場」，1962年獨立設校，定名為嶺口國民學校。原訂校地因有淹水疑慮而遭否決，後改以私人土地興建現址校舍。校名「嶺口」意指山嶺隘口的入口，反映其位於旗山南部丘陵地帶隘口的地理位置。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🚧 A Campus Site Chosen After a Flood Scare
因淹水疑慮改址興建
The school's originally planned location was turned down over flood risk, leading the community to acquire private land for the campus that stands today.
⛰️ Named for a Mountain Pass
地名反映隘口地形
"嶺口," meaning "ridge-pass mouth," marks the school's location at the entrance to a hill pass in southern Cishan.
🏫 Four Decades From Branch to Independence
分教場歷經四十年獨立
What began in 1922 as a small branch teaching site didn't become a fully independent school until 1962 — a path shared by several rural Cishan schools.
At the mouth of a southern Cishan pass.
"嶺口" (ridge-pass mouth) names the school's position at a hill-pass entrance in southern Cishan District, a terrain that also shaped where its original campus could safely be built. See the Kaohsiung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 30, Longwen Ln., Cishan Dist., Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
高雄市旗山區龍文巷30號
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