Yanping (Taitung)
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Yanping 延平 鄉 |
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.svg) Location of Yanpings in Taitung County |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| County : | Taitung | ||
| Coordinates : | 22 ° 54 ' N , 120 ° 58' E | ||
| Area : | 455.8805 km² | ||
| Residents : | 3,609 (March 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 8 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 89 | ||
| Postal code : | 953 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-TTT | ||
| Community type : | Rural community (鄉, Xiāng ) | ||
| Structure : | 5 villages (村, Cūn ) | ||
| Mayor : | Hu Rongdian (宋 賢 一) | ||
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Yanping ( Chinese 延平鄉 , Pinyin Yanping Xiang ) is a rural community in Taitung County on Taiwan ( Republic of China ).
Location, geography and climate
Yanping consists of two parts that are only connected by a narrow corridor. The larger, western part is located in the Taiwanese Central Mountains , while the smaller eastern part is at the southern end of the Huatung Valley. The Luye River flows through the corridor, and in the larger western part of Yanping it feeds itself from numerous tributaries and runs through the connecting corridor. More than 95% of the municipality's area is in mountainous areas and the average height above sea level is over 400 meters. There is a tropical monsoon climate . The average temperature in the region is 28 ° C in summer and 19 ° C in winter. The neighboring communities are (from the north clockwise): Haiduan , Luye , Donghe , Beinan , Wutai and Maolin .
In the past, like other mountainous communities in Taiwan, the community has suffered multiple natural disasters.
population
In 2012, 3249 members of indigenous peoples lived in Yanping (185 of them in the plains and 3064 in the mountains), corresponding to around 90% of the population. Most of them belonged to the Bunun ethnic group . The population is predominantly of Christian faith.
Agriculture
Agriculture is the dominant industry. In 2012, 1,537.31 hectares of land were used for agriculture. Rice (122.25 ha), fodder maize (30.2 ha), ginger (19.1 ha), pumpkin (7.6 ha), tea (5.2 ha), cabbage (5.2 ha) were cultivated. , Bamboo shoots (5.2 ha), as well as various fruits on 414 ha (most important in terms of area: Japanese apricot 66 ha, pineapple 58 ha, cinnamon apples 21 ha, bananas 13 ha, betel nuts 75 ha, plums 77 ha, peaches 13 ha).
| Outline of Yanping |
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Pasikau
桃源村 Vakangan
紅葉 村 Sanungsung
永 康 村 Buklavu
武陵 村 Tulanzang
鸞 山村 |
Administrative structure
Yanping is divided into five villages (names in Bunun language, Chinese script and transcription): Pasikau (桃源村, Taoyuan), Vakangan (紅葉 村, Hongye), Sanungsung (永 康 村, Yongkang), Buklavu (武陵 村, Wuling) and Tulanzang (鸞 山村, Laoshan). The administrative headquarters with the community office is located in Taoyuan Village, where the community office is located.
traffic
The main artery is Provincial Road 9, which runs from Taitung City towards Huatung Valley and runs between the two parts of Yanping. The Taitung Line ( 台 東線 ) of the Taiwanese Railway takes a similar course .
Attractions
At the Bunun Leisure Farm ( 布 農 部落 , Bùnóng Bùluò , English Bunun Leisure Farm ) in the village of Pasikau (Taoyuan), rural life can be combined with the experience of the Bunun folk culture.
In the village of Vakangan / Hongye there is a small memorial hall commemorating the 7-0 victory of the Hongye youth baseball team against a high-ranking Japanese youth team on August 25, 1968. The event led to a real baseball boom in Taiwan, so that Taiwanese baseball teams occupied an important position in the world elite in the 1970s.
Community Office
On the Bunun leisure farm
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 認識 延平 鄉 ("Understanding Yanping"). Yanping Congregation website, January 13, 2016, accessed May 3, 2018 (Chinese).
- ↑ a b 101 年 延平 鄉 公所 統計 年報 ("Statistics of the Year 101 of the Existence of the Republic of China of the Office of Yanping")> "(" Population "). Yanping Congregation website, accessed May 3, 2018 (Chinese).
- ↑ BUNUN CULTURAL & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION. (pdf) Bunun Cultural & Educational Foundation Yanping, accessed on May 4, 2018 (English).
- ↑ 101 年 延平 鄉 公所 統計 年報 ("Statistics of the 101st year of the existence of the Republic of China by the Office of Yanping")> 農漁 ("Agriculture and Fisheries"). Yanping Congregation website, accessed May 3, 2018 (Chinese).
- ↑ 各村 介紹 ("Presentation of the Villages"). Yanping Congregation website, accessed May 4, 2018 (Chinese).
- ^ Touring the Rift Valley: Yanping Township. East Rift Valley National Scenic Area, accessed May 4, 2018 .
- ^ Bunun Leisure Farm. Certification body for adventure farms in Taiwan, accessed on May 4, 2018 .
- ^ Bunun Tribal Leisure Farm. East Rift Valley National Scenic Area, accessed May 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Hongye Teenage Baseball Memorial Hall. (No longer available online.) Taitung Travel, archived from the original on May 11, 2018 ; accessed on May 4, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Han Cheung: Taiwan in time: Legend of the 'red leaf' in question. Taipei Times, August 21, 2016, accessed May 4, 2018 .
