Daan_District,_Taichung

Daan District, Taichung

Daan District, Taichung

District in Taichung

24.365237°N 120.590202°E / 24.365237; 120.590202

Quick Facts 大安區Da'an, Municipality ...

Daan District[1] (Chinese: 大安區; pinyin: Dà'ān Qū) is a coastal suburban district in Taichung, Taiwan, upgraded from Da-an Township. It lies between the Dajia river and the Da-an river.

The district's economy is based on rice.

The climate is sub-tropical.

History

In March 1842,[2] during the First Opium War, the brig Ann became shipwrecked near Daan harbour.[3] It had 57 personnel, mostly Indian seacunnies and lascars.[4] Survivors of the wreck, along with the survivors of the Nerbudda shipwreck in September 1841, were executed in Tainan in August 1842.[2]

Administrative divisions

Nanpu, Nanzhuang, Zhongzhuang, Tong'an, Fuxing, Guike, Ding'an, Yong'an, Fuzhu, Haiqi, Xi'an and Songya Villages.

Tourist attractions

  • Da'an Coastal Park[5]

References

  1. [1]
    RICK CHARETTE (November 2019). "Spirits-ual Exploration of the Taichung/Nantou Area". Travel in Taiwan. Tourism Bureau, MOTC. pp. 20, 22. The Daan District is west of Waipu, in Taichung's northwest corner, the Taiwan Strait on its west, Daan River on its north, Dajia River on its south.{...}Taro field in Daan District.{...}Daan District, Taichung City
  2. [2]
    Gordon, Leonard H. D. (2007). Confrontation over Taiwan: Nineteenth-Century China and the Powers. Plymouth: Lexington Books. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7391-1868-9.
  3. [3]
    Polachek, James M. (1992). The Inner Opium War. Council of East Asian Studies. p. 187.
  4. [4]
    The Chinese Repository. Volume 12. Canton. 1843. p. 114.
  5. [5]
    "Daan Coastal Park". Department of Personnel. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
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