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| Geographic Coordinates :
| tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year .
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| Area Total :
| 35,980 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 32,260 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 3,720 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| slightly smaller than Maryland and Delaware combined .
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| Coast Line :
| 1,566.3 km .
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| Railways Total :
| 2,544 km .
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| Highways Total :
| 35,931 km .
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| Waterways :
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| Ports and Harbors :
| Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, T'ai-chung .
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Map Hualien Hualian 1960,
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Population on 31-Dec-04 : 109324
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Hualien City (Chinese: Hanyu Pinyin: H?ali?nsh?; Wade-Giles: Hua-lien; POJ: Hoa-li?n-chh?) is the capital of Hualien County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. It is on the coast of the Pacific Ocean.
According to The Record of Hualien County, the place was originally called Chilai (??), but this name was abandoned by the Japanese in early 20th century because it sounds like "despise" in Japanese and used Hualien instead. Hualien is an approximate homonym of Huilang (??), which means "recurring waves (of the Pacific Ocean)".
The Spaniards tried to mine gold in Hualien in 1622. Permanent settlements began in 1851, when 2,200 Han Chinese farmers led by Huang A-fong of Taipei arrived at Fengchuan. In 1875, more farmers, led by Lin Cang-an (???) of Yilan, settled at Fengchuan. But by the time of the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), when Hualien City, along with the rest of Taiwan, was ceded to Japan, there were still not many settlers in Hualien. In about 1912, the city expanded to Guohua and Guoan Villages, a region later known as Old New Port. Around 1923, the city continued to expand to Aolang Port (???), today known as New Port, including Guowei and Guoji Villages.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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