Keelung

Keelung is a provincial city in Taiwan. It is located in the northeast corner of Taiwan Island. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the sea on one side. It was once an important port for Taiwan businessmen. It is an important international commercial port in Northern Taiwan. In addition, it has islands, harbors and mausoleums. The prosperous port capital is confined between mountains and seas. It has seven districts: Ren'ai, Anle, Xinyi, Qidu, Zhongshan, Zhongzheng and nuanwan. It has eight scenic spots in Keelung, Miaokou Night Market and other beautiful sea and land landscapes.

Keelung

Keelung city belongs to Taiwan Province. Keelung is located in the northeast corner of Taiwan Island. It is adjacent to Xinbei city and Taipei city. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the sea on one side. It was once an important port for thousands of businessmen in Taiwan Province. The city covers an area of 133 square kilometers and has a population of 370000 (August 2019). It is an important international commercial port in the north of Taiwan. In addition to the islands, harbors and Mausoleums in the territory, the prosperous port capital is confined between the mountains and the sea.

Keelung City governs seven districts, namely Zhongzheng District, Xinyi District, Renai District, Zhongshan District, Anle District, wennuan district and Qidu district. Qidu district has the largest area, accounting for 42.38% of the city's total area, while Renai district has the smallest.

Historical evolution

Keelung, formerly known as chicken coop. That's because the ketakalan people first lived here, and "Jilong" is the Minnan dialect translation of "kaidalan". The homophony of gran is similar to that of "chicken coop" in Minnan language. In addition, there is a mountain like chicken coop here, so it gets its name. In 1875, when Keelung hall was set up, the chicken cage was changed to Keelung, which means "base Changlong". In 1617 (the 45th year of Wanli in the late Ming Dynasty), there are records of jilongshe, jilonggang, jilongcheng, dajilong street and so on.

In 1626, Spanish colonists invaded Keelung, and in 1642, they were replaced by Dutch colonists (Keelung battle). After the Dutch went north to capture Shiliao Island, they changed the name of "San Salvador city" to "North Holland". It was only in 1667 that Zheng Jing (the son of Zheng Chenggong) led his troops to drive him away. In 1668, Zheng Jing sent troops to attack the Dutch, and the Dutch were defeated.

Keelung's market began in 1723 and began to trade with foreign countries in 1851. After the signing of the Treaty of Tianjin in 1860, it was officially established as a commercial port. The Keelung Taipei Railway was built in 1887 and opened to traffic in 1891. During the period of Japanese invasion (1895-1945), Keelung street was set up in Keelung Prefecture, which was later upgraded to a city. The first wharf was built in 1889. After Japan occupied Taiwan Province, it built a port on a large scale. It was completed in four phases in 1935. It has 39 deep-water berths and can dock 30000 DWT ships. After the restoration in 1945, the container terminal, special cargo terminal and badouzi fishing port in Xiandong were built. Keelung port is the second largest port after Kaohsiung port. Each year, there are more than 5000 ships entering and leaving the port, and the cargo throughput is about 80 million tons. Keelung fishing port is an important fishing base in Taiwan, accounting for about one fifth of Taiwan's annual fishing output. Keelung was designated as a fortress area during the Japanese invasion and is now the naval base of the Taiwan authorities.

In 1895, the Japanese occupied Taiwan.

In October 1945, Taiwan Province officially returned. The KMT government took over Taiwan of China. Considering the need of local autonomy, it changed the five prefectures and three departments into eight counties, and changed the 11 cities under Japanese colonial rule into nine provinces and two counties. Among them: the jurisdiction of Keelung City: the east end of mianhuayu in Keelung City is 122 ° 6 ′ 25 ″ E; the west end is dawulun in Anle District, 121 ° 40 ′ 23 ″ E; the south end is shihonggang (takikawa town), 25 ° 6 ′ 10 ″ n; the north end of pengjiayu in Keelung City, 25 ° 37 ′ 53 ″ n. In the East, it is bounded by Ruifang Town, Taipei County. It is adjacent to Wanli township of Taipei County in the west, Qidu township of Taipei County in the South and Donghai in the north. The subordinate islands under its jurisdiction include Shiliao Island, Zhongshan Tsai Island, Tongpan Island, Keelung Island, Pengjia Island, mianhuayu island and vase island.

From 1924 to 1931, Keelung was upgraded to "city" and became the fourth metropolis of Taiwan at that time. The municipal government was formally established on November 11, 1945. The municipal government is located in Zhongzheng district. It has jurisdiction over Zhongzheng, Xinyi, Renai, Anle and Zhongshan. After the restoration of Taiwan in 1945, the Chinese government took over and became a provincial city. Now it has jurisdiction over seven districts, including Ren'ai, Xinyi, Zhongzheng, Zhongshan, Anle, nuanwan and Qidu.

On January 31, 1947, Qidu Township in Keelung District of Taipei County was assigned to Keelung City, which was divided into Qidu and nuanwan districts. (in addition: on February 18, 1947, Qidu Township in Taipei County was assigned to Keelung City, which is called Qidu District of Keelung City. On January 15, 1949, Qilong city was divided into warm areas

In 1950, Taiwan Province of China adjusted the administrative regions of various counties and cities, among which Keelung City remained the same. Keelung City has jurisdiction over seven districts, including Zhongzheng, Xinyi, Renai, Zhongshan, Anle, Qidu and nuanuan. Jurisdiction: the east end of mianhuayu is 122 ° 6 ′ 25 ″ E in the East; Xizhi town of Taipei county is 121 ° 37 ′ 28 ″ E in the West; Pingxi township of Taipei county is 25 ° 3 ′ 10 ″ n in the South; pengjiayu is 25 ° 37 ′ 53 ″ n in the North. It is bounded by Ruifang town of Taipei County in the East, Wanli township of Taipei County in the west, Pingxi township of Taipei County in the southeast, Xizhi town of Taipei County in the southwest, Keelung Bay and Donghai in the north. The subordinate islands under the jurisdiction are: Heping Island (formerly known as she Liao Island) in the port, next to which are Tong pan island and Zhongshan Tsai. Keelung Island (formerly known as Jilong mountain) is 3.8km away from Hong Kong. There are pengjiayu, mianhuayu and fanhuayu in the northeast. The municipal government is located in Zhongzheng district.

In February 1958, Zhonghe Li in Zhongshan District of Keelung City was assigned to Anle district. On July 1, 1959, pilai in yinggeli and Xinshan in shicuoli, Qidu District, Keelung City, were under the jurisdiction of wailiaoli, Anle district.

On March 1, 1988, the administrative region of Keelung City was adjusted: mingzhili 20lingang West Lane of Zhongshan District was renamed wenchangli 20lingang West Lane of Zhongshan District; Zhonghe lane, deheli, de'anli, xirongli, xihuali, xidingli and xikangli of Anle district were included in Zhongshan District; yinggeli, qixianli, Sanmin lane, siweili, wufuli and liuheli of Qidu district were included in Anle district.

administrative division

Keelung has a total of seven municipal districts, namely, Zhongzheng District, Qidu District, nuanwan District, Renai District, Zhongshan District, Anle district and Xinyi District. Keelung municipal government is located in Renai district.

Keelung flag badge

geographical environment

geographical position

Keelung City, Taiwan Province (25 ° 08 ′ N121 ° 44 ′ e325.133 ° n121.733 ° E) is characterized by hills and less flat land. It is surrounded by Keelung volcanoes and Wuzhishan mountains in the East and West. The flat land in the city is mainly concentrated along the coast of Keelung port, coastline and Keelung River Valley, and the rest of the city is mostly hillside land. Although the mountains in the city are generally not high, most of them are steep slopes, causing great obstacles to the development and expansion of the city. Because of the influence of hilly land, residential areas in Keelung are mostly located in hilly land. From the city center to the surrounding hillside, all kinds of buildings can be seen everywhere, and the new apartment buildings can be seen on the hilly land in the suburbs.

Shiqiuling, located in the south of the urban area, is the only way for Keelung to connect with the cities and towns in the island. The hilly land extending from left to right with shiqiuling as the center constitutes the important geographical boundary of Keelung. North of the lion ball ridge is the city and the port, is the essence of Keelung city; south is the Keelung River Valley, warm, eight blocks, seven blocks, six plugs, five blocks and other city streets are built along the river.

hydrology

The rivers in Keelung City can be divided into two systems. Shiqiuling watershed is mainly divided into Keelung River system and Keelung River system. Except Keelung River and urban rivers, other rivers are mostly short and unstable. The main four rivers of Keelung River system run through the urban area. In the early days, they had more shipping functions. In the past, they were called "two mountains and four ports" together with shiqiuling and fozuling, which was an important topographic symbol of Keelung City. The lower reaches of Xiding River and Nanrong River were renovated in the Japanese era, and the two rivers were merged into a canal, which was called xuchuan river. Tianliao River and niucho harbor were originally tidal flats, which were also renovated into canals and wharves in the same period.

Keelung harbour water system

Xuchuan (Keelung canal)

Naronghe (Shigang)

Xiding River (sheke port)

Tianliao River (Tianliao port)

Niucho harbor (niucho harbor Creek and niucho harbor wharf area)

Shawan Creek

Keelung River System

Keelung River

Kengxi, Shen'ao

Dashuikuxi

Wennuanxi

Dawulun River

Shicuokeng stream

Malingkeng stream

Youyi River

Bashihou Creek

Water sources and lakes

Xishi reservoir (the first modern reservoir in Taiwan)

Xinshan reservoir

Badu weir

Lover Lake

climate

Keelung is located in the northernmost part of Taiwan because it is wet and rainy in winter due to the northeast monsoon passing through the ocean and the sea behind the mountains. In summer, it has to cross the mountains to reach Keelung because of the southwest monsoon

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