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Yilan
宜蘭市
Giran, I-ran
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| Yilan City | |
Temple in Yilan City
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Seal | |
  Yilan Location in Taiwan | |
| Coordinates: 24°45′N 121°45′E / 24.750°N 121.750°E / 24.750; 121.750 | |
| Country |  Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| County |  Yilan |
| Urban villages (里) | 38[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Chiang Tsung-yuan (江聰淵) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29.87 km2 (11.53 sq mi) |
| Population
(September 2023)
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| • Total | 95,019 |
| • Density | 3,200/km2 (8,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (National Standard Time) |
| Postal code |
260
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| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 宜蘭市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yilan City (Mandarin pinyin: Yílán Shì; Hokkien POJ: Gî-lân-chhī) is a county-administered city and the county seatofYilan County, Taiwan. The city lies on the north side of the Lanyang River.
The Yilan Plain in which the city is located has historically been referred to as Kapalan (Chinese: 蛤仔難; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kap-á-lān),[2] Kapsulan (蛤仔蘭; Kap-chú-lân; also 甲子蘭), Komalan (噶瑪蘭; Kat-má-lán), etc. These names, as well as that of Yilan itself, were given to the sites by the Kavalan tribe of Taiwanese aborigines. Later arrivals included Han Chinese settlers during the Qing dynasty in China (1802) and settlers from Okinawa during Taiwan's Japanese era (1895–1945).
In 1810 under Qing dynasty rule, a formal administration office was established at Wuwei (五圍) and "Komalan Subprefecture" (噶瑪蘭廳; Kat-má-lán Thiaⁿ) was at the present day location of Yilan City. Construction of the city wall was completed a year later. After a few years once the basic infrastructure was ready, the city assumed the political, economical, cultural and educational center for the Lanyang Plain. In 1878, Komalan was a large rice production area commonly called Kapsulan, and became a district called Gilan Hsien.[3] It was one of the three new districts that constituted the new Taipeh Prefecture.
According to the 1904 census, the population of Giran town was about 15,000.[4]
After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China on 25 October 1945, Yilan City was created in January 1946 as a county-administered city the county seat of the newly created Yilan County and continued to become the political, economical and cultural centers of the region.[5]
Yilan City is located on Lanyang Plain with an average altitude of 7.38 meters above sea level.[6]
Yilan City experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa) with mild winters and hot, humid summers.
| Climate data for Yilan City (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1936–present） | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.7 (85.5) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
32.4 (90.3) |
34.9 (94.8) |
36.0 (96.8) |
38.8 (101.8) |
38.2 (100.8) |
35.4 (95.7) |
34.9 (94.8) |
32.7 (90.9) |
29.1 (84.4) |
38.8 (101.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.7 (67.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
25.7 (78.3) |
28.5 (83.3) |
31.4 (88.5) |
33.2 (91.8) |
32.8 (91.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
24.2 (75.6) |
20.9 (69.6) |
26.4 (79.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
24.7 (76.5) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
26.8 (80.2) |
23.8 (74.8) |
21.1 (70.0) |
17.9 (64.2) |
22.8 (73.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) |
14.4 (57.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
18.7 (65.7) |
15.5 (59.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) |
4.2 (39.6) |
4.8 (40.6) |
6.4 (43.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.2 (66.6) |
15.8 (60.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
9.0 (48.2) |
4.8 (40.6) |
3.2 (37.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 155.2 (6.11) |
147.0 (5.79) |
115.2 (4.54) |
125.5 (4.94) |
222.5 (8.76) |
189.6 (7.46) |
140.2 (5.52) |
243.4 (9.58) |
409.6 (16.13) |
428.1 (16.85) |
335.8 (13.22) |
232.2 (9.14) |
2,744.3 (108.04) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 17.5 | 15.5 | 16.8 | 15.0 | 17.9 | 14.5 | 8.9 | 11.7 | 15.2 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 18.5 | 189.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80.3 | 81.1 | 79.6 | 80.8 | 82.6 | 81.9 | 77.9 | 79.0 | 79.5 | 80.7 | 83.0 | 81.4 | 80.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 68.2 | 70.0 | 93.2 | 97.9 | 115.6 | 155.3 | 235.2 | 213.9 | 151.1 | 92.8 | 72.7 | 63.7 | 1,429.6 |
| Source: Central Weather Bureau[8][9][10][11][12] | |||||||||||||
Yilan City consists of 38 villages and 478 neighborhoods, including:[1][13]
Yilan City is accessible by Yilan Station of the Taiwan Railways.
Leawood, Kansas, United States (1988) Madera, California, United States (1994) Rockville, Maryland, United States (2019)Yilan City became a sister cityofRockville, Maryland, in 2019.[14] The relationship gained notoriety as diplomats from the Embassy of China, Washington, D.C., unsuccessfully attempted to scuttle the agreement.[15][16]
Shennong Vil. Minquan Vil. Jinshi Vil. Nanqiao Vil. Jianye Vil. Nanjin Vil. Kaixuan Vil. Liming Vil. Tungcun Vil. Yanping Vil. Qizhang Vil. Cian Vil. Xinmin Vil. Tungmen Vil. Xiaotung Vil. Caiyuan Vil. Xiaolian Vil. Xinsheng Vil. Jiaobai Vil. Beijin Vil. Meizhou Vil. Beimen Vil. Zhongshan Vil. Ximen Vil. Nanmen Vil. Fuguo Vil. Minzu Vil. Jianjun Vil. Siyuan Vil. Wenhua Vil. Fuxing Vil. Chenggong Vil. Xintung Vil. Qijie Vil. Taishan Vil. Daxin Vil. Zhongxing Vil. Baili Vil.
Two embassy diplomats subsequently showed up, expressing "concerns" about Rockville's new relationship with Yilan and offering to have the embassy introduce other mainland Chinese cities to Rockville for potential new sister city relationships.
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