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HISTORY Keelung was first inhabited by the Ketagalan , a tribe of Taiwanese Aborigine . "Keelung" used to be written in the Homophonous characters meaning " Rooster Cage" (雞籠), named after a local mountain of such a shape. Another theory suggests that the characters were transcription of a Ketagalan placename. The characters were changed in 1875 ( Qing Dynasty ) to mean "The Base that Prospers". In 1863, the Qing Empire opened up Keelung as a trading port. From 1 October 1884 to July 1885, the French occupied Keelung (from 29 March 1885 the Pescadores too); the military governor was André-Amédée-Anatole-Prosper Courbet (b. 1827 - d. 1885). A systematic city development started during the Japan ese Occupation, after the 8 May 1895 Treaty Of Shimonoseki , which handed all Taiwan over to Japan, in force. Keelung became a town in Keelung District, Taipei Prefecture in 1920 and was upgraded to a city of Taipei Prefecture in 1924. Coal Mining peaked in 1968. ADMINISTRATION Keelung administers seven Districts : POPULATION GROWTH
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