Linbian
Rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan
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::summary Rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Linbian Township |
| 林邊鄉 | |
| settlement_type | Rural township |
| image_skyline | %E9%84%AD%E5%AE%B6%E5%8F%A4%E5%8E%9D-1.jpg |
| image_map | Linbian PT.svg |
| map_caption | Linbian Township in Pingtung County |
| subdivision_type | Location |
| subdivision_name | Pingtung County, Taiwan |
| area_total_km2 | 16 |
| population_as_of | February 2024 |
| population_total | 16382 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| :: |
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Linbian Township ( [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 or Pangsoia during the Dutch era, and was later a small town called Pang-soh ().
History
In 1951, Nanzhou Township was separated from Linbian.
Geography
- Area: 15.62 km2
- Population: 16,382 people (February 2024)
Climate
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" (蓮霧之鄉).
|location = Central Pingtung (Fangliao Township) (1981–2010) |metric first = y |single line = y |Jan high C = 25.5 |Feb high C = 26.1 |Mar high C = 28.1 |Apr high C = 30.5 |May high C = 31.8 |Jun high C = 32.6 |Jul high C = 33.3 |Aug high C = 33.0 |Sep high C = 32.5 |Oct high C = 31.1 |Nov high C = 29.0 |Dec high C = 26.5 |Jan low C = 16.1 |Feb low C = 17.1 |Mar low C = 19.5 |Apr low C = 22.6 |May low C = 24.9 |Jun low C = 26.0 |Jul low C = 26.5 |Aug low C = 26.2 |Sep low C = 25.6 |Oct low C = 24.2 |Nov low C = 21.3 |Dec low C = 17.5 |date=August 2012
Administrative divisions
The township comprises 10 villages: Guanglin, Linbian, Qifeng, Renhe, Shuili, Tiancuo, Yongle, Zengan, Zhonglin and Zhulin.
Tourist attractions
Transportation
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/TRA_Linbian_Station.jpg" caption="Linbian Station"] ::
Notable natives
- Tsao Chi-hung, Magistrate of Pingtung County (2005 - 2014)
- Tsai Sen-lang, Founder and Superintendent of the Da-Dung Hospital in Kaohsiung
References
References
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- Andrade, Tonio. (2005). "How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century". Columbia University Press.
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- 中时新闻网. "全国最老医院院长 行医如行善 - 新闻".
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