Keelung
provincial-level city and the northernmost city in Taiwan
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Summary
Keelung is a provincial city[1]. Keelung draws 2,080 Wikipedia views per month (provincial city category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Taiwan Province[3]
- Country: Taiwan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Keelung River[5]
- Head of government: Hsieh Kuo-liang[6]
- Continent: Asia[7]
- Instance of: city[8], big city[9], enclave[10]
- Capital: Zhongzheng District[11]
- Shares border with: New Taipei[12]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Qidu District[13], Anle District[14], Zhongshan District[15], Zhongzheng District[16], Xinyi District[17], Ren-ai District[18], Nuannuan District[19]
- Twinned administrative body: Bacolod[20], Davao City[21], Rosemead[22], Salt Lake City[23], Thunder Bay[24], Yakima[25], Bikini Atoll[26], Corpus Christi[27], East London[28], Miyakojima[29], Takamatsu[30]
- Legislative body: Keelung City Council[31]
- Executive body: Keelung City Government[32]
- Postal code: 200–206[33]
- Part of: Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area[34]
- Commons category: Keelung[35]
- Located in time zone: Taiwan time[36]
- Local dialing code: 32[37]
- Exclave of: Taiwan Province[38]
- Enclave within: New Taipei[39]
- Inception: 1945[40]
- Official website: https://www.klcg.gov.tw/en/Default/Index[41]
- Topic's main category: Category:Keelung[42]
- Commons gallery: 基隆[43]
- Population: 387,207[44], 370,155[45], 367,107[46], 361,600[47], 361,491[48], 360,429[49]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Keelung[50]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Keelung include Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area[51], a metropolitan area[52], in Taiwan[53].
Why It Matters
Keelung has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Keelung is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for Keelung include Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area[51], a metropolitan area[52], in Taiwan[53].