Qishan (state)

"For the city, see Qishan City"Qishan (Chinese: 七山省) is a state in eastern Tseng. With a population of 792,182, it is the least populated state in Tseng.

Qishan is known for its indigenous culture and hot springs. The state is the only state where indigenous tribes constitute a significant portion of the population, with 67.2% (573,336) of the population being indigenous, many from the Hazaki, Tanan, Migara, or Fu'lang peoples. It is also the only state where there are multiple official languages.

Qishan means "seven mountains" in Chinese and the name refers to the 7 main mountains in the Wulian Mountain range that passes through the state.

History
The area was inhabited by many native tribes before the Europeans arrived. The first European settlement, a French fort called Louis-Ville, was built in 1616, however, it was abandoned a few years later. In 1894, the Geneva Conference divided Tseng Island into four sections, and Qishan was put under the indigenous sector.

Because of the isolation from other parts of Tseng, there wasn't much development in the area until the 1910s, when electricity and power arrived. The state grew under the Japanese, when the railroad reached Shichiyama-shi (Qishan City) in 1940. An airport in Qishan City was constructed in 1941.

A road was built from Lizhong in 1949, connecting Qishan (then combined with Meihua) to the rest of Tseng by road. On May 16, 1970, Qishan split from Meihua and became the 8th state of Tseng.