Madou 麻豆區 Matou, Matō | |
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| Madou District | |
 Waterway of the ancient harbor in Madou | |
 Madou District in Tainan City | |
  Madou | |
| Coordinates:23°11′0″N120°14′54″E / 23.18333°N 120.24833°E /23.18333; 120.24833 | |
| Location | Tainan, Taiwan |
| Area | |
• Total | 54 km2 (21 sq mi) |
| Population (May 2022) | |
• Total | 43,071 |
| • Density | 800/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Website | madou (in Chinese) |
Madou District (Chinese:麻豆區;pinyin:Mádòu Qū;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Môa-tāu-khu) is adistrict of about 43,071 residents inTainan special municipality,Taiwan. It owes its name to theSiraya language wordMattau. Mattau was one of the four coreSirayan villages during much of Taiwan's colonial history and figured heavily in the formation of colonial policy inDutch Formosa. Currently, it is a well-known town in Tainan for its local culinary specialties and historical sites, and has become more prosperous in recent five years due to the presence of two universities. As an example of the increased attention Madou is receiving, the New Year Countdown Night for 2006 in Tainan was held at Madou Junior High School.[1]
In the 17th century,Mattau was a village of about two to three thousand; the name was also spelled variouslyMatau,Mataw,Mattouw,Mathau,Matthau,Mattauw andMandauw.[2] Mattau was the largest and most powerful of four main aboriginal villages near Taoyuan, and had been the most troublesome for the Dutch, "massacring soldiers, destroying buildings, and uprooting crops".[3] Located about 25 km northeast of the former Dutch base ofFort Zeelandia, the place later grew into a market-town called Moa-tau.
After thehandover of Taiwan from Japan to theRepublic of China in 1945, Madou was organized as anurban township ofTainan County. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County was merged with Tainan City and Madou was upgraded to adistrict of thecity.
Guxing, Baoan, Tungjiao, Jinjiang, Xiangkou, Zhongxing, Xingnong, Xinjian, Youju, Beishi, Dacheng, Zongrong, Longquan, Nanshi, Liaobu, Xiaobei, Beitou, Dashan, Haipu, Zhuangli, Gangwei, Makou, Antung, Anye, Anxi, Xiean, Zhongmin, Anzheng and Zhuanjing Villages.
Shaddock (Citrus maxima) is one of the specialty foods of Madou. Being harvested around the time of mid-autumn, it is associated with theMid-Autumn Festival. The Madou Farmer's Association holds a beauty contest named for the shaddock every year.
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