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keelung, taiwan
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Keelung, officially known as Keelung City, 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 was first inhabited by the Ketagalan, a tribe of Taiwanese aborigine. The Spanish expedition
to Formosa in the early 17th century was its first contact with the West; by 1624 the Spanish had built
San Salvador de Quelung, a fort in Keelung serving as an outpost of the Manila-based Spanish East Indies.
The Spanish ruled it as a part of Spanish Formosa. From 1642 to 1661 and 1663–1668, Keelung was under Dutch
control. The Dutch East India Company took over the Spanish Fort San Salvador at Santissima Trinidad.
They reduced its size and renamed it Fort Noort-Hollant. The Dutch had three more minor fortifications
in Keelung and also a little school and a preacher.
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jetsetjohnny.ca features
John Simone`s
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travel
photography
Follow @johnsimonephoto_travel: Instagram
Simone spent 5 years traveling
to over 80 countries as Senior Photographer
and Photography Teacher on Princess Cruises
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