Countries

Taiwan

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Taiwan." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/countries/taiwan.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Taiwan. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/countries/taiwan

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-taiwan,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Taiwan},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/countries/taiwan},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Taiwan is an island country in East Asia, at the northwestern edge of the Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. Its capital is Taipei. The government now on Taiwan, the Republic of China (ROC), relocated there on 7 December 1949 after losing the Chinese Civil War; it has never issued a formal declaration of independence, and its sovereignty is disputed by the People's Republic of China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory. As of this entry's writing (source accessed 2026-08-29), Taiwan maintains official diplomatic relations with 11 of the 193 United Nations member states plus the Holy See, while most other states maintain only unofficial relations under a one-China policy.

Facts

Capital

Taipei 1

Population

23,299,132 1

December 2025 estimate, from Taiwan's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2025 1

Area (sq km)

36,197 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

China

The People's Republic of China lies to the northwest and disputes Taiwan's sovereignty.

Source Taiwan (Wikipedia)

East Asia

Taiwan lies in East Asia, per its own Wikipedia lead.

Source Taiwan (Wikipedia)

Japan

Japan lies to the northeast.

Source Taiwan (Wikipedia)

Philippines

The Philippines lies to the south.

Source Taiwan (Wikipedia)

On Continent

Asia

In the Other Atlases

Also in Political Atlas: Taiwan, the same subject.

Politics and foreign relations

Politics and foreign relations: this country's government, institutions, parties and foreign-policy positions are recorded on Political Atlas (section "Foreign relations and policy," ruling 722), linked here by a same-as edge. Geography mints and owns none of that content. Taiwan.

Sources

1. Taiwan (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, capital

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