Linbian, Pingtung

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Linbian Township in Pingtung County
Linbian Township

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 on the South China Sea coast on the right bank of the Linbian River at its mouth. It is known for its year-round warm climate, seafood restaurants and its wax apples (lembus).

Names

The area was called Pangsoya[2] or Pangsoia[3] during the Dutch era, and was later a small town called Pang-soh (放索 Pàng-soh).[3] Early ethnic Chinese settlers called the area Nâ-á-piⁿ (林仔邊, lit. "wood's edge"). In 1920, the Japanese administration renamed the settlement Rinhen (林邊), officially Rinhen Village (林邊庄). In 1945, the Kuomintang regime retained the same Chinese characters which are read as Línbiān in Mandarin Chinese. However, the older Taiwanese pronunciation of Nâ-á-piⁿ (林仔邊) continues to be commonly used.[4]

History

In 1951, Nanzhou Township was separated from Linbian.

Geography

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 least variation of temperatures 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 and 28°C respectively. Although statistically the average highs during the "winter" season varies around 26°C, temperatures exceeding 29°C 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 time in the country, therefore it is nicknamed "the wax apple township" (蓮霧之鄉).

Climate data for Central Pingtung (Fangliao Township) (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 25.5
(77.9)		 26.1
(79)		 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)		 29.0
(84.2)		 26.5
(79.7)		 30
(86)
Average low °C (°F) 16.1
(61)		 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)		 22.29
(72.13)
[citation needed]

Administrative divisions

  • Linbian Village
  • Guanglin Village
  • Yongle Village
  • Zhonglin Village
  • Renhe Village
  • Tiancuo Village
  • Qifeng Village
  • Shuili Village
  • Zhulin Village
  • Zengan Village[5]

Tourist attractions

Transportation

Linbian Station

See also

References

  1. ↑ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website (English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ 吳秀麗. 「商用台語.」 台北市: 自立晚報文化出版部, 1994. p. 145. ISBN 9575963148 (Chinese)
  5. ↑ http://vote2014.nat.gov.tw/en/TV/nm707001900000000.html

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