Daan

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1. A district of Taipei, Taiwan.

   Heavily residential Daan District is the most crowded, with 27,600 people per square kilometer.

   2015, Sarah Clark, editor, Taipei (Insight Guides), 3rd edition (Travel), Apa Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22

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   "We've had a hit in the Daan District," the CID dispatcher said over the phone. "One hundred percent match over a cell phone."

   2005, Jeff Rovin, “Taipei, Taiwan”, in War of Eagles (Tom Clancy's Op-Center) (Fiction), New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 100

   Over the past four years, Taipei has spent NT$50 million (about US$1.6 million) on the project, which has established sustainable firefly populations in the Wenshan, Daan and Chungshan districts of the city.

   2017 October 24, “How fireflies were brought back from the brink in urban Taipei”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2017, Society

   “In Taiwan, the older generation still buys at auction, whereas the younger generation is more open to exploring galleries; they are diligent in going to biennales and art fairs, they have lived abroad, and they are very much tastemakers for contemporary art,” says Shasha Tittmann, the Taiwanese-born director of Lehmann Maupin gallery in Hong Kong. The gallery is set to open a pop-up ground-floor space in Taipei’s Daan district from June to August this year, showing work by McArthur Binion, Robin Rhode, David Salle, Tom Friedman and Angel Otero among others.

   2021 May 14, Georgina Adam, “Taiwan and the balance of power”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 15 May 2021

   Moving back to Taiwan after spending nine years in Canada is a big change. To make it a little bit smoother, the inhabitants of this house—a couple with two children—wanted to feel and be connected to the natural environment. Located in the residential Daan District in Taipei, Taiwan, the home is very quiet, yet conveniently close to the bustling Dongmen Market. The couple—comprising a jewellery brand owner and a yoga instructor—immediately fell in love with the place.

   2021 October 18, KARINE MONIÉ, “House tour: a serene Taiwan home with the perfect mix of modern elements and rustic touches”, in Vogue Australia, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2021

   Critics accused Lin of putting her personal interests first, of leaving Taipei City without a second vice mayor for at least one month and one week, and the city’s Daan District without a legislator for one year.

   2022 December 23, Matthew Strong, “KMT lawmaker accused of avoiding by-election”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023

2. A district of Taichung, Taiwan.

   As a result, large numbers of peasants have gone bankrupt. More than 170 rice-growing households in Taan township of Taichung County were compelled to raise pigs instead.

   [1978 February 15, “Taiwan Workers Ill-Treated by Government”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 32, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: PRC Media on Taiwan Affairs, page C 1