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Nationalist (talk | contribs) I don't care if it is controversial. I am merely just stating the facts, not trying to be vague and stupid. This is an encyclopedia. Not a place to put vague things like what you are doing. |
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[[Image:Taiwan NASA Terra MODIS 23791.jpg|thumb|The terrain of Taiwan is mostly mountainous in the east but gradually changes to gently sloping plains in the west. Penghu Islands (the Pescadores) are to the west of Taiwan (Satellite photo by [[NASA]]).]]
'''Taiwan''' ({{zh-tspw|t=臺灣 or 台灣|s=台湾|p=Táiwān|w=T'ai-wan}}; [[Taiwanese (linguistics)|Taiwanese]]: Tâi-oân) is an island in [[East Asia]]. "Taiwan" is
The main island of Taiwan, sometimes also referred to as '''Formosa''' (from [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], meaning "graceful"), is located off the coast of the territories administered by the [[People's Republic of China]], south of [[Japan]] and north of the [[Philippines]]. It is bounded to the east by the [[Pacific Ocean]], to the south by the [[South China Sea]] and the [[Luzon Strait]], to the west by the [[Taiwan Strait]] and to the north by the [[East China Sea]]. The island is 394 kilometers (245 miles) long and 144 kilometers (89 miles) wide and consists of steep mountains covered by tropical and subtropical vegetation.
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