Linbian Township ( []; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Lìm-piên-hiông'') is a township (Taiwan), rural township in western

Pingtung County Pingtung County is a county located in southern Taiwan. It has a warm tropical monsoon climate and is known for its agriculture and tourism. Kenting National Park, Taiwan's oldest national park, is located in the county. The county seat is Pi ...

, Taiwan. It lies at the mouth of the

Linbian River The Linbian River () is a river in Taiwan. It flows through Pingtung County Pingtung County is a county located in southern Taiwan. It has a warm tropical monsoon climate and is known for its agriculture and tourism. Kenting National Park, ...

, facing the Taiwan Strait. It is known for its year-round warm climate, seafood restaurants and its Syzygium samarangense, wax apples (lembus).

Names

The area was called Pangsoya or Pangsoia during the Dutch era, and was later a small town called Pang-soh (). Early ethnic Chinese settlers called the area ''Nâ-á-piⁿ'' (, lit. "wood's edge"). In 1920, the Japanese administration renamed the settlement , officially . In 1945, the Kuomintang regime retained the same

Chinese character Chinese characters () are logograms developed for the writing of Chinese. In addition, they have been adapted to write other East Asian languages, and remain a key component of the Japanese writing system where they are known as ''kanji' ...

s which are read as ''Línbiān'' in Mandarin Chinese. However, the older Taiwanese pronunciation of ''Nâ-á-piⁿ'' continues to be commonly used.

History

In 1951, Nanzhou Township was separated from Linbian.

Geography

* Area: * Population: 16,870 people (May 2022)

Climate

Like the rest of Southern Taiwan, Linbian is located within the

tropics The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also refer ...

and has a

tropical wet and dry climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of p ...

. 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 Syzygium samarangense, 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).

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 10 villages: Guanglin, Linbian, Qifeng, Renhe, Shuili, Tiancuo, Yongle, Zengan, Zhonglin and Zhulin.

Tourist attractions

Transportation

* TRA

Linbian Station Linbian railway station () is a railway station located in Linbian Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is located on the Pingtung line The Pingtung Line () is a line of the Taiwan Railway Administration West Coast line in Taiwan. It i ...

* TRA Zhen'an Station

Notable natives

* Tsao Chi-hung,

Magistrate The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a '' magistratus'' was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judic ...

(2005 - 2014) * Tsai Sen-lang, Founder and Superintendent of the Da-Dung Hospital in Kaohsiung

References

External links

Linbian Township Office
{{Townships in Taiwan Townships in Pingtung County