History
Yunlin county's establish can be dated back to the Qing Dynasty. Liu Mingchuan at the time was in charge of Taiwan, at that time, Taiwan was only divided to few counties. However, due to the abundance mountains, transportation and communication between bordering counties such as Changhua County and Chiayi County. Liu suggests to establish a new county called Yunlin for easier management.
In 1887, Yunlin became one of the four counties of Taiwan.
During the Japanese colonial times, Yunlin was again abolished and combined into today's Tainan City. However Douliu continues to be a important city of Central Taiwan.
In 1981, Douliu satisfied the Taiwanese Local Constitution and became the County-controlled city of Yunlin county.
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