Anle District () is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

of the city of Keelung,

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. With 80,521 inhabitants, it is the largest settlement in Keelung.

History

In March 1988, the Keelung city government reassigned administration of several urban villages between districts. Sih-wha, Sih-rong, Sih-ding, Sih-kong, Deh-ho, Deh-ann, and Chung-ho, originally part of Anle District, became part of Zhongshan District (Chung-shan). Ying-geh, Chi-sien, She-wei, San-min, Wu-fu and Liu-ho, originally part of

Qidu District Qidu District or Cidu District () is a district of the city of Keelung, Taiwan. It borders New Taipei to the west. History During the period of Japanese rule, included modern day Qidu and Nuannuan districts and was governed under of Taih ...

(Chi-du) became part of Anle District.

Geography

Area Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an ope ...

: 18.025 km² *

Population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

: 80,623 (March 2023)

Administrative divisions

Anle District includes 25 urban villages: Siwei/Sihwei (), Qixian/Cisian (), Jiaren (), Yongkang (), Gancheng (), Xinxi/Sinsi (), Xichuan/Sichuan (), Dingguo (), Dingbang (), Leyi (), Anhe (), Ciren/Cihren (), Xinlun/Sinlun (), Neiliao (), Zhonglun/Jhonglun (), Wulun (), Wailiao (), Xingliao/Singliao (), Changle (), Wufu (), Liuhe/Liouhe (), Sanmin (), Ying'an/Ying-an (), Yingge (), Zhuangguan (). Formerly: Anguo, Baoding, Daitiansfu, Dawulun, Gangkou, Guanyin, Maijin, Qingrenhu, Siding, Sincheng, Sinhuei, Sinlun, Wuling, Yinggeshi.

Tourist attractions

* Dawulun Fort * Xinshan Reservoir * Au-de Fishing Port * Lovers Lake * Shi-fang-da-jyue Temple

Notable natives

Lu Shiow-yen Lu Shiow-yen (; born 31 August 1961) is a Taiwanese politician and former television presenter. She is the incumbent Mayor of Taichung since 25 December 2018. Education and early career Lu earned a bachelor's degree from National Chengchi Unive ...

, Mayor of

Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Ta ...

References

External links

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活力新基隆第二集安樂區
('Lively New Keelung Episode Two Anle District') {{Districts in Taiwan Districts of Keelung