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Taipei 101

(Encyclopedia)Taipei 101, skyscraper in the Hsinyi dist., Taipei, Taiwan; also known as the Taipei Financial Center. With 101 floors and reaching 1,667 ft (508 m) high, Taipei 101 became the world's tallest buildin...

Taipei

(Encyclopedia)Taipei tb´ [key], special municipality (2010 pop. 2,655,515), N Taiwan, capital of Taiwan and provisional capital of the Republic of China. It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial cent...

New Taipei City

(Encyclopedia)New Taipei City tb´ [key], special municipality (2010 pop. 4,054,467), c.790 sq mi (2,050 sq km), N Taiwan, the most populous municipality in Taiwan. Formerly Taipei co., it was established as a ...

Baumgartner, Felix

(Encyclopedia)Baumgartner, Felix, 1969–, Austrian skydiver and daredevil. He made his first skydive at age 16, and turned to BASE jumping [Buildings, Antennas, Spans (bridges), and Earth (mountains)] in the 1990s...

Petronas Towers

(Encyclopedia)Petronas Towers, twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that are the world's tallest twin towers. Standing 1,483 ft (452 m) high, they were designed by the Argentinian-American architect César P...

Yilan

(Encyclopedia)Yilan y´län´ [key] or Ilan´län´ [key], city (1994 pop. 93,965), NE Taiwan. Located in an agricultural area, it is one of the largest rice markets in Taiwan. Fertilizers and wood and paper pr...

Taoyuan

(Encyclopedia)Taoyuan or T'ao-yuanboth: tou´ywän´ [key], special municipality (2010 pop. 2,190,342), N Taiwan. It was created in 2014 from Taoyuan co.; Taoyuan city became a district within the new municipality....

Periodic Table of the Elements: Mendelevium

(Encyclopedia)Periodic Table of the Elements: MendeleviumAtomic Number:101Atomic Symbol:Md MendeleviumAtomic Weight:(258)ElectronConfiguration:2 · 8 · 1832 · 318 · 2 ...

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