Yilan City ( Mandarin

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: ''Yílán Shì'';

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POJ: ''Gî-lân-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the

county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US ...

of Yilan County, Taiwan Province,

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. 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

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settlers during the Qing Dynasty in China (1802) and settlers from

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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 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''. 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.

Republic of China

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the

on 25 October 1945, Yilan City was created in January 1946 as a county-administered city the

of the newly created Yilan County and continue to become the political, economical and cultural centers of the region.

Geography

Yilan City is located on Lanyang Plain with an average altitude of 7.38 meters above sea level. * Area: * Population: 95,907 (December 2016)

Climate

Yilan City experiences a

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( Köppen: ''Cfa'') with mild winters and hot, humid summers.

Administrative divisions

Yilan City consists of 38 villages and 478 neighborhoods, including: *Baili (), Beijin (), Beimen (), Caiyuan (), Chenggong (), Cian (), Daxin (), Fuguo (), Fuxing (), Jianjun (), Jianye (), Jiaobai (), Jinshi (), Kaixuan (), Liming (), Meizhou (), Minquan (), Minzu (), Nanjin (), Nanmen (), Nanqiao (), Qijie (), Qizhang (), Shennong (), Siyuan (), Taishan (), Dongcun (), Dongmen/Tungmen (), Wenhua (), Xiaolian (), Xiaodong (), Ximen (), Xinmin (), Xinsheng (), Xindong (), Yanping (), Zhongshan () and Zhongxing ()

Government institutions

* Yilan County Government * Yilan County Council * Institute of Yilan County History

Tourist attractions

* Former Yilan Prison * Memorial Hall of Founding of Yilan Administration * Yilan Brick Kiln * Yilan Confucian Temple * Yilan Distillery Chia Chi Lan Wine Museum * Yilan Literary Museum * Yilan Museum of Art

Transportation

Yilan City is accessible by

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of the Taiwan Railways.

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External links

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Northeast and Yilan Coast National Scenic Area
{{Authority control County-administered cities of Taiwan Populated places in Yilan County, Taiwan