Qishan (state)

"For the city, see Qishan City"Qishan State (Chinese: 七山省) is a mountainous and forested state in Tseng. With a population of 853,179, it is the least populated state on mainland 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 or Fu'lang peoples.

Qishan means "seven mountains" in Chinese and the name refers to the 7 main mountains in the Wulian Mountains.

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 1765 most of Qishan was under native territory because of the Yuzo Treaty, which divided Tseng Island into four sections.

Because of the isolation from other parts of Tseng, there wasn't much development in the area after Louis-Ville 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.

The seven mountains

 * 1) Dama Mountain
 * 2) Mt. Hanzi
 * 3) Fengshuishan
 * 4) Mt. Gaoyang
 * 5) Meishi Mountain
 * 6) Tananshan
 * 7) Yongshan