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This is a '''list of Taiwanese superlatives'''.
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== Geography ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! colspan="5"|Geography
|-
! Record
! Holder
! Location
! Coordinates/<br>Measurement
! References
|-
| [[The World's most northern|Northernmost tip]]<br/>(Main island)
| [[Cape Fugui]]
| [[Shimen District]], [[New Taipei City]]
| 25° 18' 20" N
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://travel.network.com.tw/tourguide/point/showpage/51.html|title=風景區 – 富貴角|access-date=April 22, 2008|work=台灣旅遊聯盟 (CTIN)}}</ref> 
|-
| [[The World's most northern|Northernmost tip]]<br/>(Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu)
| [[Beigu Islet]] ([[:zh:北固礁|北固礁]])
| [[Dongyin, Lienchiang|Dongyin Township]], [[Matsu Islands|Lienchiang County]]
| 26° 23' N
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2017/09/22/2003678894/2|title=Off the Beaten Track: Dongyin Island: The Northern Frontier|date=22 September 2017|access-date=30 August 2019|website=[[Taipei Times]]|author=Richard Saunders|page=2|language=en,zh-tw|quote=This point (or rather the Beigu Reef ({{lang|zh-tw|北固礁}}) just offshore) constitutes the northernmost territory of the Matsu archipelago, and is certainly a fittingly majestic spot.}}</ref>
|-
| [[The World's most northern|Northernmost tip]]<br/>(Exclude Fujian and claims on Senkaku)
| [[Pengjia Islet]]
| [[Zhongzheng District, Keelung]]
| 25° 37' 46" N
|
|-
| [[The World's most southern|Southernmost tip]]<br/>(Mainland)
| [[Eluanbi]]
| [[Hengchun|Hengchun Township]], [[Pingtung County]]
| 21° 53' 50" N
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ktnp.gov.tw/eng/tour/scenic-1.asp#a20 |title=Eluanbi Park – Scenic Spots |access-date=April 21, 2008 |work=[[Kenting National Park]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404010103/http://www.ktnp.gov.tw/eng/tour/scenic-1.asp |archive-date=April 4, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Extreme points of Earth|Easternmost tip]]<br>(Main island)
| [[Cape of San Diego]]
| [[Gongliao District]], [[New Taipei City]]
| 121° 59' 15" E
|
|-
| [[The World's most southern|Southernmost tip]]<br/>(Islands close to Taiwan Island)
| [[Qixingyan (Taiwan)]]
| [[Pingtung County]]
| 21° 45' 32" N
| 
|-
| [[Extreme points of Earth|Easternmost tip]]<br/>(Including Islands)
| Pingfong Rock ({{lang|zh-tw|屏風岩}}), east of [[Mianhua Islet|Mien-hwa Islet]]
| [[Zhongzheng District, Keelung]]
| 122° 06' 25" E
|<ref name=bhihueu>記者盧賢秀,"北方三島小檔案"{{cite web |url=http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2010/new/aug/30/today-fo8.htm |title=存档副本 |access-date=2010-08-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901163440/http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2010/new/aug/30/today-fo8.htm |quote=島嶼的最東端是台灣極東點，|archive-date=2010-09-01 }}, [[Liberty Times]],2010-8-30.</ref>
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| [[Extreme points of Earth|Easternmost tip]]<br/>(Including claims on Senkaku)
| Taishō-tō ({{Lang|ja|大正島}})<br>(claimed as Chiwei Isle ([[:zh:赤尾嶼|赤尾嶼]])<ref name="taiwan">{{cite web|url=https://www.moi.gov.tw/files/site_stuff/321/2/year/y05-19.ods|script-title=zh:05-19 臺灣島嶼面積|trans-title=Location and Area of Islands in Taiwan|language=zh-tw,en|access-date=20 October 2019|website=[[Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan)|Ministry of the Interior]]|quote=縣市別 Locality 島嶼名稱 位置 Location 面積(平方公里) (1) 經度 緯度 Name of Islands Longitude Latitude Area (km<sup>2</sup>){...}宜蘭縣 Yilan County{...}赤尾嶼 Chiwei Isle 124°34{{prime}}09〞～124°33{{prime}}50〞 25°53{{prime}}54〞～25°54{{prime}}06〞 0.0609}}</ref>)
| [[Senkaku Islands]]<br>(claimed as part of [[Toucheng|Toucheng Township]], [[Yilan County, Taiwan|Yilan County]])
| 124° 34' E
|
|-
| [[Extreme points of Earth|Westernmost tip]]<br/>(Islands close to Taiwan Island; excluding Penghu/Pescadores)
| [[Wai San Ding Alluvion]] ({{lang|zh-tw|外傘頂洲}})
| [[Kouhu|Kouhu Township]], [[Yunlin County]]
| 120° 4' 0" E
|
|-
| [[Extreme points of Earth|Westernmost tip]]<br/>(exclude Spratly Islands)
| [[Pratas Island]]
| [[Cijin District, Kaohsiung]]
| 116° 42' 0" E
|
|-
| [[Extreme points of Earth|Westernmost tip]] & [[Extreme points of Earth|Southernmost tip]]<br/>(Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu)
| [[Taiping Island]]
| [[Cijin District, Kaohsiung]]

| 114° 21' 57" E
|disputed
|-
| [[List of highest mountains|Highest mountain]]
| [[Yushan (mountain)|Mount Yu]]
| [[Xinyi, Nantou|Xinyi Township]], [[Nantou County]]; [[Taoyuan District, Kaohsiung|Taoyuan District]], [[Kaohsiung]]; [[Alishan, Chiayi|Alishan Township]], [[Chiayi County]] 
| 3,952 m
|
|-
| [[List of rivers by length|Longest river]]
| [[Zhuoshui River]]
| [[Nantou County]], [[Chiayi County]], [[Changhua County]], [[Yunlin County]]
| 186&nbsp;km
|
|-
| [[List of lakes by area|Largest lake]]
| [[Sun Moon Lake]]
| [[Yuchi, Nantou|Yuchi Township]], [[Nantou County]]
| 8.4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|
|- 
| [[Plain|Largest plain]]
| [[Chianan Plain]]
| [[Yunlin County]], [[Chiayi County]], [[Tainan]], [[Kaohsiung]], [[Changhua County]]
| 2,500&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|<ref>{{cite book |author1=Joyce Jong-Wen Wann |author2=Tso-Kwei Peng |author3=Mei-Huey Wu  |name-list-style=amp |editor= M. Ali |title=Dynamics of vegetable production, distribution and consumption in Asia |year=2000 |publisher=Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center |location=[[Shanhua District|Shanhua, Tainan]] |pages=379–415 |chapter=Taiwan |chapter-url=http://www.avrdc.org/pdf/dynamics/Taiwan.pdf}}</ref> 
|}

== Ecology ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="5" | Biology
|-
! Record
! Holder
! Location
! Statistics
! References
|-
| [[List of individual elephants|Longest-living elephant in captivity]]
| [[Lin Wang]]
| [[Taipei Zoo]]
| 86 years old
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tro-taiwan.roc.org.uk/dc/nsl032003l.htm |title=Taipei's Elephant to be included in Guinness Book of Records |access-date=April 21, 2008 |work=[[Central News Agency (Republic of China)|Central News Agency]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308043819/http://www.tro-taiwan.roc.org.uk/dc/nsl032003l.htm |archive-date=March 8, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| Oldest alligator fossil
| [[Penghu]] [[False gharial|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
|
|-
| [[List of oldest trees|Oldest trees]]
| Hiyama Chinmoku (檜山神木 Guishan Shenmu)
| [[Wufeng, Hsinchu|Wufeng Township]], [[Hsinchu County]] and [[Tai'an, Miaoli|Tai'an Township]], [[Miaoli County]]
| approx. 4,600 years old
| 
|}

== Demography ==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! colspan="5"|People
|-
! Record
! Holder
! Location
! Statistics
! References
|-
| Richest person
| [[Tsai Eng-meng]]
| Taiwan
| US$10.6 billion
| May 30, 2013
|-
| [[Human chain (politics)|Longest human chain]]
| [[228 Hand-in-Hand Rally]]
| Heping Island, [[Keelung]] to [[Jiadong|Jiadong Township]], [[Pingtung County]]
| approx. 500&nbsp;km
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ettoday.com/2004/03/01/11093-1594164.htm |title=手護台灣／洛杉磯時報：台灣用行動抗議中國飛彈佈署 |access-date=April 21, 2008 |work=[[ETtoday]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929162829/http://www.ettoday.com/2004/03/01/11093-1594164.htm |archive-date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> 
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! colspan="4"|Demography
|-
! style="width:400px;"| Record
! style="width:250px;"| Holder
! style="width:250px;"| Statistics
! style="width:25px;"| References
|-
| Largest-scale public march
| [[2005 anti-China march]]
| approx. 1 million people
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/A-million-Taiwanese-protest-Chinese-laws/2005/03/26/1111692682671.html?oneclick=true|title=A million Taiwanese protest Chinese law|access-date=April 21, 2008|work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] | date=March 26, 2005}}</ref> 
|-
! colspan="4"|Sports
|-
! style="width:400px;"| Record
! style="width:250px;"| Holder
! style="width:250px;"| Date
! style="width:25px;"| References
|-
| First MLB player from Taiwan
| [[Chin-Feng Chen]]
| September 14, 2002
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2002/09/16/168229|title=Chen scores a first for Taiwan|access-date=April 22, 2008|work=[[Taipei Times]]}}</ref> 
|-
| First MLB pitcher from Taiwan
| [[Chin-hui Tsao]]
| July 25, 2003
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2003/07/27/2003061082|title=Taiwanese pitcher proves a big hit in first US outing|access-date=April 22, 2008|work=[[Taipei Times]]}}</ref> 
|}

== Structures ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! colspan="4"|Architecture
|-
! style="width:400px;"| Record
! style="width:250px;"| Holder
! style="width:250px;"| Statistics
! style="width:25px;"| References
|-
| [[List of tallest buildings in Taiwan|Tallest building]]
| [[Taipei 101]]
| 509.2 m
|
|-
! colspan="4"|Transportation
|-
! style="width:400px;"| Record
! style="width:250px;"| Holder
! style="width:250px;"| Statistics
! style="width:25px;"| References
|-
| [[List of longest tunnels|Longest tunnel]]
| [[Taipei Metro]] [[Bannan Line]]
| 28.2&nbsp;km
|
|-
| [[List of longest tunnels|Longest tunnel]] (mountain)
| [[Xueshan Tunnel]]
| 12.9&nbsp;km
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2006/06/12/2003313078|title=Media test tunnel's emergency systems|access-date=April 22, 2008|work=[[Taipei Times]]}}</ref> 

|-
| [[List of bridges by length|Longest bridge]]
| THSR [[Changhua–Kaohsiung Viaduct]]
| 157.317 km
|
|-
|[[List of bridges by length|Longest bridge]] (crossing waterbody)
| [[Penghu Great Bridge]]
| 5,541 m
|
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Lists of superlatives|Taiwanese]]
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