Ilan

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1. A male given name from Hebrew.

1. alternativeAlternative form of Yilan.

   The port town of Suao in Ilan County is the gateway to the east coast of Taiwan.

   2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 128

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   In order to survey the incidence of bovine tuberculosis among the native yellow cattle and water buffaloes, a special JCRR project was undertaken and a total of 150 water buffaloes were examined in Ilan County in 1958, and five positive reactors were found.

   1964, T. H. Shen, “Animal Industry”, in Agricultural Development on Taiwan Since World War II, Comstock Publishing Associates, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 226

   Throughout the fertile alluvial plains in Chianan, Pingtung, and Ilan, farm size averages between 2½ and 5 acres.

   1967 October, “Selling to the Farm Sector”, in A Market for U.S. Products in Taiwan, US Department of Commerce, page 77

   Of the county's total area of 2,137 square kilometers, mountains comprise 65 percent. Ilan is profusely endowed with natural charms and a mild climate.

   1981 June 14, “Ilan county has scenic setting for modern life”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 23, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2

   The largest city in Ilan County, Ilan is of no special interest to most travellers other than as a transit point.

   1998, Robert Storey, Taiwan (Lonely Planet), page 207

   Born in 1950, Chen grew up as a farmer's daughter in Sanhsing Township (三星), Ilan County.

   2006 December 22, Flora Wang, “NewsMaker: Mayor-elect Chen is a crusader in curls”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2007