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Key facts
- Country
- Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Province
- Taiwan Province (streamlined)
- Part of taihoku prefecture
- 17 April 1895
- Wirhin taipei county
- 7 January 1946
- Separation from taipei county
- 10 October 1950
- Seat
- Yilan City
- Subdivisions
- 11 townships , 1 county-administered city
- Body
- Yilan County Government Yilan County Council
- Magistrate
- Lin Mao-sheng (acting)
- Total
- 2,143.6251 km (827.6583 sq mi)
- Rank
- 6 of 22
- Density
- 209.939/km (543.740/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( National Standard Time )
- Iso 3166 code
- TW-ILA
- Website
- enwww .e-land .gov .tw
- Flower
- Cymbidium
- Tree
- Chinese flame tree ( Koelreuteria formosana )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Yilan, alternately spelled I-lan, is a county in northeastern Taiwan. It has a population of 450,031, and its seat is located in Yilan City.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yilan County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.