Taipei

:Alternative meaning: Taipei County

History

The region known as the Taipei basin was home to Ketagalan tribes before the 18th century. Han Chinese began to settle in Taipei Basin in 1709.

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Ketagalan - 18th century - Han Chinese - Taipei Basin - 1709

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In the late 19th century, Taipei gained economic importance due to the trade of tea. In 1875, the northern part of Taiwan was separated from Taiwan Prefecture (台灣府) and became Taipei Prefecture (台北府). A new city was established in the Taipei basin for the new bureaucracy, located between two populous towns, Bangka (艋舺) and Dadaocheng (大稻埕). The new city was known as Chengnei (城內), and government buildings were erected there. Taiwan became a province of China in 1885, but remained a temporary capital of the province before it became the official one in 1894.

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19th century - Tea - 1875 - Taiwan Prefecture - Taipei Prefecture - Bangka - Dadaocheng - Chengnei

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As settlement for losing the Sino-Japanese War, China ceded the entire island of Taiwan to Japan in 1895. Taipei was the political center of the Japanese Colonial Government. Much of the architecture of Taipei dates from the period of Japanese rule (during which the city was known in Japanese as Taihoku) including the Presidential Building which was the Office of the Taiwan Governor-General. See Taipei Prefecture (Japanese Rule).

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Sino-Japanese War - China - Japan - 1895 - Taipei Prefecture (Japanese Rule)

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In 1949, the Communists forced the Kuomintang government under Chiang Kai-shek to flee mainland China and establish Taipei as the provisional capital of the ROC (Nanjing remained designated as the official ROC capital). Taipei was also the capital of Taiwan Province until the 1960s when that was moved to Jhongsing Village.

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1949 - Communists - Kuomintang - Chiang Kai-shek - Mainland China - Nanjing - Taiwan Province - 1960s - Jhongsing Village

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From 1875 (during the Qing Dynasty) until the beginning of Japanese rule in 1895, Taipei was part of Danshuei County (淡水縣) of Taipei Prefecture (台北府). Taipei was incorporated in 1920 as part of Taipei Prefecture (台北州). It included Bangka, Dadaocheng, and Chengnei among other small settlements. The eastern village Songshan (松山庄) was annexed into Taipei City in 1938. As approved on December 30, 1966 by Executive Yuan, Taipei became a centrally administered municipality on July 1, 1967. In the following year, Taipei City expanded again by annexing Shilin, Beitou, Neihu, Nangang, Jingmei, and Muzha. In 1990, 16 districts in Taipei City were consolidated into the current 12 districts.

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Qing Dynasty - Taipei Prefecture - 1920 - Taipei Prefecture - Bangka - Dadaocheng - Chengnei - Songshan - 1938 - 1966 - Executive Yuan - Centrally administered municipality - July 1 - 1967 - Shilin - Beitou - Neihu - Nangang - Jingmei - Muzha - Districts

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