List of Taiwanese superlatives
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Geography
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| Northernmost tip The world's most northern This is a list of various northernmost things on earth.- Cities and settlements :See also: Northernmost settlements, Northernmost cities and towns-Geography:-Animals:-General:-Shrubs:-Trees:-Culture and music:-Sport :- Religion :... |
Fuguei Cape | 25° 18' 20" N | |
| Southernmost tip The world's most southern - Cities and settlements :- Shops and service facilities :-Geography:-Animals:-Plants:-Gardens, zoos and aquaria:- Religion :- Science :- Transportation :- Other :-See also:*List of northernmost items*Extreme points of Earth... |
Eluanbi Eluanbi Cape Eluanbi is located in Hengchun township, Pingtung county, on the southernmost end of the Taiwan Central Mountain Range. It is also known as Ngoluanpi. Facing the Luzon Strait, it is the southernmost cape of Taiwan. The name Gô-lôan derives from Goran, as means "Sail" coming from Paiwan... |
21° 53' 50" N | |
| Easternmost tip | Cape of San Diego Cape of San Diego Cape San Diego is a cape located in Gongliao District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The cape is the easternmost point of the main Taiwan island, and also the easternmost cape of Taiwan. On May 5, 1626, a Spanish fleet reached the northeast tip of Taiwan and named the native village of Caquiunauan as... |
121° 59' 15" E | |
| Westernmost tip | Wai San Din Alluvion | 120° 4' 0" E | |
| Highest mountain | Yushan | 3,952 m | |
| Longest river | Choshui River | 186 km | |
| Largest lake | Sun Moon Lake Sun Moon Lake Sun Moon Lake is the largest body of water in Taiwan as well as a tourist attraction. Situated in Yuchi, Nantou, the area around the Sun Moon Lake is home to the Thao tribe, one of aboriginal tribes in Taiwan. Sun Moon Lake surrounds a tiny island called Lalu... |
8.4 km2 | |
| Largest plain Plain In geography, a plain is land with relatively low relief, that is flat or gently rolling. Prairies and steppes are types of plains, and the archetype for a plain is often thought of as a grassland, but plains in their natural state may also be covered in shrublands, woodland and forest, or... |
Chianan Plain Chianan Plain The Chianan Plain or Jianan Plain is an alluvial plain located at the central-southern region of western Taiwan. It is the largest plain of the island, and lies in Tainan City and Chiayi County/Chiayi City, from which the name of the plain derived. It also includes some portions of Yunlin County,... |
2,500 km2 | |
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| Longest-living elephant in captivity | Lin Wang Lin Wang Lin Wang was a famous Asian elephant that served with the Chinese Expeditionary Force during the Second Sino-Japanese War and later relocated to Taiwan with the Kuomintang forces. Lin Wang lived out most of his life in the Taipei Zoo and unquestionably was the most popular and famous animal in... |
86 years old | |
Demography
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| Largest-scale public march | 2005 anti-China march | approx. 1 million people | |
| Longest human chain Human chain A human chain is a form of demonstration in which people link their arms as a show of political solidarity.The number of demonstrators involved in a human chain is often disputed; the organizers of the human chain often report higher numbers than governmental authorities.Notable human chains, in... |
228 Hand-in-Hand Rally 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally The 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally was a demonstration in the form of a human chain held in Taiwan on Peace Memorial Day , 2004. Over 1 million Taiwanese formed a long human chain, from the harbor at Keelung, Taiwan's northernmost city, to its southern tip at Eluanbi, Pingtung County to commemorate the... |
approx. 500 km | |
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| First MLB player from Taiwan | Chin-Feng Chen Chin-Feng Chen Chin-Feng Chen is a baseball outfielder who was the first player born in Taiwan to play in Major League Baseball.He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers during - season, but only sparingly. In 2005, Chen was reluctant to accept the designate for assignment back to Dodgers' Las Vegas 51s AAA team,... |
14 September 2002 | |
| First MLB pitcher from Taiwan | Chin-hui Tsao Chin-hui Tsao Chin-Hui Tsao is a former Major League Baseball and CPBL pitcher. He is the second major league player and the first major league pitcher of Republic of China nationality, and like the first, former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Chin-Feng Chen, he is a Taiwanese aborigine... |
25 July 2003 | |
Structures
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| Tallest building | Taipei 101 Taipei 101 Taipei 101 , formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a landmark skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The building ranked officially as the world's tallest from 2004 until the opening of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010... |
509.2 m | |
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| Longest tunnel | Hsuehshan Tunnel Hsuehshan Tunnel The Hsuehshan Tunnel or "Snow Mountain" tunnel, is the longest tunnel in Taiwan, located on the Taipei-Yilan Freeway . It opened on June 16, 2006.-Overview:... |
12.9 km | |
| Longest bridge | Penghu Trans-Oceanic Bridge | 5,541 m | |