Linbian
22°26′N 120°31′E / 22.433°N 120.517°E
Linbian Township 林邊鄉 | |
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Location | Pingtung County, Taiwan |
Area | |
• Total | 16 km2 (6 sq mi) |
Population (February 2024) | |
• Total | 16,382 |
• Density | 1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
Linbian Township[1] (Chinese: 林邊鄉; pinyin: Línbiān Xiāng; Wade–Giles: Lin2-pian1 Hsiang1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nâ-piⁿ-hiong or Nâ-á-piⁿ [林仔邊]; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Lìm-piên-hiông) is a rural township in western Pingtung County, Taiwan. It lies at the mouth of the Linbian River, facing the Taiwan Strait. It is known for its year-round warm climate, seafood restaurants and its wax apples (lembus).
Names
The area was called Pangsoya
History
In 1951, Nanzhou Township was separated from Linbian.
Geography
- Area: 15.62 square kilometres (6.03 sq mi)
- Population: 16,382 people (February 2024)
Climate
Like the rest of Southern Taiwan, Linbian is located within the
Due to the warm and mostly windless weather, Linbian is famous for growing some of the best wax apples (lembus) in Taiwan, with one of the longest harvest seasons in the country, therefore it is nicknamed "the wax apple township" (蓮霧之鄉).
Climate data for Central Pingtung (Fangliao Township) (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.5 (77.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.1 (82.6) |
30.5 (86.9) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.6 (90.7) |
33.3 (91.9) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
30.0 (86.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.2 (75.6) |
21.3 (70.3) |
17.5 (63.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
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Administrative divisions
The township comprises 10 villages: Guanglin, Linbian, Qifeng, Renhe, Shuili, Tiancuo, Yongle, Zengan, Zhonglin and Zhulin.
Tourist attractions
Transportation
Notable natives
- Tsao Chi-hung, Magistrate of Pingtung County (2005 - 2014)
- Tsai Sen-lang, Founder and Superintendent of the Da-Dung Hospital in Kaohsiung[5]
References
- ^ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (in Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine (in English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Andrade, Tonio (2005). "Chapter 3: Pax Hollandica". How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century. Columbia University Press. Chapter 3, Note 76.
- ^ OCLC 644323041.
- ISBN 9789575963149.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ 中时新闻网. "全国最老医院院长 行医如行善 - 新闻". 中时新闻网 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2022-03-08.
External links
- Linbian Township Office (in Chinese)