List of Taiwanese superlatives

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Template:SHORTDESC: This is a list of Taiwanese superlatives.

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Extreme points of Taiwan (approximate)

Geography

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Geography
Record Holder Location Coordinates/
Measurement 		References
Northernmost tip
(Main island) 		Cape Fugui Shimen District, New Taipei City 25° 18' 20" N [1]
Northernmost tip
(Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu) 		Beigu Islet (北固礁) Dongyin Township, Lienchiang County 26° 23' N [2]
Northernmost tip
(Exclude Fujian and claims on Senkaku) 		Pengjia Islet Zhongzheng District, Keelung 25° 37' 46" N
Southernmost tip
(Mainland) 		Eluanbi Hengchun Township, Pingtung County 21° 53' 50" N [3]
Easternmost tip
(Main island) 		Cape of San Diego Gongliao District, New Taipei City 121° 59' 15" E
Southernmost tip
(Islands close to Taiwan Island) 		Qixingyan (Taiwan) Pingtung County 21° 45' 32" N
Easternmost tip
(Including Islands) 		Pingfong Rock (屏風岩), east of Mien-hwa Islet Zhongzheng District, Keelung 122° 06' 25" E [4]
Easternmost tip
(Including claims on Senkaku) 		Taishō-tō (大正島)
(claimed as Chiwei Isle (赤尾嶼)[5]) 		Senkaku Islands
(claimed as part of Toucheng Township, Yilan County) 		124° 34' E
Westernmost tip
(Islands close to Taiwan Island; excluding Penghu/Pescadores) 		Wai San Ding Alluvion (外傘頂洲) Kouhu Township, Yunlin County 120° 4' 0" E
Westernmost tip
(exclude Spratly Islands) 		Pratas Island Cijin District, Kaohsiung 116° 42' 0" E
Westernmost tip & Southernmost tip
(Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu) 		Taiping Island Cijin District, Kaohsiung 114° 21' 57" E disputed
Highest mountain Mount Yu Xinyi Township, Nantou County; Taoyuan District, Kaohsiung; Alishan Township, Chiayi County 3,952 m
Longest river Zhuoshui River Nantou County, Chiayi County, Changhua County, Yunlin County 186 km
Largest lake Sun Moon Lake Yuchi Township, Nantou County 8.4 km2
Largest plain Chianan Plain Yunlin County, Chiayi County, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Changhua County 2,500 km2 [6]

Ecology

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Biology
Record Holder Location Statistics References
Longest-living elephant in captivity Lin Wang Taipei Zoo 86 years old [7]
Oldest alligator fossil Penghu Malayan gharial fossil Penghu approx. 14 million years old
Oldest domesticated dog fossil Dabenkeng culture dog fossil Archaeological Site, Nanguan Village, Shanhua District, Tainan approx. 5,000 years old
Oldest trees Hiyama Chinmoku (檜山神木 Guishan Shenmu) Wufeng Township, Hsinchu County and Tai'an Township, Miaoli County approx. 4,600 years old

Demography

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People
Record Holder Location Statistics References
Richest person Tsai Eng-meng Taiwan US$10.6 billion May 30, 2013
Longest human chain 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally Heping Island, Keelung to Jiadong Township, Pingtung County approx. 500 km [8]
Demography
Record Holder Statistics References
Largest-scale public march 2005 anti-China march approx. 1 million people [9]
Sports
Record Holder Date References
First MLB player from Taiwan Chin-Feng Chen September 14, 2002 [10]
First MLB pitcher from Taiwan Chin-hui Tsao July 25, 2003 [11]

Structures

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Architecture
Record Holder Statistics References
Tallest building Taipei 101 509.2 m
Transportation
Record Holder Statistics References
Longest tunnel Taipei Metro Bannan Line 28.2 km
Longest tunnel (mountain) Xueshan Tunnel 12.9 km [12]
Longest bridge THSR Changhua–Kaohsiung Viaduct 157.317 km
Longest bridge (crossing waterbody) Penghu Great Bridge 5,541 m

References

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