Founded on land given by a coal-mining pioneer.
Dunan Elementary School began as a branch school in September 1955, on land donated by coal-mining company operator Li Jianxing. The first classes were held in the founding principal's home while the school building was under construction, which was completed in May 1958; the school became fully independent in September 1957. The surrounding area was historically called "Baisha" (白沙, "White Sand") for its visible mineral deposits, before being renamed Wudu and later split into the neighboring communities of Dunan and Dubei.
堵南國民小學創校於民國44年（1955年）9月，最初為分校，創校用地由煤礦業者李建興捐贈。校舍興建期間，首任校長曾以自宅充作臨時教室，校舍於民國47年（1958年）5月完工，學校已於民國46年（1957年）9月獨立設校。當地舊稱「白沙」，因礦藏顯著而得名，其後改稱五堵，再分為堵南與堵北兩地。
What makes this school worth knowing.
⛏️ Founded on Donated Mining Land
煤礦業者捐地創校
Coal-mining company operator Li Jianxing donated the land for the school's original branch campus in 1955, tying its founding directly to the local mining economy.
🏠 Classes in the Principal's Home
校長自宅權充教室
Before the school building was completed in 1958, the founding principal's own home served as a temporary classroom — a grassroots start typical of many rural schools of the era.
⚪ The "White Sand" Name
「白沙」舊地名
The area was historically called "Baisha" (White Sand) for its visible mineral deposits, before being renamed Wudu and later split into today's Dunan and Dubei communities.
A former coal-mining village.
The area's name and the school's very founding are directly tied to a local coal-mining economy — an inland mining-linked strand of Keelung's broader resource economy, distinct from the coastal fishing culture found in the city's harbor districts. See the Keelung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 120, Dade Rd., Qidu District, Keelung City 206, Taiwan
基隆市七堵區大德路120號
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