Daan District, Taichung

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| subdivision_name1 = Taichung

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| subdivision_name2 = Taiwan

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| area_total_km2 = 27.4045

| population_as_of= March 2023

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| population_total = 18177

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Daan District{{cite magazine|magazine=Travel in Taiwan|title=Spirits-ual Exploration of the Taichung/Nantou Area|author=RICK CHARETTE|date=November 2019|pages=20,22|quote=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|publisher=Tourism Bureau, MOTC}} ({{zh|c=大安區|p=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,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}}. during the First Opium War, the brig Ann became shipwrecked near Daan harbour.Polachek, James M. (1992). The Inner Opium War. Council of East Asian Studies. p. 187. It had 57 personnel, mostly Indian seacunnies and lascars.[https://books.google.com/books?id=tiAPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA114 The Chinese Repository]. Volume 12. Canton. 1843. p. 114. Survivors of the wreck, along with the survivors of the Nerbudda shipwreck in September 1841, were executed in Tainan in August 1842.

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{{cite web|url=http://eng.taichung.gov.tw/ct.aspx?xItem=5323&ctNode=2126&mp=24|date=26 March 2015|title=Daan Coastal Park|website=Department of Personnel|access-date=21 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

References

External links

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Category:Districts of Taichung