Yilan County, Taiwan
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Yilan County,[upper-roman 1][1] alternately spelled I-lan,[2] is a county in northeastern Taiwan. Yilan is the northernmost county on the island of Taiwan, with a population 450,031. Its seat is located in Yilan City.
Yilan County
Giran, I-lan, Ilan | |
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Coordinates: 24°45′2″N 121°45′33″E | |
Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
Province | Taiwan Province (streamlined) |
Seat | Yilan City |
Townships/cities | |
Government | |
• Body | |
• Magistrate | Lin Zi-miao (KMT) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,143.6251 km2 (827.6583 sq mi) |
• Rank | 6 of 22 |
Population (September 2023) | |
• Total | 450,031 |
• Rank | 17 of 22 |
• Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (National Standard Time) |
ISO 3166 code | TW-ILA |
Website | enwww |
Symbols | |
Flower | Cymbidium |
Tree | Chinese flame tree (Koelreuteria formosana) |
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Traditional Chinese | 宜蘭縣 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Before the Han Chinese Wu Sha led his company into large-scale reclamation in today’s Yilan in 1787, the area was mainly inhabited by the indigenous Kavalan people. During the Japanese rule, much of the present day Yilan County was part of Japan within its Taihoku Prefecture. When the Republic of China took over Taiwan in 1945, it became part of Taipei County until 10 October 1950 when 12 southeastern townships of Taipei County split off to form the present day Yilan County.