Keelung City

Keelung 基隆市
Provincial city
Top:A panoramic view of downtown Keelung and Keelung Poqt, Second Left:A gate of Jhongjheng, Second right:An interchange of Zhoungshan Expressway, Third left :Northern coast of Keelung, Third right:Keelung Port, Bottom left:A monument loliginidae style windmill in downtown, Bottom right:Keelung Isler
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): The Rainy Port (雨港)
Coordinates: 25°08′N 121°44′E / 25.133°N 121.733°E / 25.133; 121.733Coordinates: 25°08′N 121°44′E / 25.133°N 121.733°E / 25.133; 121.733
Country	Taiwan
Region	Northern Taiwan
Districts	7
City seat	Zhongzheng District
Government
• Mayor	Lin Yu-chang (DPP)
• Deputy Mayor	Lin Yong-fa
Area
• Total	132.7589 km2 (51.2585 sq mi)
Area rank	18 of 22
Population (2016)
• Total	371,878
• Rank	16 of 22
• Density	2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi)
Time zone	National Standard Time (UTC+8)
Postal code	200-206
Area code(s)	(0)32
- Bird	Eagle
- Flower	Common crepe myrtle
- Tree	Formosan Sweet-gum
English	Keelung/KLC
Chinese	基隆/基市
Website	www.klcg.gov.tw

Keelung, officially known as Keelung City (Chinese: 基隆市; pinyin: Jīlóng Shì), is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. It borders New Taipei with which it forms the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with Taipei itself. Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport (after Kaohsiung).

According to early Chinese accounts, this northern coastal area was originally called Pak-kang (Chinese: 北港; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-káng). By the early 20th century, the city was known to the Western world as Kelung, as well as the variants Kiloung, Kilang and Keelung. In his 1903 general history of Taiwan, US Consul to Formosa (1898–1904) James W. Davidson related that "Kelung" was among the few well-known names, thus warranting no alternate Japanese romanization.

However, the Taiwanese people have long called the city Kelang (Chinese: 雞籠; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ke-lâng/Koe-lâng; literally: "rooster cage" or "hencoop"). It has been proposed that this name was derived 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. In this case, the Ketagalan people were the first inhabitants, and early Han settlers probably approximated "Ketagalan" with Ke-lâng (Hokkien phonetics).

In 1875, during the late Qing era, a new official name was given (Chinese: 基隆; pinyin: Jīlóng; literally: "base prosperous"). In Mandarin, probably the working language of Chinese government at the time, both the old and new names were likely pronounced Kīlóng (hence "Keelung").