Amentotaxus formosana is found only in Taiwan where it only occurs in four localities of cloud forest in the Hengchun Peninsula, in the extreme south of the island.
While Taiwan was under Japanese rule, the government set up five weather monitoring stations on the island, located in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Hengchun, and Penghu.
In 1875, the southern part of Fongshan County was separated into Hengchun County (恆春縣).
The 2008 Taiwanese film Cape No. 7, the top-grossing film in Taiwan's film history, features Hengchun.
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Longkiauw is a name verbally translated from the Paiwanese language of the Paiwan people who lived in the area before the Han Chinese's colonization during 18th century, according to most historians it is probably the name of an ancient village located in the area which is nowadays called Hengchun but the origin of the name is still controversial.
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On the other hand, the warm and wet season, which covers the most of the year from early April to early December has daily highs usually reaching around 29-32°C during day time and night time temperatures around 24-26°C with a relatively abundant rainfall especially from May–October, when Taiwan is affected by the Pacific Typhoon Season.
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