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  2. Geography of Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Taiwan historically had a serious problem with the illegal dumping of household and industrial waste which became so severe that Taiwan was known as "garbage island". This high level of pollution led to civil and government action, by 2022 the recycling rate was one of the highest in the world at 55%.

  3. Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Taiwan, [II] [i] officially the Republic of China (ROC), [I] is a country [27] in East Asia. [l] 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.

  4. List of countries and dependencies by area - Wikipedia

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    Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories.

  5. List of countries by number of military and paramilitary ...

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    The names of the states, accompanied by their respective national flags. The number of military personnel on active duty that are currently serving full-time in their military capacity. The number of military personnel in the reserve forces that are not normally kept under arms, whose role is to be available to mobilize when necessary.

  6. Taiwan Area - Wikipedia

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    The Taiwan Area, fully the "Taiwan Area of the Republic of China", also the free area of the Republic of China, [I] the "Tai-Min Area (Taiwan and Fuchien)" , is a term used to refer to the territories under the effective control of the Republic of China (usually called “Taiwan"). [1]

  7. Outline of Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Satellite photograph of Taiwan taken by MODIS aboard NASA's Terra satellite. Yehliu is a peninsula on the north coast of Taiwan, famous for the curious shapes carved along its shoreline by sea erosion. Sun Moon Lake Formosan rock macaques, an endemic species of Taiwan. Climate of Taiwan; Geology of Taiwan; National parks of Taiwan; Wildlife of ...

  8. Political status of Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Regarding the ROC, one ideology within Taiwan's independence regards the ROC as already an independent, sovereign state and seeks to amend the ROC's existing name, constitution, and existing framework to reflect the loss of ROC's mainland territory and transform the ROC into a Taiwan state; while another ideology of Taiwan independence regards ...

  9. List of ISO 3166 country codes - Wikipedia

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    United States Minor Outlying Islands (the) [13] [ai] United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges, [14] Navassa Island, and Wake Island [c] [d] United States: UM: UMI: 581: ISO 3166-2:UM [aj] United States of America (the) the United States of America: UN member US: USA: 840: ISO 3166-2:US.us United States Virgin Islands – See Virgin Islands ...