Beinan Township or Peinan Township () is a rural township in

Taitung County Taitung County (; Mandarin pinyin: ''Táidōng Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Tâi-tang-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Thòi-tûng-yen''; Paiwan: ''Valangaw'';lit:Eastern part of Taiwan) is the third largest county in Taiwan, located primarily on the island' ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. It has a population of 17,435 as of November 2017. It is home to the Puyuma and Rukai peoples.

Name

This southeastern region of Taiwan was originally dominated by the

Puyuma people The Puyuma (), also known as the Pinuyumayan, Peinan or Beinan, are one of the indigenous groups of the Taiwanese aborigines. The people are generally divided into the Chihpen and Nanwang groups, both resident in Taitung County on the east coast ...

. The township is named in Puyuma in honor of chief ''Pinara''. In

Dutch Formosa The island of Taiwan, also commonly known as ''Formosa'', was partly under colonial rule by the Dutch Republic from 1624 to 1662 and from 1664 to 1668. In the context of the Age of Discovery, the Dutch East India Company established its presence ...

, the Dutch called the township ''Pimala''. During Qing rule, access to the area was prohibited.

History

In 1875, ''Pi-lam'' Subprefecture ( 卑南廳) was established. During the period of Japanese rule, was established under Taitō District,

Taitō Prefecture was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Taitung County. Population Administrative divisions Cities and Districts In 1945 ( Shōwa 20), there were 3 districts. Town ...

. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

in 1945, Beinan was established as a rural township of Taitung County.

Geography

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The northeast portion of the township is part of the

Huatung Valley The Huadong Valley or Hualien–Taitung Valley (), also known as East Rift Valley or the Longitudinal Valley, is a long and narrow valley located between the Central Mountain Range and the Coastal Mountain Range. It is also recognized as a plai ...

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 13 villages: Binlang, Chulu, Fushan, Fuyuan, Jiafong, Liji, Lijia, Meinong, Mingfong, Taian, Taiping, Tunghsing and Wenkuan. Taromak01

Tourist attractions

* Baiyu Waterfall *

Chu Lu Ranch The Chulu Ranch () is a tourist attraction ranch in Beinan Township, Taitung County, Taiwan. History The ranch was opened in 1973. Geology The ranch land is located 200-390 meters above sea level with an area of 70 hectares in a slopped land. ...

* Jhihben National Forest Recreation Area * Cingjue Temple * Taromak Monument * Yuan Sen Applied Botanical Garden * Jhihben Hot Spring

Transportation

Beinan Township is accessible from Shanli Station of the Taiwan Railways.

Notable natives

A-mei Kulilay Amit (, born 9 August 1972), better known by her stage name A-Mei, is a Taiwanese Puyuma singer and record producer. In 1996, she made her singing debut and released her album, ''Sisters''. Her albums ''Truth'' (2001), ''Amit'' (2009), ...

, singer and songwriter *

Lin Shu-ling Lin Shu-ling (; born 1976), is an Amis woman from the Tse-tung ''buluo'' (indigenous village community), in the Fushan Village, Beinan Township, Taitung County, Taiwan. As a traditional custodian of the land on which the Taitung Miramar Resort wa ...

, activist

References

External links

Beinan Township Office, Taitung County
{{Authority control Townships in Taitung County Taiwan placenames originating from Formosan languages