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City in Taiwan Province, Republic of China
Keelung
基隆市
Kīrun, Ke-lung, Chilung
City
Keelung City
Top: skyline of downtown Keelung Second left: Dawulun Fort Second right: night view of downtown Keelung Third left: Zhengbin Fishing Port Colorful House Third right: Keelung Maritime Plaza and Keelung Main Station Bottom left: Keelung Outer Harbor and Keelung Islet Bottom right: Heping Island Park
Above: Panoramic view of central Keelung and Keelung Port Second left: Main gate of Chung Cheng Park Second right: Start of Sun Yat-sen Freeway Third left: North coast of Keelung Third right: Keelung Port Bottom left: A windmill wind squid (Loliginidae) in the center Right: Keelung Island
Keelung (/kiːˈlʊŋ/kee-LUUNG;[3] Taiwanese: Ke-lâng), Chilung or Jilong (/dʒiːˈlʊŋ/jee-LUUNG;[3] pinyin: Jīlóng), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. With 361,082 inhabitants, the city forms a part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area with its neighboring New Taipei City and Taipei.
Before the city was founded by the Spanish Empire in 1626, then called La Santisima Trinidad, present-day Keelung was inhabited by Taiwanese indigenous peoples and was part of Spanish and Dutch colonial rule before being subsumed into the Qing dynasty in 1683 as part of Fujian. The city became a flashpoint of the First Opium War and the Keelung Campaign in the Sino-French War between the Qing and the French Third Republic.[4] After Taiwan was detached from Fujian in 1887, the city became part of the Empire of Japan in 1895 following the First Sino-Japanese War. During the Japanese era, the city was known as Kirun first as a town of Taihoku Prefecture, then became a district in 1920 and finally a city in 1924.
After World War II in 1945, the Republic of China, which overthrew the Qing empire, reestablished Keelung as a provincial city of Taiwan Province, which would later become streamlined from 1998. Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport (after Kaohsiung) and the 7th largest in the world by 1984.
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Keelung (/kiːˈlʊŋ/ kee-LUUNG; Taiwanese: Ke-lâng), Chilung or Jilong (/dʒiːˈlʊŋ/ jee-LUUNG; pinyin: Jīlóng), officially known as Keelung City, is a major...
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The Keelung River (Chinese: 基隆河; pinyin: Jīlóng Hé; Wade–Giles: Chi1-lung2 Ho2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ke-lâng-hô) is a river in northern Taiwan. The Keelung River...
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concentrated. The capital, Taipei, forms along with New Taipei City and Keelung the largest metropolitan area. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan...
Keelung Station (Chinese: 基隆車站; pinyin: Jīlóng chēzhàn) is a railway station in Ren'ai District, Keelung, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways. The station...
The Chilung Volcanic Group or Keelung Volcanic Group (Chinese: 基隆火山群; pinyin: Jīlóng Huǒshān Qún) is a group of extinct volcanoes located in northern...
of Keelung. Most of the city rests on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and...
special municipality by area, behind Kaohsiung. New Taipei City borders Keelung to the northeast, Yilan County to the southeast, and Taoyuan to the southwest...
September 1841, the Nerbudda became shipwrecked off northern Taiwan near Keelung. In March 1842, the Ann became shipwrecked at Da'an harbour. Survivors...
training. Beds: 3,470 Physicians: 1,450 A district hospital in Keelung, Taiwan, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital was inaugurated in 1985. It specializes...
Keelung Islet (Chinese: 基隆嶼; pinyin: Jīlóng Yǔ; Wade–Giles: Chi1-lung2 Yü3, also 基隆島, in Taiwanese Hokkien: 雞籠杙/Ke-lâng-khit) is a small island in Zhongzheng...
The 1867 Keelung earthquake occurred off the northern coast of Taiwan on the morning of December 18 with a magnitude of 7.0. It produced strong shaking...
1890, workmen discovered flakes of gold while constructing the new Taipei-Keelung railway, and in 1893 a rich placer district was discovered in the hills...
Vietnam First Opium War Sino-Sikh War Second Opium War Sino-French War Keelung campaign First Sino-Japanese War Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) Boxer...
through about the middle of the island. Northern Taiwan: Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu (City/County), Miaoli, Taichung, Changhua, and Nantou...
Keelung Road (Chinese: 基隆路; pinyin: Jīlóng Lù, also called Jilong Road, referring to Keelung) is a major arterial road and highway in Taipei, Taiwan, connecting...
KOJEN English Language Schools National Keelung Commercial & Industrial Vocational Senior High School Keelung Fu Jen Sacred Heart Senior High School Affiliated...
is a freeway in Taiwan, the first freeway built in Taiwan. It begins in Keelung at the intersection of Xiao 2nd Road and Zhong 4th Road and ends in Kaohsiung...
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coastal (海線) line to indicate the route taken. The original railroad between Keelung and Twatutia was completed in 1891. The section between Twatutia and Hsinchu...
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