Su'ao

This article describes a township in Taiwan. Su'ao is also the name of a large community in the People's Republic of China, see Su'ao (Pingtan) .

Su'ao 蘇澳 鎮
Nanfang'ao Fishing Port
State :	Republic of China (Taiwan)
County :	Yilan
Coordinates :	24 ° 36 '  N , 121 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 24 ° 35 '45 "  N , 121 ° 51' 0"  E
Area :	89.02  km²
Residents :	40,516 (September 2016)
Population density :	455 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time)
Telephone code :	(+886) (0) 3
Postal code :	270
ISO 3166-2 :	TW-ILA
Community type :	City municipality ( 鎮 , Zhèn )
Structure :	26 districts ( 里 , Lǐ )
Mayor :	Lin Teng-huang ( 林騰煌 )
Su'ao

Su'ao ( Chinese  蘇澳 鎮 , Pinyin Sū'ào Zhèn , Tongyong Pinyin Su-ào Jhen , W.-G. Su-ao Chen , Pe̍h-ōe-jī So · -Ò ) is a port city on the Pacific in Yilan County in the northeast of the Republic of China (Taiwan) . It has the status of a township ( 鎮 , Zhèn ).

Location and climate

Su'ao is located a good 20 km south of the district town of Yilan on the southern edge of the Lanyang plain, which makes up the central part of the district of Yilan. It is the end point of Highway 5, which connects via Yilan in a north-west direction to Taipei . To the south of Su'ao, Taiwan's central mountains extend directly to the sea. Provincial road 9 (the Su'ao-Hualian Highway ) leads along the steep coast to Hualien . Su'ao is located on the Taipei-Hualian railway line along the east coast.

The city's commercial and naval port is the most important in Yilan County and one of the largest in eastern Taiwan. Adjacent to it, there is an important fishing port in the Nanfang'ao district .

Su'ao
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     363   19th 14th     329   20th 15th     200   22nd 16     187   25th 19th     262   27 22nd     246   30th 24     177   32 26th     280   31 26th     535   29 24     745   26th 22nd     682   23 19th     434   20th 16 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: Taiwan Central Weather Bureau

Climate data from the years 1981–2010 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 19.1 19.6 21.7 24.6 27.3 29.9 31.5 31.2 29.3 26.3 23.4 20.4 O 25.4 Min. Temperature (° C) 14.1 14.5 16.1 18.9 21.8 24.2 25.8 25.5 24.1 21.6 18.7 15.5 O 20.1 Temperature (° C) 16.4 16.9 18.8 21.6 24.4 26.9 28.6 28.2 26.6 23.8 20.9 17.7 O 22.6 Precipitation ( mm ) 362.8 329.3 200.3 186.9 261.8 246 177.2 279.9 535.3 744.8 682 433.5 Σ 4,439.8 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 2.1 2.2 2.7 3 3.8 5.3 8th 7.3 5 3 2.4 2.1 O 3.9 Rainy days ( d ) 20.3 20th 19.3 17.2 19th 14.8 9.1 11.5 17.1 20.6 20.2 20.3 Σ 209.4 Source: Taiwan Central Weather Bureau

The cold mineral spring ( 蘇澳 冷泉 Su'ao Cold Spring ) with a bathing establishment in the center of the village is important for tourism .

Pacific coast at Su'ao

Misfortunes

The Xinma railway accident occurred on October 21, 2018 , when a high-speed express train of the Puyuma Express derailed in a curve. 18 travelers were killed. On October 1, 2019, the Nanfang'ao Bridge , a 140 m long tied arch bridge at the port of Su'ao , collapsed along its entire length. There had been a typhoon the day before. Twelve people were killed in the event.

Web links

• Su'ao Port Office

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Keoni Everington: Breaking News: Bridge collapses in NE Taiwan, over 20 injured. Taiwan News, October 1, 2019, accessed September 1, 2019 .