Keelung

Keelung

Keelung City (also Jilong or Chilung) 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). Keelung is currently administered as a provincial municipality within Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. Due to the limited flat lands of Keelung which hinders its development, Keelung is proposed to combine with New Taipei in Oct 2012, however, the city seats of Keelung will drop from 5 to 1 due to its population fraction of the New Taipei city. The current city seats of Keelung refused to combine even though 70% of the residents in Keelung have supported this proposal.