Taijiang

Taijiang National Park, mostly in Tainan on Taiwan's southwest coast, was established on 15 October 2009 and covers about 393.1 km2, roughly 49.05 km2 of land and 344.05 km2 of sea^[1]. It measures 20.7 km from north to south^[1].

The tidal flats and lagoons are a wintering area for black-faced spoonbills, one of the park's best-known sights. The marine zone extends along about 54 km of coast, from the Yanshui River to Dongji Island^[1].

Mangrove forests grow in the park, including a tunnel of mangroves^[1].

The park is low coastal land. The Taijiang Lagoon of the 17th century was gradually filled in over the 18th century, and sandbars such as the Dingtou Sandbar remain along the shore^[1].

Southwestern Taiwan has hot, wet summers and a dry winter.

The park takes its name from the Taijiang Lagoon, which existed here in the 17th century before silting up^[1].

The park was established on 15 October 2009 and is run by the Taijiang National Park Headquarters under the National Park Service. Its planned area runs from the southern sea wall of Qingshan Fishing Harbor to the south bank of the Yanshui River and is mostly public coastal land^[1].

Guosheng Port Lighthouse, which marks the westernmost point of the island of Taiwan, stands inside the park, along with mangrove channels and the Dingtou Sandbar^[1].

The park lies in Tainan, with an official website at tjnp.gov.tw^[1].

The park protects coastal wetland, mangroves and shore waters as an IUCN Category II area^[1].