![]() In 1878, Keelung was formed into a ting or sub-prefecture. In 1875, Taipeh Prefecture was created and included Keelung. In 1863, the Qing Empire opened up Keelung as a trading port and the city enjoyed rapid development due to the abundant commodities such as placer gold and high quality coal found in the drainage area of Keelung River. Most of the survivors-over 130 from the Nerbudda and 54 from the Ann-were executed in Tainan in August 1842. In October 1841, HMS Nimrod sailed to Keelung to search for the Nerbudda survivors, but after Captain Joseph Pearse found out that they were sent south for imprisonment, he ordered the bombardment of the harbour and destroyed 27 sets of cannon before returning to Hong Kong. The Taiwan Qing commanders, Ta-hung-ah and Yao Ying, filed a disingenuous report to the emperor, claiming to have defended against an attack from the Keelung fort. Survivors from both ships were transferred by authorities to the capital Tainan. The brig Ann also became shipwrecked in March 1842. In September 1841, during the First Opium War, the British transport ship Nerbudda became shipwrecked near Keelung Harbour due to a typhoon. Given the strategic and commercial value of Taiwan, there were British suggestions in 18 to seize the island. Main articles: First Opium War and Nerbudda incident However, trade with Qing China through Keelung was not what they hoped it would be and, in 1668, they left after getting harassed by aboriginals. The Dutch came back in 1663 and re-occupied and strengthened their earlier forts. ( Siege of Fort Zeelandia), the crew of the Keelung forts fled to the Dutch trading post in Japan. When Ming Dynasty loyalist Koxinga successfully attacked the Dutch in southern Taiwan The Dutch had three more minor fortifications in Keelung and also a little school and a preacher. They reduced its size and renamed it Fort Noort-Hollant. The Dutch East India Company took over the Spanish Fort San Salvador at Santissima Trinidad. From 1642 to 16–1668, Keelung was under Dutch control. The Spanish ruled it as a part of Spanish Formosa. The Spanish expedition to Formosa in the early 17th century was its first contact with the West by 1624 the Spanish had built San Salvador de Quelung, a fort in Keelung serving as an outpost of the Manila-based Spanish East Indies. Keelung was first inhabited by the Ketagalan, a tribe of Taiwanese aborigine. In Hanyu Pinyin, a system created for Mandarin Chinese in Mainland China, the name of Keelung is written as Jīlóng (the shift from initial K to J is a recent development in the Beijing dialect, see Old Mandarin). In Taiwanese Hokkien, native language of the area, the city is called Ke-lâng. Under Japanese rule (1895–1945), the city was also known to the west by the Japanese romanization Kīrun (also written as Kiirun ). In Mandarin, probably the working language of Chinese government at the time, both the old and new names were likely pronounced Gīlóng (hence "Keelung"). In 1875, during the late Qing era, a new official name was given ( Chinese: 基隆 pinyin: Jīlóng lit. 'person'), the noun root being replaced with the common Taiwanese Hokkien term for people, while the domain marker circumfix " ke-an" being reduced to just the prefix. In this case, the Ketagalan people were the first inhabitants, and early Han settlers probably approximated "Ketagalan" with Ke-lâng ( Ketagalan: ke-, "domain marker prefix" + Taiwanese Hokkien Chinese: 儂 / 人 Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng lit. While it has been proposed that this name was derived from the local mountain that took the shape of a rooster cage, it is more likely that the name was derived from the first inhabitants of the region, as are the names of many other Taiwanese cities. '“rooster cage", "hencoop” or “chicken coop”' ). However, the Taiwanese people have long called the city Kelang ( Chinese: 雞籠 Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ke-lâng/Koe-lâng lit. Davidson related that "Kelung" was among the few well-known names, thus warranting no alternate Japanese romanization. In his 1903 general history of Taiwan, US Consul to Formosa (1898–1904) James W. By the early 20th century, the city was known to the Western world as Kelung, as well as the variants Kiloung, Kilang and Keelung. The city was founded by the Spanish Empire in 1626, called La Santisima Trinidad.Īccording to early Chinese accounts, this northern coastal area was originally called Pak-kang ( Chinese: 北港 Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-káng). Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport (after Kaohsiung). The city is a part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with the neibouring New Taipei city and Taipei. Keelung ( / ˈ k iː ˈ l ʊ ŋ/) or Jilong ( / ˈ dʒ iː ˈ l ʊ ŋ/) ( pinyin: Jīlóng Hokkien POJ: Ke-lâng), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan.
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