Eastern Taiwan

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Top destinations include Hualien and Taitung.

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is a county-administered city and the county seat of , Taiwan. It is located on the east coast of Taiwan on the Pacific Ocean, and has a population of 99,458 inhabitants.

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is a city in Southeastern . is situated on a small plain between the mountains and the ocean at the southern mouth of the East Rift Valley.

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, known as Pongso no Tao by the indigenous inhabitants, is a 45 km2 volcanic island located off the southeastern coast of Taiwan. The island and the nearby Lesser are governed by Taiwan as Lanyu Township in , which is one of the county's two insular townships.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Taitung County and Yilan County.

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Taitung is the third largest county in , located primarily on the island's southeastern coast and also including Green Island, Orchid Island and Lesser Orchid Island. The seat is located in .

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Yilan, alternately spelled I-lan, is a county in northeastern . It has a population of 450,031, and its seat is located in . Before the Han Chinese Wu Sha led his company into large-scale reclamation in today's Yilan in 1787, the area was mainly inhabited by the indigenous Kavalan people.

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Hualien is a county on the east coast of . It is Taiwan's largest county by area, yet due to its mountainous terrain, has one of the lowest populations in the country.

Eastern Taiwan

Latitude of center
23.64° or 23° 38′ 24″ north
Longitude of center
121.39° or 121° 23′ 24″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q6777417
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Eastern Taiwan” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “Tang Tâi-oân”
  • Chinese: “台湾东部”
  • Chinese: “東台灣”
  • Chinese: “東臺灣”
  • Chinese: “臺灣東部”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Tajvano”
  • Indonesian: “Taiwan Timur”
  • Italian: “Taiwan orientale”
  • Japanese: “台湾東部”
  • Japanese: “東台湾”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tang Tâi-oân”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “東臺灣”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông Đài Loan”
  • Yue Chinese: “東臺灣”

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