Erlin Township
二林鎮
Erhlin
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Erlin Township in Changhua County
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| Location | Changhua County, Taiwan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 93 km2 (36 sq mi) |
| Population
(January 2023)
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| • Total | 48,379 |
| • Density | 520/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Website | town (in Chinese) |
Erlin Township (Chinese: 二林鎮; pinyin: Èrlín Zhèn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Jī-lîm-tìn/Gī-lîm-tìn) is an urban townshipinChanghua County, Taiwan.[1]
With an area of 92.8578 square kilometers, it is the largest township in Changhua County. As of January 2023, its population was 48,379, including 24,774 males and 23,605 females.[2]
During the Dutch period, the area was under the administrative region of Favorlang (modern-day Huwei, Yunlin). Present-day Erlin was probably at or near Gierim, "one of the primary centers for Sino-aboriginal trade and a favorite haunt of pirates and smugglers."[3]
Fengtian, Donghe, Nanguang, Xiping, Beiping, Zhongxi, Guangxing, Xiangtian, Waizhu, Xinghua, Dongxing, Houcuo, Dingcuo, Zhaojia, Zhenxing, Wanxing, Yongxing, Xizhuang, Meifang, Hualun, Wange, Dongshi, Dayong, Yuandou, Xidou, Donghua and Fufeng Village.
Bus station in the township is Erlin Bus Station of Yuanlin Bus.
| Climate data for Erlin (2016–2023, extremes 2016–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) |
30.6 (87.1) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.7 (90.9) |
34.4 (93.9) |
34.8 (94.6) |
35.8 (96.4) |
34.8 (94.6) |
34.3 (93.7) |
34.0 (93.2) |
32.6 (90.7) |
28.6 (83.5) |
35.8 (96.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
29.6 (85.3) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.7 (90.9) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.3 (88.3) |
28.8 (83.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
27.1 (80.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) |
16.7 (62.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.1 (82.6) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.8 (82.0) |
25.1 (77.2) |
22.2 (72.0) |
18.4 (65.1) |
23.4 (74.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.2 (57.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.0 (77.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
15.7 (60.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6) |
7.4 (45.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.2 (59.4) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
14.8 (58.6) |
14.8 (58.6) |
8.4 (47.1) |
4.2 (39.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 31.4 (1.24) |
21.1 (0.83) |
46.4 (1.83) |
59.6 (2.35) |
151.9 (5.98) |
323.2 (12.72) |
136.1 (5.36) |
249.9 (9.84) |
52.4 (2.06) |
9.9 (0.39) |
11.8 (0.46) |
19.9 (0.78) |
1,113.6 (43.84) |
| Average precipitation days | 5.2 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 8.9 | 12.6 | 8.7 | 12.0 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 77.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 85.8 | 85.5 | 84.8 | 84.3 | 87.6 | 87.3 | 85.0 | 88.9 | 85.8 | 82.5 | 84.8 | 82.6 | 85.4 |
| Source 1: Central Weather Administration[4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Atmospheric Science Research and Application Databank (precipitation days and humidity 2015–2023)[5] | |||||||||||||
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