KEELUNG
Spotlight on
Keelung-Taipei
East China Sea
China
Taipei
Formosa Strait
Taiwan
Pacific Ocean
PORT & SHOPPING MAP
HISTORY
Under Japanese rule, the Keelung city was known to the west
as Kirun. To the Taiwanese people, the city is known in the
Taiwanese language as Ke-lâng, traditionally associated with
the Chinese characters meaning ‘rooster cage’. The locals
continue to call the city Ke-lâng despite the fact that the
two characters were subsequently changed in 1875 to
the more auspicious but differently pronounced meaning
‘prosperous base’. It has been proposed that the name Keelung was
originated from the local mountain that took the shape of
a rooster cage. However, it is more probable that the name
was derived from the first inhabitants of the region, as are the
names of many other Taiwanese cities.
Keelung was first inhabited by the Ketagalan, a tribe of Taiwanese aborigine. Its first contact with the
west was the Spanish. From 1642 to 1661 and 1663 to 1668, Keelung was under Dutch control. The
Dutch East India Company attacked the Spanish and, after a short successful siege, took over their Fort
San Salvador at Santissima Trinidad. They reduced its size and renamed it Fort Noort-Holland. The Dutch
had three more minor fortifications in Keelung and also a little school and a preacher. When Ming
Dynasty loyalist Koxinga (Cheng Ch’en-Kung) successfully attacked the Dutch in the South of Taiwan,
the crew of the Keelung forts fled to the Dutch trading post in Japan. The Dutch came back in 1663 and
re-occupied and strengthened their earlier forts. However, trade with China through Keelung was not
what they hoped it would be and in 1668 they left voluntarily.
In 1863, the Qing Empire opened up Keelung as a trading port. From October 1884 to July 1885,
the French occupied. Keelung became a town in Keelung District, Taipei Prefecture in 1920 and was
upgraded to a city of Taipei Prefecture in 1924. Coal mining peaked in 1968.
docking
The ship docks at the Keelung Port.
Store Hours
Generally, shops open from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm.
Shore Excursions
Please check your tour ticket for the correct
meeting time and location for your tour. Your
cruise line representative will direct you to your
transportation.
Bank Hours
Generally, banks are open from 9:00 am to
5:30 pm from Monday to Friday, and from
9:00 am to noon on Saturday.
Transportation
Public transportation including taxis and buses
are available.
Shopping
Local Keelung gifts include lacquer ware, silk,
pearls, and jewelry, electronics, fine art and local
crafts.
03/03/08
Post Office Information
The Post Office is located at No. 56, Jhongjheng
Rd., Jhongjheng District. It is open from 8:00 am
to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday.
Emergency
In case of emergency, dial 110.
East China Sea
China
Taipei
Formosa Strait
Taiwan
Pacific Ocean
capital
The capital of Taiwan is Taipei.
Size
Keelung is approximately 132.758
Km2 in size
Location
Keelung is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of
Taiwan.
Language
The official language of Keelung
is Mandarin.
Currency
The official currency of Keelung is
the New Taiwan Dollar.
Time Zone
Keelung is on GMT/UTC +8.
Population
Approximately 390,300 people
live in Keelung.
places to see
Shiandung Cave
This sea-eroded cave, more than 80 meters long,
has walls decorated with lifelike carvings of the 18
Arhats of Buddhist lore.
The Confucius Shrine
The year after Confucius’ death (478 B.C.), the
emperor Luaikung gave orders to build a temple in
Confucius’ residence in Chuehli, Chufu, Shantung,
all origins of Confucius’ temple.
National Palace Museum
The National Palace Museum houses the world’s Lung Shan Temple
largest and most valuable collection of Chinese Lung Shan means, Dragon Mountain, the name of
art.
Taipei’s oldest and most popular temple. Originally
dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy it is now known
as the ‘meeting place of the gods.’ Constructed in
the 18th century, the temple has had its share of
natural disasters.
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