About Taitung
Taitung is a city in Taiwan, Taiwan with a population of 103,260. It is the 16th largest of the 52 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Taiwan, and the 5,556th largest worldwide. It lies 258 km from Taipei.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#14of 48
Elevation
20 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Taipei
Coordinates
22.760, 121.145
Record updated
2025-06-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 52 in TaiwanClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.