Ape Hill
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Ape Hill (猴山) or Takao Hill (打狗山) is located at western side of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to the north of the main entrance to Kaohsiung Harbor. It was named Ape Hill by the Dutch in the 17th century to describe many monkeys on this mountain. It is called Chai Shan (柴山) now in Chinese, and actually includes the Snake Hill (蛇山 - a 17th century term) in its northern part, and Long Life Hill (壽山 named by Japanese in 1911-1915 for the crown-prince Hirohito) in the southern part. In some old maps, the peak of the hill is called Saracen's Head. Now it is a nature park where biological diversity can be seen.
Ape Hill is the only mountain where Kaohsiung residents can see natural biological specimens within an hour of the city.
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