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Ren-ai District
Ren-ai District (alternately Ren'ai) ( zh, c=, poj=Jîn-ài-khu, p=Rén'ài Qū) is a district of the city of Keelung, Taiwan. It is the smallest district of Keelung City. Administrative divisions The district administers 29 urban villages: * Linquan/Lincyuan (), Huagang (), Hongqiao/Hongciao (), Shuijin/Shueijin (), Zhiren/Jhihren (), Heming (), Zhongyong/Jhongyong (), Yutian (), Rende (), Boai/Bo-ai/Bo'ai (), Furen (), Chengren (), Jiren (), Yuren (), Yingren (), Longmen (), Dehou (), Qushui/Cyushuei (), Chongwen/Chongwun (), Wenan/Wen'an/Wun-an (), Zhaolian/Jhaolian (), Shiqiu/Shihciou (), Shuyuan (), Zhaodong/Jhaodong (), Mingde (), Tongfeng/Tongfong (), Wenchang/Wunchang (), Xindian/Sindian () and Guanghua () Village. Tourist attractions * Chingan Temple * Miaokou Night Market * Mount Hungtan * Peace Square * Shihchiuling Battery * Tienchi Temple * YM Oceanic Culture and Art Museum Transportation The district is accessible from Keelung Station and Sankeng Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District (Taiwan)
Districts are administrative subdivisions of Taiwan's Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipalities of the second level and Provincial city (Taiwan), provincial cities of the third level formerly under its provinces. There are two types of district in the administrative scheme: Ordinary districts are governed directly by the municipality/city government, with district administrators appointed by mayors to four-year terms. The mountain indigenous district is a local government body with elected district chiefs as well as district council serving four-year terms. History The first administrative divisions entitled "districts" were established in the 1900s, when Taiwan was Taiwan under Japanese rule, under Japanese rule. After World War II, nine out of eleven Cities of Japan, prefectural cities established by the Japanese government were reformed into provincial cities. These were Changhua, Chiayi, Hsinchu, Kaohsiung, Keelung, Pingtung City, Pingtung, Taichung, Tainan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keelung City
Keelung ( ; zh, p=Jīlóng, c=基隆, poj=Ke-lâng), Chilung or Jilong ( ; ), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port Provincial city (Taiwan), city in northeastern Taiwan. The city is part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area with neighboring New Taipei City and Taipei. Nicknamed the ''Rainy Port'' for its frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport (after Kaohsiung), and was the world's 7th largest port in 1984. In 1626, the Spanish established Fort San Salvador at present-day Keelung, an area inhabited by Taiwanese indigenous peoples. Control of the area eventually passed to the Qing dynasty. Fighting between China and Europeans around Keelung occurred in the 19th century during the First Opium War and the Sino-French War. The island of Taiwan was ceded to the Empire of Japan in 1895 after the First Sino-Japanese War; under Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule the city was called Kirun. Keelung became part of Taiwan Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Keelung
The Mayor of Keelung is the chief political executive of the city of Keelung in Taiwan. The current mayor is George Hsieh. List of mayors Timeline References See also *Keelung {{The current heads of the local government in ROC (Taiwan) Mayors of Keelung, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Yu-chang
Lin Yu-chang (; born 10 March 1971) is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese politician who is the Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party since June 2024. Previously, he served as the Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan), Minister of the Interior from January 2023 to May 2024, Mayor of Keelung, Mayor of Keelung City from December 2014 to December 2022, and he also shortly served as the Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party, acting Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party from November 2018 to January 2019. Education Lin earned his bachelor's degree in landscape architecture from Chinese Culture University and master's degree in building and planning from National Taiwan University. Mayor of Keelung City 2014 Keelung mayoral election Lin was elected as the Mayor of Keelung City after winning the 2014 Taiwan local elections, 2014 Keelung City mayoral election held on 29 November 2014. 2018 Keelung mayoral election See also * Mayor of Keelung References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan Railways Administration
Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) was a governmental agency in Taiwan which operated Taiwan Railway from 1948 to 2023. It managed, maintained, and operated conventional passenger and freight Rail transport, railway services on of track. Passenger traffic in 2018 was 231,267,955. On 1 January 2024, Taiwan Railway Administration became a state-owned corporation, Taiwan Railway Corporation. The agency's headquarters was at Taipei Main Station in Zhongzheng District, Taipei at the time of dissolution, the site which became the headquarter of the new company. History The railway between Keelung and Hsinchu was completed during the Taiwan under Qing rule, Qing era in 1893. In 1895, the Qing dynasty, Qing Empire ceded Formosa (Taiwan) to the Empire of Japan after the First Sino-Japanese War. The line was about in length but in a poor condition when the Japanese arrived. The railway was rebuilt and expanded under the of the Government-General of Taiwan during Taiwan under Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankeng Railway Station
Sankeng () is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Ren'ai District, Keelung City, Taiwan. History The station was opened on 3 May 2009, as a result of TRA's policy of transforming its railroad lines into MRT-type railroad. The only train that stops at this station is the local train. Platform layout Around the station * Keelung Miaokow Night Market () See also * List of railway stations in Taiwan A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ... References External linksTRA Sankeng Station [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keelung Railway Station
Keelung Station () is a railway station in Ren'ai District, Keelung, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways. The station was built in 1891, and has gone through several renovations. Overview The station has three stories (two aboveground, one underground). Platform layout History *20 October 1891: A station to the north of the current station was opened (Keelung Train Pier, ) when the railroad segment from Keelung to Tsui-tng-ka Pier was completed. *20 October 1893: The rail line from Keelung to Taipeh (Taipei) was completed. *30 October 1908: The third-generation station (with clock tower) was opened for service. The style is similar to Hsinchu and Taichung stations, which opened at around the same time. *April 1914: The rail line from Keelung to '' Haccho'' was completed. *23 January 1967: The fourth-generation station was completed. *1968: Station underpass was completed. *5 April 1968: The Keelung Railway Restaurant was added to the station. *6 June 1985: The aforementioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YM Oceanic Culture And Art Museum
The YM Oceanic Culture and Art Museum () or Yang Ming Oceanic Culture and Art Museum (OCAM) is a museum about Oceanography, oceanic culture and art in Ren-ai District, Ren'ai District, Keelung, Taiwan. History The museum building was originally constructed in 1915 during the Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule of Taiwan as the property of Nippon Yusen. After the Retrocession Day, handover of Taiwan to China in 1945, the building was taken over by the China Merchants Bureau. The building was renovated in 2003 and opened as the YM Oceanic Culture and Art Museum in 2004. Transportation The museum is accessible from Keelung railway station, Keelung Station of the Taiwan Railways Administration, Taiwan Railways. See also * List of museums in Taiwan * YM Museum of Marine Exploration Kaohsiung * Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation * Maritime industries of Taiwan References External links * 2004 establishments in Taiwan Art museums and galleries in Taiwan Art museum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peace Square (Taiwan)
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The Peace Square may be: * Peace Square, Prague, Czechia (''Náměstí Míru'') * Peace Square, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (''ميدان السلام'') * Peace Square, Guanajuato, Mexico (''Plaza de la Paz'') * Sennaya Square, Saint Petersburg, Russia (''Сeннáя плóщадь'') * Peace Square (Taiwan), Keelung, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keelung
Keelung ( ; zh, p=Jīlóng, c=基隆, poj=Ke-lâng), Chilung or Jilong ( ; ), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city in northeastern Taiwan. The city is part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area with neighboring New Taipei City and Taipei. Nicknamed the ''Rainy Port'' for its frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport (after Kaohsiung), and was the world's 7th largest port in 1984. In 1626, the Spanish established Fort San Salvador at present-day Keelung, an area inhabited by Taiwanese indigenous peoples. Control of the area eventually passed to the Qing dynasty. Fighting between China and Europeans around Keelung occurred in the 19th century during the First Opium War and the Sino-French War. The island of Taiwan was ceded to the Empire of Japan in 1895 after the First Sino-Japanese War; under Japanese rule the city was called Kirun. Keelung became part of Taiwan Province under the Republic of China after 1945. Admi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
