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Port of Keelung

Field	Value
name	Port of Keelung
基隆港
image	Port of Keelung 20241105.jpg
image_size	250px
pushpin_map	Taiwan
pushpin_map_caption	Taiwan
location	Keelung, Taiwan
coordinates
locode	TWKEL
operated	Taiwan International Ports Corporation
type	Port
website

基隆港

The Port of Keelung (), also known as Keelung Harbor, is located in the vicinity of Keelung City, Taiwan. It is operated by Taiwan International Ports Corporation, Taiwan's state-owned port management company.

History

The Port of Keelung opened in 1886. During the Japanese colonial administration, the Government-General of Taiwan started the development of Keelung Harbor. By the early and middle 20th century, it was the largest port in Taiwan at the time. The Port of Keelung brought prosperity to the city of Keelung, with Keelung growing into the 4th largest city in Taiwan (after Taipei, Tainan, Kaohsiung).

Following the defeat of the Japanese in the Second World War, the Japanese army retreated from Taiwan through the Port of Keelung. It was also the main port through which Chinese officials entered Taiwan to take over Taiwan from Japan. With the rapid economic growth in Taiwan during the 1960s-70s, the Port of Keelung became one of the busiest ports in the world. In 1984, Port of Keelung was the 7th busiest cargo port in the world.

Architecture

The port forms a narrow waterway with approximately 2,000 meters in length and 400 meters in width that extends from the inner harbor in the southwest to the port mouth in the northwest.

Destinations

The port serves destinations to the Matsu Islands, Xiamen, Okinawa and Keelung Islet.

Transportation

The Port of Keelung is accessible from Keelung Station of Taiwan Railway.

References

"UNLOCODE (TW) - TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA".
"WELCOME TO PORT OF KEELUNG-About the Port".
"Attractions > Hot Spots > Keelung City > Keelung Harbor >".
(20 June 2019). "Keelung Islet to reopen to tourists after 5-year closure". Focus Taiwan.

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