Portal:Taiwan/Did you know/Archive

This is a selection of recently created new articles on Wikipedia that's related to Taiwan, and were presented on the Portal:Taiwan page. Some, but not all of them, were featured on the Main Page as part of Did you know?

Did you know...

• ... that Shilin Night Market (pictured) is the largest and most well known night market in Taiwan having been established as a day market in 1909 and since expanded to encompass two district sections?

Food court in Shilin night market.

• ... that Taiwanese hot springs has been developed since 1893 and that undersea spas can only be found in Italy, Japan, and Taiwan?

• ... that Taihoku Imperial University was the first institution of higher education in Taiwan and was founded by the Empire of Japan in 1928?

• ... that Acer is ranked as one of the world's top five branded PC vendors and has a history dating to 1976?

• ... that Taipei is the first city in the world to roll out a city-wide Wi-Fi network with 4,000 hot spots serving a city population of 2.6 million?

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• ... there are thirteen officially recognized Taiwanese aboriginal tribes in Taiwan comprising 2% (458,000) of Taiwan's population. Did you also know that the Ami tribe are the most populous (37.5%) and that pop-singer A-mei is from the Puyuma tribe?

Lonshan temple in Wanhua district, Taipei.

• ... that Longshan Temple (pictured) is the oldest temple in Taipei, originally built by settlers from Fujian Province in 1738 and is an example of classical Taiwanese architecture?

• ... that Ketagalan Boulevard was originally named Chiehshou Road in honor of Chiang Kai-shek but was renamed on March 20, 1996 by president Chen Shui-bian after the Ketagalan tribe in honor of aboriginal history and culture?

• ... that the 228 Memorial Park was originally built by the Japanese in 1908 and was the first European style urban park in Taiwan?

• ... that Taiwan Grand Shrine was once the largest and most important Shinto shrine in Taiwan but was destroyed in a fire in 1944. Did you also know that the Grand Hotel in Taipei was built in its place?

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• ... that the Formosan Black Bear is an endangered and endemic species of bear that can only be found in Taiwan?

Jade Mountain.

• ... that Jade Mountain (pictured), at 3,952 meters (13,114 feet), is the tallest mountain in Taiwan. Did you also know that it stands 176 meters taller than Mount Fuji in Japan, and that it was named Niitakayama, or 'new tall mountain' during Japanese rule?

• ... that the 2006 Hengchun earthquake (6.7 Richter scale) off the southwest coast of Taiwan damaged several submarine communications cables resulting in severe disruptions to telecommunication services including Internet access to many East and Southeast Asian countries?

• ... that Gueishan Island is an islet formed by the only active volcano in Taiwan?

• ... that Taipei Grand Mosque is the largest mosque in Taiwan and that there are over 140,000 Muslims residing in Taiwan?

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• ... that the Democratic Progressive Party nominated Hsu Tain-tsair (pictured) as the party's candidate for the 2001 Tainan mayoral race instead of George Chang, then-incumbent mayor of Tainan?

• ... that the National Taiwan Museum is the oldest museum in Taiwan and was established during the Japanese rule era?

• ... that the Sakizaya people, a Taiwanese aboriginal tribe, has been recognized by the government of Taiwan since January 2007?

• ... that the Cheng Kung Senior High School, previously known as the Taihoku Prefecture Second Middle School, is renamed after Koxinga?

• ... that Tsungming Tu, founder of the Kaohsiung Medical College, was the first Taiwanese medical doctor?