From Takow to Kaohsiung

Nangang (南港) District, Taipei City

The area now known as Nangang (南港; lit. "Southern Port") was opened up for farming after that of neighboring Sikou (錫口; now Songshan 松山) to its west, Usually the name is explained as deriving from the habitation being located on the south bank of Keelung River, but Abe Akiyoshi (安倍明義; 台灣地名研究 "Studies on Taiwan's Place Names"; 1938) suggests it was specifically in relation to Keelung Port, which was also known as 北港 ("Northern Port"; Mdn.Beigang).