How to identify Taiwan in GeoGuessr?

- The domain is .tw - Roadside bollards with red dots{{% by %}} - Major convenience stores like Hi-Life and OK Mart - Red and yellow lines are used on roads - Diagonal striped utility poles - Concrete block walls and retaining walls are common

Taiwan(Taiwan)

clues 9Regions 21Updated 2023-04-19

Quiz ▾Companies ▾Importance

LanguageTraditional Chinese

Driving sideDrives on the right

Domain.tw

Easily confused with:Hong Kong, Macau, Warm regions of JapanQuizzes for this area:Taiwan State Quiz, Taiwan City Quiz, Area code quiz (Taiwan)

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Clues that work anywhere in this area

Bollard★★★

Roadside bollards have a red dot-shaped reflector.

Examples1 2 3

Commercial Facilities★★★

Taiwan's big four convenience store chains include Hi-Life, Family Mart, and OK Mart (Taiwan's equivalent of Circle K). Hi-Life and Family Mart display the store name just like in Japan.

Examples1 2SourcesFamily Mart (Taiwan)

Road★★★

Roads use red and yellow lines.

Examples1 2

Utility Pole★★★

Utility poles have a diagonal-striped pattern.

Watch outSouth Korea also uses the same diagonal-striped pattern on its utility poles.

Examples1See alsoSouth Korea

Other★★★

Concrete block walls and retaining walls are seen along the roadside.

Examples1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Signs★★★

Distinctively shaped road signs can be found.

Building★

A really massive, wide building might be a semiconductor-related factory.

Examples1 2

Narrowing down the region2

Once you know the area: which part of it

Area Code

Phone area codes narrow down the region

Phone area codes are assigned by region. When a number shows up on a sign, an advert or a van, its leading digits narrow the location down to a part of the country.

Practise with the area code quiz

Coloured by leading digit

Utility poles

Utility Pole★★★★★

On a utility pole's ID plate, if the first English letter is closer to A, you're in the north; closer to W, you're in the south.

Examples1 2

Vegetation

Plants & farming★★★

If you see lots of palm trees, try heading south. On flat land especially, the further south you go, the warmer the atmosphere feels.

Watch outMountain roads often have no palm trees at all.

Where

Regions

Hover a region on the map to see its name

Quiz

Companies

Companies with ties to this region. However, this does not necessarily mean they can be used on GeoGuessr.

Logos you may spot

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company)
The world's first and largest pure-play semiconductor foundry.
Official site (IR)
Uni-President Enterprises Corporation
Taiwan's leading food company, with partnerships and joint ventures with Japanese firms such as Nisshin Seifun, Seven-Eleven Japan, and MUJI.

Nearby areas

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