Daan District () is a coastal suburban district in Taichung, Taiwan, upgraded from Da-an Township. It lies between the Dajia river and the Da-an river.
The district's economy is based on rice.
The climate is sub-tropical.
History In March 1842,Gordon, Leonard H. D. (2007). Confrontation over Taiwan: Nineteenth-Century China and the Powers. Plymouth: Lexington Books. p. 10. . during the First Opium War, the brig Ann became shipwrecked near Daan harbour.Polachek, James M. (1992). The Inner Opium War. Council of East Asian Studies. p. 187. It had 57 personnel, mostly Indian seacunnies and lascars.The Chinese Repository. Volume 12. Canton. 1843. p. 114. Survivors of the wreck, along with the survivors of the Nerbudda shipwreck in September 1841, were executed in Tainan in August 1842.
Administrative divisions Nanpu, Nanzhuang, Zhongzhuang, Tong'an, Fuxing, Guike, Ding'an, Yong'an, Fuzhu, Haiqi, Xi'an and Songya Villages.
Tourist attractions Da'an Coastal Park
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