Yilan County, Taiwan

Yilan County 宜蘭縣 Abbreviation(s): Yilan (宜蘭)
County seat	Yilan City
Region	Northeastern Taiwan
County Magistrate	Lu Kuo-Hua (呂國華)
Cities	1
Townships	11
Area
- Total	2,143.6251 km² (6 of 25)
- % water	n/a %
Population
- Total	460,908 (Mar. 2009) (17 of 25)
- Density	215.01/km²
Symbols
- County flower	n/a
- County tree	Chinese flame tree (Koelreuteria formosana)
- County bird	n/a
Official websites	[1]

Yilan County is a county in Northeastern Taiwan. Its name comes from the aboriginal Kavalan tribe. Yilan is officially administered as a county of Taiwan.

Administration

Yilan County controls one township-level cities (縣轄市), three urban townships (鎮), and eight rural townships (鄉).

See also: Administrative divisions of the Republic of China

Activities

• Yilan International Children's Folklore and Folkgame Festival (traditional Chinese: 宜蘭國際童玩藝術節), “A dreamland for the children of Taiwan, a magnet for art from around the world, a garden of culture for the people of Ilan.” Seven years ago, these were the concepts that launched the first ICFFF, and over the years the people of Yilan have been making it happen step by step. Of all Taiwan’s folk festivals, the ICFFF is probably the best known internationally.

• Each summer, Dongshan River Water Park (traditional Chinese: 冬山河親水公園) attracts countless children and the themes of the various years have become for many part of the collective memory. The number of people attending has grown each year since the festival was first held in 1996, surpassing one million visits for the first time in 2002. Not only does the event enrich Ilan’s cultural soil and create business opportunities, it offers a highly successful example which other cities and counties across Taiwan can draw on as they also attempt to bring more culture and art into the life of their communities.

• Started from 2004, Yilan Green International Film Festival in Taiwan (GIFT) is a non-competition film festival which launch its 3rd edition from 28/4 to 06/5, 2006. GIFT also aims to build up an archive collecting the selected works for the purposes of relevant research as well as education. GIFT is an international film festival taking place in a beautiful country side of Taiwan. As always, our guests will notice the clean and peaceful landscape of Yilan County and the hospitality of Yilan people. We hope that GIFT is a film festival that could fulfill the expectations of all kind of the audience

• Yilan International Collegiate Invitational Regatta [2]

Attractions

National Center for Traditional Arts.

Su-ao Cold Spring.

• Guishan Island, an island located 10 km east of Toucheng Town

• Dolphin and whale watching ^[1]

• Northeast Coast National Scenic Area (東北角海岸國家風景區)

• Jiaoxi Hot Springs (礁溪溫泉) ^[2]

• Wufongci Scenic Area (五峰旗風景區) ^[3]

• Taiping Mountain (太平山) ^[4]
• Luodong Night Market(羅東夜市) ^[5]

Former elected magistrates

1. Chen Ding-nan (陳定南) (1981-1989)
2. Yu Shyi-kun (游錫堃) (1989-1997)
3. Liu Shou-ch'eng (劉守成) (1997-2005)

References

1. ^ East Coast Whale and Dolphin Watching Activities (Yilan, Hualien and Taitung) Taiwan.net.com
2. ^ Jiaosi Hot Springs National Central Library
3. ^ Wufongci (Five-Peak Flag) Scenic Area National Central Library
4. ^ Taipingshan Taiwan.com.au
5. ^ Travel BureauMOTC, R.O.C.

See also

• Township (Taiwan)

External links

• Yilan County Government Website (Chinese) (English)
• ICFFF website (Chinese)
• NE Coast National Scenic Area website (English)
• Wufongci Waterfall (Japanese)
• Yilan - A Natural Choice for Families

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