Linbian
22°26′N 120°31′E / 22.433°N 120.517°E
Linbian Township | |
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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:
Names[edit]
The area was called Pangsoya[2] or Pangsoia[3] during the Dutch era, and was later a small town called Pang-soh (Chinese:
History[edit]
In 1951, Nanzhou Township was separated from Linbian.
Geography[edit]
- Area: 15.62 square kilometres (6.03 sq mi)
- Population: 16,382 people (February 2024)
Climate[edit]
Like the rest of Southern Taiwan, Linbian is located within the tropics and has a tropical wet and dry climate. Due to its location, it is considered to be one of the warmest townships of Taiwan having the smallest temperature variations between seasons in the country (along with other various townships in Pingtung) because it is both located at a low latitude on the central Pingtung plains and also just above the Hengchun Peninsula which therefore does not share the peninsula's temperate climate caused by its sea currents. The coldest month is January and the warmest month is July, with an average daily mean of 21°C (70°F) and 28°C (82°F) respectively. Although statistically the average highs during "winter" varies around 26°C (79°F), temperatures exceeding 29°C (84°F) during the afternoon are not uncommon even in January.
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" (
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[edit]
The township comprises 10 villages: Guanglin, Linbian, Qifeng, Renhe, Shuili, Tiancuo, Yongle, Zengan, Zhonglin and Zhulin.
Tourist attractions[edit]
Transportation[edit]
Notable natives[edit]
- Tsao Chi-hung, Magistrate of Pingtung County (2005 - 2014)
- Tsai Sen-lang, Founder and Superintendent of the Da-Dung Hospital in Kaohsiung[5]
References[edit]
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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.
- ^ a b Campbell, William (1903). "Explanatory Notes". Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary records, with explanatory notes and a bibliography of the island. London: Kegan Paul. p. 545. ISBN 9789576380839. OCLC 644323041.
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吳 秀麗 (1994). Independence Evening Post商用 台 語 (in Chinese). Taipei. p. 145. ISBN 9789575963149.{{cite book}}
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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[edit]
- Linbian Township Office (in Chinese)