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Kaohsiung City Government

The wetland, a defunct salt pan, is situated in the Jiading District of Kaohsiung City. It extends east and north to fish pond ditches, and west to Kao-1 Road (Chilou Road), and south to a mangrove ditch at Hsinda Harbor.

In 1991, Jhuhu Salt Pan ceased salt production due to the establishment of Hsinda High Sea Fishery Harbor. In Sep. 2011, Ministry of the Interior approved the establishment of Jiading Wetland Nature Park.

Mangrove trees in the wetland are predominantly Black Mangrove, with smaller populations of Lumnitzera racemosa and Red Mangrove. Some mangroves' diameter at breast height (DBH) can reach 30 cm, indicating that the trees are over 100 years old. About 140 species of birds have been observed in the wetland, including Chinese Egret, Black-faced Spoonbill, Oriental White Stork, Grey Frog Hawk. Three thousand Kentish Plovers have been recorded in the wetland.

Black-faced Spoonbill, Oriental White Stork, Peregrine Falcon.

Little Tern, Chinese Egret, Grey Frog Hawk, Grey-faced Buzzard-Eagle, Osprey, Besra Sparrow Hawk, Crested Serpent Eagle.

Brown Shrike, Eastern Collared Pratincole.

The ditches of the old salt pan have been clogged in recent years. The expansion of Hsinda Harbor and the opening of Provincial Highway 17 have increased waste pollution, which adversely affects the wetland's ecosystem.

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