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1. An Introduction to Pingtung County 屏東縣的介紹 Last month I moved into a house in Shin Kai Village, Fangliao Township, Pingtung County.  What follows is an overview of the county I now call home.  Much of this entry resembles  the Chinese Wikipedia page for Pingtung County , though I didn't use that page as a source. 上個月我搬進屏東縣枋寮鄉新開村的房子.  以下是介紹我現在居住的屏東縣.  雖然文章很像維基百科的屏東縣的網頁, 可是那網頁並不是我參考資料的來源. Pingtung County lies at the southern end of Taiwan.  It's bordered by Taitung County to the east and Kaohsiung City to the northwest.  To the west of Pingtung is the Taiwan Strait, which divides Taiwan from China.  To the south of Pingtung is the Bashi Channel, which divides Taiwan from the Philippines. 屏東縣位於台灣的南端.  它的地理位置東臨台東縣, 西北方有高雄市,  西邊是分隔著台灣和中國的台灣海峽,  南邊則是台灣和菲律賓之間的巴士海峽. Of course the year isn't over yet, but Pingtung County's lowest recorded temperature for 2020 was 14 C.  The highest recorded temperature was 33 C.  Generally speaking, it's rainier as you go toward Pingtung C