Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan ranks 89th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Albania, Hong Kong, and Costa Rica. Memorable people born in present day Taiwan include Tsai Ing-wen, Ang Lee, and Teresa Teng. Memorable people who died in Taiwan include Chiang Kai-shek, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Koxinga. Taiwan has been the birth place of many actors and politicians and the death place of many politicians and religious figures.

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It is located at the junction of 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. The territories controlled by the ROC consist of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres. The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres, with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanized population is concentrated. The capital, Taipei, forms along with New Taipei City and Keelung the largest metropolitan area. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries. Read more on Wikipedia