Former site of Vahu, a Bunun village in the mountains of Haiduan formed in the middle of the Japanese colonial era, when authorities posted Ivaqo Police Garrison (葉巴哥駐在所) at Ivauvu and compelled families scattered across the surrounding slopes to resettle around it. The name derives from the Bunun word vauvu, meaning spine, after the shape of the ridge as seen from afar. Residents moved to the present village above the Southern Cross-Island Highway (南橫公路) after a typhoon caused the ground to subside in 1975, leaving behind three concrete buildings: the police station (rebuilt in 1953), an elementary school (1961), and a church (1963).
Map
Note: this entry contains only basic information and may be out of date, inaccurate, or even wrong. Additional research is strongly recommended.
說明：本條目僅提供基礎資訊，內容可能過時、未經查證，甚至有誤。建議進一步查閱相關資料，以確認資訊的正確性。
Points
- Police Garrison (駐在所)—Remnants (遺跡)
Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Indigenous Peoples Cultural Development Center in Chinese (原住民族委員會原住民族文化發展中心)
- Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples’ Encyclopedia (臺灣原住民族事典)
- Pixnet: Melissa On The Way (山女孩Melissa)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Police History in Taiwan (台灣警察歷史)
- Indigenous People of Taiwan (台灣原住民)
- Christianity in Taiwan (臺灣基督教)
Nearby Locations
Author
:format(webp)/v/a-synaptic-2025-1.jpg)
I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.