Yilan

Those who know Formosa will have heard of a large rice-producing place called Kapsulan. This place, known officially as Komalan-t'ing was changed in January 1878 into Yilan-hsien (宜蘭縣), by which name it is now known.]

From 1920 to 1940, the Taiwanese population of the nine major cities (excluding Hualien and Yilan¹³) increased from 365 thousand to 808 thousand.