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{{Image label begin | image = Australia location map recolored.png | alt = Australia map. Western Australia in the west third with capital Perth, Northern Territory in the north center with capital Darwin, Queensland in the northeast with capital Brisbane, South Australia in the south with capital Adelaide, New South Wales in the northern southeast with capital Sydney, and Victoria in the far ...
Taiwan is: a common name used for the Republic of China since the 1970s, to avoid confusion with the People's Republic of China (commonly known as China) also the name of the Island of Taiwan (Formosa) Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia (but not on the mainland) Asia. East Asia; Pacific Ocean. East China Sea ...
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The tectonic boundary remains active, and Taiwan experiences 15,000 to 18,000 earthquakes each year, of which 800 to 1,000 are noticed by people. The most catastrophic recent earthquake was the magnitude-7.3 Chi-Chi earthquake , which occurred in the centre of Taiwan on 21 September 1999, killing more than 2,400 people. [ 17 ]
Reverted to version as of 19:34, 26 April 2011 There's no such thing as a wiki convention. There's only the location map scheme which isn't greenish: 08:43, 14 June 2015: 897 × 897 (463 KB) 李4: change the color to dark green as per wiki convention. 19:34, 26 April 2011: 897 × 897 (461 KB) TUBS
Taiwan, [II] [i] officially the Republic of China (ROC), [I] [j] is a country [27] in East Asia. [m] The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.
This file requires updating because: Pengjia Islet, an island twice the size of Itu Aba, is part of Taiwan but is not shown on this map. Other islands that are missing include Dongding Island , Liang Island and Mianhua Islet .
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