Keelung City

**Keelung** (; Hokkien POJ: **'), officially known as **Keelung City_', is a provincial city of Taiwan Province, Republic of China. It is in the northeastern part of the island. It is next to Taipei County. Nicknamed the _Rainy Port'' for its frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport (after Kaohsiung).

### Early History

Keelung was first inhabited by the Ketagalan, a tribe of Taiwanese aborigine. 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. The Spanish ruled it as a part of Spanish Formosa. From 1642 to 1661 and 1663–1668, Keelung was under Dutch control. The Dutch East India Company took over the Spanish Fort San Salvador at Santissima Trinidad.

### Twin towns – Sister cities

Keelung is twinned with:
- Bacolod and Davao City, Philippines
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands
- Campbell, California, U.S.
- Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
- East London, South Africa
- Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
- Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan
- Rosemead, California, U.S.
- Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
- Sangju, North Gyeongsang, South Korea
- Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
- Yakima, Washington, U.S.

## Other websites

- WorldStatesmen.org — Taiwan

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Keelung City
- **other name**: Kīrun, Ke-lung, Chilung
- **settlement type**: Provincial city (Taiwan), City
- **image skyline**: Keelung City Montage.png
- **image caption**: Top: A panoramic view of downtown Keelung and Keelung Port

Second left: Main gate of Chung Cheng Park (Keelung), Chung Cheng Park

Second right: Start of Freeway 1 (Taiwan), Sun Yat-sen Freeway

Third left: Northern coast of Keelung

Third right: Keelung Port

Bottom left: A pencil squid (_Loliginidae_)-style windmill in downtown

Bottom right: Keelung Island
- **image flag**: Flag of Keelung City.svg
- **image seal**: Seal of Keelung.svg
- **seal type**: Logo
- **nickname**: The Rainy Port ()
- **image map**: Taiwan ROC political division map Keelung City.svg
- **iso code**: TW-KEE
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Taiwan (Republic of China)
- **subdivision type1**: Region
- **subdivision name1**: Northern Taiwan
- **subdivision type2**: Districts
- **subdivision name2**: 7
- **seat type**: City seat
- **seat**: Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Zhongzheng District
- **leader title1**: Mayor
- **leader name1**: Lin Yu-chang (Democratic Progressive Party, DPP)
- **leader title2**: Deputy Mayor
- **leader name2**: Lin Yong-fa
- **area total km2**: 132.7589
- **area rank**: 18 of 22
- **population total**: 371878
- **population as of**: 2016
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population rank**: 16 of 22
- **timezone**: National Standard Time
- **utc offset**: +8
- **website**: [https://www.klcg.gov.tw/en/Default/Index klcg.gov.tw]
- **blank name sec1**: Symbols
- **blank1 name sec1**: – Bird
- **blank1 info sec1**: Eagle
- **blank2 name sec1**: – Flower
- **blank2 info sec1**: Common crepe Lagerstroemia, myrtle
- **blank3 name sec1**: – Tree
- **blank3 info sec1**: Formosan Sweet-gum
- **blank name sec2**: Abbreviations
- **blank1 name sec2**: English
- **blank1 info sec2**: Keelung/KLC
- **blank2 name sec2**: Chinese
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: 200–206
- **area code**: (0)32


## Infobox (chinese)

- **title**: Keelung City
- **p**: Jīlóng Shì
- **gr**: Jilong Shyh
- **tp**: Jilóng Shìh
- **mps**: Jīlúng Shr̀
- **w**: Chi¹-lung² Shih⁴
- **bpmf**: ㄐㄧ   ㄌㄨㄥˊ   ㄕˋ
- **myr**: Jīlúng Shr̀
- **phfs**: Kî-lùng-sṳ
- **poj**: Ke-lâng-chhī
- **tl**: Ke-lâng-tshī
- **showflag**: ppoj
- **altname**: Taiwanese Hokkien Name
- **poj2**: Ke-lâng-chhī/Koe-lâng-chhī
- **kanji**: 基隆市
- **kana**: キールンし
- **romaji**: Kīrun-shi