Wushe (Musha) region

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The Wushe (Musha) region is a mountainous area in central Taiwan historically inhabited by Seediq Indigenous communities and known as the site of the 1930 Wushe Uprising against Japanese colonial rule.

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Label Occurrences
Wushe (Musha) region canonical 1
Wushe area 1

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
mountainous area
alternativeName Musha region
associatedEthnicGroup Seediq
associatedLanguage Seediq language
colonialPeriodRuler Empire of Japan
linked to: Imperial Japan
colonialPolicyContext Japanese Indigenous pacification policies
country Taiwan
culturalSignificance symbol of Indigenous resistance in Taiwan
environment forested
eventDate 1930
historicalEra Japanese rule in Taiwan
knownFor Musha Incident
Wushe Uprising
linked to: Wushe Incident
locatedIn Taiwanese Central Mountain Range
central Taiwan
locatedInAdministrative Nantou County
memorializedBy monuments commemorating the Wushe Uprising
memorializedIn Taiwanese historical narratives
nameInChinese 霧社地區
partOf Indigenous territories of Taiwan
relatedSettlement Wushe village
resistanceType anti-colonial armed resistance
significantEvent 1930 anti-Japanese Indigenous rebellion
Wushe Uprising
linked to: Wushe Incident
terrain mountainous
tourismType historical tourism
mountain tourism
traditionalInhabitants Atayal-related Indigenous groups
Seediq people
usedFor logging during Japanese colonial period

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mona Rudao associatedWithPlace Wushe (Musha) region
Aowanda National Forest Recreation Area hasRoadAccessFrom Wushe area
linked to: Wushe (Musha) region