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'''Linbian Township'''<ref>[http://placesearch.moi.gov.tw/translate/Admin1000616.pdf 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325205328/http://placesearch.moi.gov.tw/translate/Admin1000616.pdf |date=2012-03-25 }} Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. {{in lang|zh}} Accessed at [http://placesearch.moi.gov.tw/index_2.php Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816060629/http://placesearch.moi.gov.tw/index_2.php |date=2013-08-16 }} {{in lang|en}}. Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2015.</ref> ({{zh|t=林邊鄉|p=Línbiān Xiāng|w=Lin<sup>2</sup>-pian<sup>1</sup> Hsiang<sup>1</sup>|poj=Nâ-piⁿ-hiong ''or'' Nâ-á-piⁿ}} [{{lang|zh|林仔邊}}]; [[Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]]: ''Lìm-piên-hiông'') is a [[township (Taiwan)|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 [[Syzygium samarangense|wax apples]] (lembus).

==Names==
The area was called '''Pangsoya'''<ref>{{cite book|author1-link=Tonio Andrade |last=Andrade |first=Tonio |title=How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century |publisher=Columbia University Press |chapter=Chapter 3: Pax Hollandica |url=http://www.gutenberg-e.org/andrade/ |chapter-url=http://www.gutenberg-e.org/andrade/andrade03.html |year=2005 |at=Chapter 3, Note 76}}</ref> or '''Pangsoia'''<ref name=Campbell>{{cite book |last1=Campbell |first1=William |author-link=William Campbell (missionary) |title=Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary records, with explanatory notes and a bibliography of the island |year=1903 |publisher=Kegan Paul |location=London |oclc=644323041 |chapter=Explanatory Notes |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/formosaunderdut01campgoog#page/n554/mode/2up |page=545|isbn=9789576380839 }}</ref> during the [[Dutch Formosa|Dutch era]], and was later a small town called '''Pang-soh''' ({{zh|c=放索|poj=Pàng-soh}}).<ref name=Campbell/>  Early ethnic Chinese settlers called the area '''''Nâ-á-piⁿ''''' ({{lang|zh|林仔邊}}, lit. "wood's edge").  In 1920, the Japanese administration renamed the settlement {{nihongo||林邊|'''Rinhen'''|lead=yes}}, officially {{nihongo4|'''Rinhen Village'''|林邊庄}}.  In 1945, the Kuomintang regime retained the same [[Chinese character]]s which are read as ''Línbiān'' in Mandarin Chinese.  However, the older Taiwanese pronunciation of ''Nâ-á-piⁿ'' continues to be commonly used.<ref>{{cite book |author={{lang|zh|吳秀麗}} |date=1994 |script-title=zh:商用台語 |language=zh |location=Taipei |title=[[Independence Evening Post]] |page=145 |isbn=9789575963149}}</ref>

==History==
In 1951, [[Nanzhou, Pingtung|Nanzhou Township]] was separated from Linbian. 

==Geography==
* Area: {{convert|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 County|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).

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|location = Central Pingtung (Fangliao Township) (1981–2010)
|metric first = y
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|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==
* [[Linbian River]]

==Transportation==
[[File:TRA Linbian Station.jpg|thumb|[[Linbian railway station|Linbian Station]]]]
* [[Taiwan Railways Administration|TRA]] [[Linbian railway station|Linbian Station]]
* [[Taiwan Railways Administration|TRA]] [[Zhen'an railway station|Zhen'an Station]]

==Notable natives==
* [[Tsao Chi-hung]], [[List of county magistrates of Pingtung|Magistrate]] of [[Pingtung County]] (2005 - 2014)
* Tsai Sen-lang, Founder and Superintendent of the Da-Dung Hospital in Kaohsiung<ref>{{Cite web |last=中时新闻网 |title=全国最老医院院长 行医如行善 - 新闻 |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20200820000612-263201?chdtv |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=中时新闻网 |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Linbian Township, Pingtung}}
* [http://www.pthg.gov.tw/TownLbt/ Linbian Township Office] {{in lang|zh}}

{{Taiwan Pingtung divisions}}
{{Townships in Taiwan}}

[[Category:Townships in Pingtung County]]