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Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03

Taiwan

High-tech island of Taipei 101, night markets and Yushan's peaks, under disputed ROC administration.

23.700° N121.000° E
site access marine
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)
Taipei 101
National Palace Museum
Taroko Gorge
Formation
continental collision orogeny; steep Central Mountain Range, western coastal plain
Population
23.4M
Water
Pacific Ocean
Access
easy

Every required movement

The passage
to Taiwan.

Fly to Taipei Taoyuan (TPE) or Kaohsiung (KHH) from across Asia; high-speed rail links Taipei-Kaohsiung; no scheduled international passenger ferry to the main island.

  1. 01
    Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)

    Nearest recorded air access

    Schedule or condition may change · verify
  2. 02
    Water crossing

    Domestic ferries to Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, Green Island and Lanyu; cross-strait mini-links via Kinmen-Matsu.

    Schedule or condition may change · verify
  3. 03
    Entry check

    Visa-exemption for many nationalities (90 days typical).

    Schedule or condition may change · verify

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What the chart cannot hold

What becomes visible when you follow taipei 101 beyond the familiar map?

Bean-shaped island 394 km long, mountainous spine in the east and dense cities on the western plain. Austronesian indigenous homeland settled by Han Chinese from the 1600s; economic miracle turned it into a semiconductor superpower and full democracy after 1987 democratization.

Austronesian homeland; Dutch (1624-1662) and Spanish (1626-1642) forts; Tungning kingdom (1661-1683); Qing rule (1683-1895); Japanese colony (1895-1945); ROC rule from 1945, retreat of the ROC government 1949; martial law to 1987, democracy since.

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The useful
details.

Coordinates
23.70° N · 121.00° E
Sovereignty
Taiwan · disputed
Nearest mainland
Fujian, China ~130 km west across the Taiwan Strait
Best recorded window
October-November (mild, dry); February-April for spring.
Permits / entry
Visa-exemption for many nationalities (90 days typical).
Languages
Mandarin, Hokkien (Taiwanese), Hakka, Indigenous Austronesian languages

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