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<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" width="300px" style="border-bottom:3px solid gray; border-left:3px solid gray; border-top:3px solid gray; border-right:3px solid gray;"> <caption><font size="+1">Keelung City <br>基隆市</td></tr> </font></caption> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;">Image:Keelung City emblem.png<br><small>Keelung City emblem</small> </td> </tr> <tr><td align="center" colspan=2 style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;"><font size="-1"> Abbreviation: Keelung (基隆) </font></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" colspan=2 style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;"><font size="-1"> City nickname: The Rainy Port </font></td></tr> <tr><td width=50%>Capital District</td><td>Jhongjhen, Keelung|Jhongjhen Dist. (中正區)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region </td><td>Northern Taiwan</td></tr> <tr><td>Mayor</td><td>Hsu Ts'ai-li (許財利)</td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:3px solid gray;"> Area </td> <td style="border-top:3px solid gray;"> List of Taiwanese counties and cities by area|Ranked 21 of 25 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> - Total <br> - % water </td> <td> 132.759 1 E9 m2|km²<br> ?% </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:3px solid gray;"> Population </td> <td style="border-top:3px solid gray;"> List of Taiwanese counties and cities by population|Ranked 18 of 25 </td> <tr> <td> - Total (April 2004)<br> - Density </td> <td> 392,403<br> 2,956/km² </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:3px solid gray;">District|Districts:</td> <td style="border-top:3px solid gray;">7</td> </tr> <tr><td style="border-top:3px solid gray;">City flower:</td><td style="border-top:3px solid gray;">Common crepe myrtle</td></tr> <tr><td>City tree:</td><td>Formosan Sweet-gum<br>( Luquidambar formosana Hance.)</td></tr> <tr><td>City bird:</td><td>Eagle</td></tr> <tr><td align="center" colspan=2 style="border-top:3px solid gray;">Image:Keelung_location.jpg </table> </div> Keelung (基隆 Pinyin: Jīl?ng, Wade-Giles: Chi-lung) is a Provincial city|county-level city of Taiwan Province, Republic of China. Located in the northeastern of the island and bordering Taipei County, it is Taiwan's second largest seaport (after Kaohsiung). Keelung is nicknamed "The Rainy Port" (雨港). Keelung was first inhabited by the Ketagalan, a tribe of Taiwanese aborigine. "Keelung" used to be written in the homophonous characters meaning "Rooster Cage" (雞籠), named after a local mountain of such a shape. Another theory suggests that the characters were transcription of a Ketagalan placename. The characters were changed in 1875 (Qing Dynasty) to mean "The Base that Prospers". In 1863, the Qing Empire opened up Keelung as a trading port. A systematic city development started in 1895 during the Japanese Occupation. Keelung became a town in Keelung District, Taipei Prefecture (Japanese Rule)|Taipei Prefecture in 1920 and was upgraded to a city of Taipei Prefecture (Japanese Rule)|Taipei Prefecture in 1924. Coal mining peaked in 1968. Keelung administers seven districts: <br>
Image:Keelong Harbour in the Morning.jpg|thumb|290px|right|Keelong Harbour in the morning/ taken by timo/ 2004
ROC divisions ----- zh:基隆 ja:基隆市 Category:Cities in Taiwan This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Keelung".
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