Yilan City

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Yilan
宜蘭市
County-controlled city
Yilan City
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Yilan is located in Taiwan
Yilan
Yilan
Location in the Republic of China
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Country  Republic of China
County Yilan County
Government
 • Mayor Chong-Yuan Jiang (江聰淵)
Area
 • Total 29.408 km2 (11.354 sq mi)
Population (December 2014)
 • Total 95,885
 • Density 3,300/km2 (8,400/sq mi)
Website Yilan City Office
Yilan City
Traditional Chinese 宜蘭市
Simplified Chinese 宜兰市

Yilan City (Chinese: 宜蘭市; pinyin: Yílán Shì; Wade–Giles: I2-lan2 Shih4) is a city and the county seat of Yilan County, Taiwan. The city lies on the north side of the Lanyang River. The Yilan Plain in which the city is located was originally known as the Kapsulan Plain (蛤仔難/甲子蘭) or the Komalan Plain (噶瑪蘭). These names, as well as that of Yilan itself, were given to the sites by the Kavalan tribe of Taiwanese aborigines. Later arrivals included Han Chinese settlers during the Qing Dynasty in China (1802) and settlers from Okinawa during Taiwan's period of Japanese rule (1895-1945).

History

Qing dynasty

In 1810 under Qing dynasty rule, a formal administration office was established at Wuwei (五圍) and "Komalan Subprefecture" (噶瑪蘭廳) was at the present day location of Yilan City. Construction of the city wall was completed a year later. After a few years once the basic infrastructure was ready, the city assumed the political, economical, cultural and educational center for the Lanyang Plain. In 1878, Komalan was a large rice production area commonly called Kapsulan, and became a district called Gilan Hsien.[1] It was one of the three new districts that constituted the new Taipeh Prefecture.

Empire of Japan

According to the 1904 census, the population of Giran town was about 15,000.[2]

Republic of China

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China on 25 October 1945, Yilan City was created in January 1946 as a county-controlled city the county seat of the newly created Yilan County and continue to become the political, economical and cultural centers of the region.[3]

Geography

Yilan City in Yilan County

Yilan City is located on Lanyang Plain with an average altitude of 7.38 meters above sea level.[4]

Administrative divisions

Yilan City consists of 40 villages and 543 neighborhoods.[5] Villages in Yilan City are: Minzu Village, Jianjun Village, Taishan Village, Fuguo Village, Siyuan Village, Qijie Village, Wenhua Village, Fuxing Village, Minquan Village, Shennong Village, Daxin Village, Xinmin Village, Jinshi Village, Nanqiao Village, Kaixuan Village, Nanjin Village, Jianye Village, Baili Village, Yanping Village, Chenggong Village, Tungcun Village, Xintung Village, Liming Village, Qizhang Village, Xiaolian Village, Tungmen Village, Xiaotung Village, Caiyuan Village, Cian Village, Zhongxing Village, Xinsheng Village, Jiaobai Village, Beijin Village, Meizhou Village, Nanmen Village, Zhongshan Village, Ximen Village and Beimen Village.

Government institutions

Tourist attractions

Transportation

Yilan Station

Yilan City is accessible by Yilan Station of the Taiwan Railways Administration.

Sister cites

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Takekoshi (1907), p. 200.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ http://www.ilancity.gov.tw/en/
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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