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Yilan County Members Of The Legislative Yuan
Yilan may refer to: China *Yilan County, Heilongjiang (依兰县), county of central Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China *Yilan Town, Heilongjiang (依兰镇), seat of Yilan County * Yilan, Jilin (依兰镇), town in Yanji Taiwan *Yilan County, Taiwan (宜蘭縣), county in northeastern Taiwan **Yilan County Council *Yilan City (宜蘭市), seat of Yilan County *Yilan River (宜蘭河), river flowing through Yilan County Turkey *Yılankale, crusader castle *Yılan Island Yılan Island ( tr, Yılan Adası, literally Snake Island) is a Mediterranean island in Turkey. It is administratively a part of Kaş ilçe (district) of Antalya Province at . At the past it was one of the Xenagorou islands ( grc, Ξεναγό ..., Mediterranean island in Turkey {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yilan County, Heilongjiang
Yilan County (; IPA: ) is a county of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang. It is more than to the east-northeast of central Harbin. Its county seat, which is also called Yilan (Yilan Town, ''Yilan zhen''), is located near the confluence of the Mudan River (formerly known as the Hurka River) with the Sungari. The easternmost county-level division of Harbin City, it borders Fangzheng County to the southwest, Tonghe County to the west, as well as the prefecture-level cities of Yichun to the north, Jiamusi to the northeast, Qitaihe to the southeast, and Mudanjiang to the south. Transportation * China National Highway 221 Station on the Harbin-Jiamusi intercity railway is located in the Sijianfang district, 5 km from town center. History During the rule of the Ming dynasty in China, Yilan, formerly known as Sanxing (三姓; Wade-Giles: San-hsing; historically also Romanized as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yilan Town, Heilongjiang
Yilan () is a town in and the seat of Yilan County in south-central Heilongjiang province, China, located where the Woken () and Mudan Rivers flow separately into the Songhua River. It has a hukou population of 37,000 an , It has 8 residential communities () and 4 villages under its administration. It is serviced by G1011 Harbin–Tongjiang Expressway and China National Highway 221 China National Highway 221 (G221) runs from Harbin to Tongjiang, in Heilongjiang Province. It is 668 kilometres in length and runs northeast from Harbin towards Tongjiang. Route and distance See also * China National Highways External linksO .... References {{reflist Township-level divisions of Heilongjiang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanji
Yanji (; Chosŏn'gŭl: 연길, ''Yeon-gil;'' Hangul: 옌지, ''Yenji;'' alternately romanized as Yenki) is a county-level city in the east of China's Jilin Province, and is the seat of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. Its population is approximately 400,000 of which a significant portion is ethnic Korean. Yanji is a busy hub of transport and trade between China and North Korea. The city is home to Yanbian University, a comprehensive university and the only Project 211 university in Yanji. History Yanji and its environs were largely unpopulated until the 1800s when Qing dynasty rulers of China began to encourage migration there from China proper as part of its ''Chuang Guandong'' policy to populate Manchuria in an effort to stem encroaching Russian expansion. The city was the seat of Jiandao Province in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo from 1934 to 1943. In 1943, the city itself was renamed Jiandao (Chientao) and made a part of the Dongman Consolidated Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yilan County, Taiwan
Yilan County, alternately spelled I-lan, is a County (Taiwan), county in northeastern Taiwan, Republic of China. Name The name ''Yilan'' derives from the Taiwanese indigenous peoples, indigenous Kavalan people. Other former names in reference to this area in the Yilan Plain include ''Kabalan'', ''Kavalan'', ''Kavaland'', ''kap-a-lan'', ''Yiland'' and ''Gilan''. Before 2009, the county's official name was transliterated as Ilan. History Early history Since early ages, many people have traveled from far places to Yilan. Taiwanese aborigines, Indigenous tribes that have settled in Yilan are Kavalan people and Atayal people. The Kavalan people came by the sea and lived by the river at Yilan Plain since around 1,000 years ago. They mostly speak the Austronesian languages. Their settlements consisted of small villages along rivers with around 40-50 communities scattered around the area with a total population of approximately 10,000 people. The Atayal people came by crossing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yilan County Council
The Yilan County Council (ILCC; ) is the elected county council of Yilan County, Taiwan. The council composes of 34 councilors elected in local elections held every four years. History After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, county assembly was set up according to the ''Institute of Organization for City and County Councils'' in 1946. In April 1950, the Taiwan Provincial Government promulgated the ''Outline for Implementing Local Autonomy for Cities and Counties''. The administrative regions were reconfigured in September and the Yilan County Council was founded on 24 February 1951. Organization * Speaker * Deputy Speaker * Councilors Agenda Department * Regular Meeting * Provisional Meeting * Procedural Committee * Disciplinary Committee * Bill Examination Committee Administration Department * Chief Secretary * Secretary * Agenda Section * General Affairs Section * Statute Office * Accounting Office * Personnel Office Transportation The co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yilan City
Yilan City (Mandarin pinyin: ''Yílán Shì''; Hokkien POJ: ''Gî-lân-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Yilan County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China. The city lies on the north side of the Lanyang River. History The Yilan Plain in which the city is located has historically been referred to as Kapalan (), Kapsulan (; also 甲子蘭), Komalan (), etc. 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 Japanese era (1895-1945). Qing Dynasty In 1810 under Qing dynasty rule, a formal administration office was established at Wuwei (五圍) and "Komalan Subprefecture" () 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 politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yilan River
The Yilan River () is a tributary of the Lanyang River in Yilan County, northeast Taiwan. It flows through Yilan for 25 kilometers. Fauna Three turtle species occur in the Yilan River: the native Chinese stripe-necked turtle and yellow pond turtle, and the introduced red-eared slider, which outnumbers the native species. Glass eels of two eel species, ''Anguilla japonica'' and ''Anguilla marmorata'', are found in the river. See also *List of rivers in Taiwan This is a list of rivers ( or ) on Taiwan Island in the Republic of China which are over : * Dongshan River - Yilan County - *Lanyang River - Yilan County - **Yilan River - Yilan County - ** Qingshui River - Yilan County - ** Luodong Ri ... References Rivers of Taiwan Landforms of Yilan County, Taiwan {{taiwan-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yılankale
Yılankale ( Turkish for "Castle of the Snakes" or "Snake Castle") is a late 12th–13th century Armenian castle in Adana Province of Turkey. It is known in Armenian as Levonkla ( "Levon's fortress") after its possible founder—King Leo (Levon) I the Magnificent (r. 1198/9–1219) of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Medieval Armenian names attached to the site are Kovara and Vaner. A hill castle, Yılankale is located on a rocky hill overlooking the east bank of the Ceyhan River, and the Bronze and Iron Age site of Sirkeli Höyük, six kilometers west of the town of Ceyhan. The building is locally known as the home of Shahmaran, a mythical creature half woman and half snake. The walls, as well as the numerous horseshoe-shaped towers and vaulted chambers, are built with beautifully cut rusticated masonry and are carefully adapted to the coiling outcrop of limestone to create three baileys. The archaeological and historical assessment of this castle published in 1987 (with a sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yılan Island
Yılan Island ( tr, Yılan Adası, literally Snake Island) is a Mediterranean island in Turkey. It is administratively a part of Kaş ilçe (district) of Antalya Province at . At the past it was one of the Xenagorou islands ( grc, Ξεναγόρου νῆσοι). The uninhabited island is a long island where the longer dimension (south west to north east) is over . The shortest distance to the main land (Anatolia Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...) is about .Sıçam Island, a smaller island is to the north east of Yılan Island. The deep sea to the southern shore of the island is ideal for underwater sports. References {{Islands of Turkey Islands of Turkey Islands of Antalya Province Kaş District Mediterranean islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
