Where is Taiwan?

Taiwan is a country in East Asia.

Taiwan in gold. Drawn from the outlines the game uses.

Type: Country
Continent: Asia
Region: East Asia
Land borders: None. It shares no land border with another country.
Area: About 36,000 km² on the game’s map
Hemispheres: Northern; Eastern
Capital city: 25.04° N, 121.56° E

About Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, is an island country in East Asia separated from the mainland by the Taiwan Strait. Once mapped as Formosa, it passed through Dutch, Qing and Japanese rule before the Nationalist government retreated there in 1949. It is now a democracy famed for semiconductors, night markets and bubble tea.

Clues from Atlas Daily

Round 3 on 9 October 2026 (#38), hardest clue first:

This island state is a major competitor in the little known team sport of korfball.
A magnitude 7.3 quake in September 1999, called the 921 earthquake, killed more than 2,400 people here.
Martial law declared in May 1949 lasted here until 1987 and was used to crush political opposition.
Semiconductors and related gear make up around 80 percent of this island's total exports.

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Philippines 1,200 km away
South Korea 1,500 km away
North Korea 1,600 km away
Vietnam 1,700 km away
China 1,700 km away
Laos 2,100 km away
Angkor 2,300 km away
Cambodia 2,300 km away

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Sources: Wikipedia: Taiwan. Borders, area and map from Natural Earth 1:50m outlines, the same ones the game uses.