Taipei, Taiwan

E14412

capital city city special municipality

Taipei, Taiwan is the capital and largest city of Taiwan, known as a major political, economic, and cultural center in East Asia.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Taipei	324
Taipei City	51
Taipei, Taiwan canonical	32
Taipei is the capital of Taiwan	3
Taipei city center	2
Taipei skyline	2
.taipei	1
Taipei (after 1945 for ROC government-in-exile context)	1
Taipei (via nearby ports)	1
Taipei city skyline	1
Taipei downtown	1
Taipei is the capital city of Taiwan	1
central Taipei	1
modern-day Taipei, Taiwan	1
present-day Taipei	1
臺北	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T78127 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Taipei, Taiwan
Context triple: [Perkins Coie, officeLocation, Taipei, Taiwan]

A. Shanghai
Shanghai is a major global financial hub and China’s largest city, known for its modern skyline, historic waterfront, and role as a center of international business and trade.
B. Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong, China is a major global financial and trading hub and a Special Administrative Region of China located on the southern coast of the country.
C. Beijing
Beijing is the capital city of China, a major political, cultural, and economic center known for its rich history and rapid modern development.
D. Tokyo
Tokyo is Japan’s largest metropolis and a global center of finance, culture, technology, and transportation.
E. Yokohama
Yokohama is Japan’s second-largest city and a major international port located just south of Tokyo.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Taipei, Taiwan
Target entity description: Taipei, Taiwan is the capital and largest city of Taiwan, known as a major political, economic, and cultural center in East Asia.

A. Shanghai
Shanghai is a major global financial hub and China’s largest city, known for its modern skyline, historic waterfront, and role as a center of international business and trade.
B. Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong, China is a major global financial and trading hub and a Special Administrative Region of China located on the southern coast of the country.
C. Beijing
Beijing is the capital city of China, a major political, cultural, and economic center known for its rich history and rapid modern development.
D. Tokyo
Tokyo is Japan’s largest metropolis and a global center of finance, culture, technology, and transportation.
E. Yokohama
Yokohama is Japan’s second-largest city and a major international port located just south of Tokyo.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city ⓘ city ⓘ special municipality ⓘ
airport	Taipei Songshan Airport ⓘ
borders	Keelung ⓘ New Taipei City ⓘ
capitalOf	Republic of China ⓘ Formosa ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Formosa ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
currency	New Taiwan dollar ⓘ
demographicsNote	predominantly Han Chinese population ⓘ
governmentType	special municipality government ⓘ
hasLandmark	Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall ⓘ Elephant Mountain ⓘ Longshan Temple ⓘ National Palace Museum ⓘ Shilin Night Market ⓘ Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall ⓘ Taipei 101 ⓘ Ximending ⓘ
highestPoint	Qixing Mountain ⓘ
isSeatOf	Control Yuan ⓘ Examination Yuan ⓘ Executive Yuan ⓘ Judicial Yuan ⓘ Legislative Yuan ⓘ Presidential Office Building ⓘ
knownFor	cultural center of Taiwan ⓘ economic center of Taiwan ⓘ political center of Taiwan ⓘ
legislature	Taipei City Council ⓘ
locatedIn	East Asia ⓘ northern Taiwan ⓘ
mayorTitle	Mayor of Taipei ⓘ
mountainRange	Yangmingshan ⓘ
officialLanguage	Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
partOf	Formosa ⓘ surface form: Taiwan Island
region	Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area ⓘ
river	Keelung River ⓘ Tamsui River ⓘ Keelung River ⓘ surface form: Xindian River
servedByAirport	Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport ⓘ
timeZone	National Standard Time ⓘ
transportHub	Taipei Main Station ⓘ
transportSystem	Taipei Metro ⓘ
utcOffset	+8 ⓘ
writingSystem	Traditional Chinese ⓘ

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Referenced by (424)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zhongshan Station (via metro) → locatedIn → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

subject surface form: Zhongshan Station

this entity surface form: Taipei

Banqiao → locatedNear → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

subject surface form: Banqiao District

this entity surface form: Taipei City

Hsinchu–Taipei–Keelung corridor → containsCity → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Hsinchu–Taipei–Keelung corridor → hasPart → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei City

Vice President of the Judicial Yuan → locatedIn → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Supreme Court → locatedIn → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

subject surface form: Supreme Court (Taiwan)

this entity surface form: Taipei

Supreme Court of the Republic of China (Taiwan) → locatedIn → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Supreme Court of the Republic of China (Taiwan) → movedTo → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Supreme Court of the Republic of China (Taiwan) → seat → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

Xindian District → borderedBy → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei City

Taoyuan Airport MRT → serves → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Taoyuan Airport MRT → locale → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Legislative Yuan Building → locatedIn → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Chengdu Road → locatedIn → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

northern Taiwan → hasMajorCity → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Taiwan

this entity surface form: Taipei

northern Taiwan → hasAdministrativeDivision → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Taiwan

this entity surface form: Taipei City

northern Taiwan → capitalOfRegionLocatedHere → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Taiwan

this entity surface form: Taipei

Banqiao District → locatedNear → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei City

Feitsui Reservoir → locatedNear → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei City

Feitsui Reservoir → serves → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei City

Feitsui Reservoir → locatedEastOf → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei City

Port of Taipei → nearCity → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Jiufen → reachableFrom → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Bitou Cape → accessibleFrom → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Taiwan High Speed Rail Banqiao Station → connectsTo → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Taiwan Railways Western Line → connectsCity → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) → headquartersLocation → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Taipei City Hall → locatedIn → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Seal of Taipei City Government → capitalOfJurisdiction → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei is the capital of Taiwan

Seal of Taipei City Government → associatedCountryCapital → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei is the capital city of Taiwan

Premier → seat → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

subject surface form: Premier of the Republic of China

this entity surface form: Taipei

Cabinet of the Republic of China → seat → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Taiwan) → headquartersLocation → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Ministry of Finance (Taiwan) → headquartersLocation → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Ministry of Justice (Taiwan) → headquartersLocation → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Taiwan) → headquartersLocation → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Ministry of Labor (Taiwan) → headquartersLocation → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan) → headquartersLocation → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

National Development Council (Taiwan) → seat → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Financial Supervisory Commission (Taiwan) → headquartersLocation → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

National Science and Technology Council (Taiwan) → location → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Council of Agriculture (Taiwan) → headquartersLocation → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Hakka Affairs Council (Taiwan) → seat → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

subject surface form: Hakka Affairs Council

this entity surface form: Taipei

President of the Legislative Yuan → residence → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

No. 1, Zhongshan South Road, Taipei → locatedInCity → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Internal Administration Committee → locatedIn → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Finance Committee → locatedIn → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

subject surface form: Finance Committee (Legislative Yuan)

this entity surface form: Taipei

Transportation Committee → locatedIn → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

subject surface form: Transportation Committee (Legislative Yuan)

this entity surface form: Taipei

Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee → locatedIn → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei

Procedure Committee → location → Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ

subject surface form: Procedure Committee (Legislative Yuan)

this entity surface form: Taipei

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