Eastern Taiwan
Taiwan Province
Taitung County

Beinan

Beinan Township or Peinan Township is a rural township in , . It has a population of 16,798 as of February 2023. It is home to the Puyuma and Rukai peoples.
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  • Type: Town with 17,400 residents
  • Description: A rural township in Taitung County, Taiwan
  • Also known as: “Beinan Township”, “Beinan, Taitung”, “Pei-nan”, “Pei-nan-ts’un”, “Peinan”, “Pinang”, and “Puyuma”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kangle and National Museum of Prehistory.

Railway station
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is a railway station on Taiwan Railway South-link line located in , , . The daily usage in 2024 was 37 passengers, or 19 boarding passengers. is situated 3½ km southeast of Beinan.

Museum
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The is located in , , . is situated 4 km south of Beinan.

Park
is an archeological site in , , . The park is the site for the largest and most complete prehistoric settlement ever discovered in Taiwan. is situated 4 km east of Beinan.

Beinan

Latitude
22.7937° or 22° 47′ 37″ north
Longitude
121.0778° or 121° 4′ 40″ east
Population
17,400
Elevation
170 metres (558 feet)
Open location code
7QJ3Q3VH+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60655761
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1670779
Wiki­data ID
Q712831
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In Other Languages

From Amis to Yue Chinese—“Beinan” goes by many names.
  • Amis: “Beinan”
  • Atayal: “Beinan”
  • Cebuano: “Beinan Xiang”
  • Chinese: “Bēi​nán​ Xiāng”
  • Chinese: “Pi-lâm-hiong”
  • Chinese: “卑南”
  • Chinese: “卑南乡”
  • Chinese: “卑南郷”
  • Chinese: “卑南鄉”
  • Chinese: “埤南”
  • German: “Beinan”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pî-nàm-hiông”
  • Italian: “Beinan”
  • Japanese: “卑南”
  • Japanese: “卑南郷”
  • Korean: “베이난향”
  • Ladin: “Beinan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pi-lâm-hiong”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “卑南”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “卑南郷”
  • Paiwan: “Beinan”
  • Russian: “Бэйнань”
  • Saisiyat: “Beinan”
  • Sakizaya: “Beinan”
  • Taroko: “Beinan”
  • Vietnamese: “Ti Nam, Đài Đông”
  • Vietnamese: “Ti Nam”
  • Yue Chinese: “卑南”
  • Yue Chinese: “卑南鄉”
  • “卑南”
  • “卑南郷”
  • “埤南”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Beinan”. Photo: Lord Koxinga, CC BY-SA 3.0.