The only junior high in Moon World country.
Tianliao Junior High School was founded around 1969, though available sources give slightly different years for its founding. It remains the only junior high school serving Tianliao District, a rural mountain community best known for its "Moon World" badlands terrain. The school has drawn outside attention for a locally themed reading and literacy program, featured in CommonWealth Magazine.
田寮國民中學創校於約民國58年（1969年）前後，各方資料對確切創校年份略有出入。學校是田寮區唯一的國中，這個山區鄉鎮以「月世界」惡地地形聞名。校內推行的在地閱讀推廣課程曾獲《天下雜誌》報導關注。
What makes this school worth knowing.
📖 A Reading Program in the National Press
閱讀推廣課程獲媒體報導
The school's locally themed reading and literacy program has been featured in CommonWealth Magazine, a rare spotlight for a small rural junior high.
🏫 The Only Junior High in Tianliao
田寮區唯一國中
As Tianliao District's sole junior high school, it serves as the shared destination for graduates of every elementary school in the district.
🌕 Schooling in "Moon World" Country
月世界惡地地形
The campus sits amid Tianliao's famous badlands terrain, nicknamed "Moon World" for its stark, eroded landscape.
🏚️ Named for the Farmers' Field Huts
田寮地名由來
The district's name, Tianliao ("field huts"), recalls the simple shelters early farmers built while working these badlands during the Ming-Zheng era.
Taiwan's "Moon World."
Tianliao ("field huts") is named for the simple field shelters early Ming-Zheng-era farmers built here. The district is famous nationwide for its "Moon World" (月世界) badlands terrain, a name given in 1937 by a Japanese-era Kaohsiung governor. See the Kaohsiung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 48, Gang'an Rd., Tianliao District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
高雄市田寮區南安里崗安路48號
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Last updated: July 2026 · Content adapted and condensed from the school's official Chinese-language website by the Taiwan Bilingual Hub team, not yet reviewed by the school. If you're from Tianliao Junior High School and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.