Nine Taiwanese Cities and Townships from New Taipei City to Hengchun in Order of Wikidata Latitude, North to South

New Taipei City is the northernmost stop at 25.0125 degrees north. The page calls it a special municipality and the most populous city on the island, with an estimated 4,004,367 people as of January 2023, and says it completely encloses the capital city of Taipei.

Taoyuan lies at 24.991278 degrees north, just south of New Taipei City on this ordering. The page records that it became a special municipality in 2014, that its name means peach garden in Chinese, and that its core districts are Taoyuan District and Zhongli District.

Zhubei sits at 24.83333 degrees north in Hsinchu County. The page describes it as one of the fastest growing settlements in the country, gaining about 51,000 residents between 2010 and 2019, and ties that growth to its proximity to Hsinchu City and the Hsinchu Science Park.

Changhua is at 24.066667 degrees north and is the county seat of Changhua County. The page says it was long home to a settlement of the Babuza people before Han Chinese settlers built a bamboo fortress, giving the nickname Bamboo Town, and that it holds the Great Buddha Statue on Bagua Mountain and the oldest Confucius temple in Taiwan.

Nantou City lies at 23.916667 degrees north, between the Bagua Mountains and the Maoluo River. The page names it the county seat of Nantou County and explains that its name transliterates the Hoanya word Ramtau, with its first character chosen to complement that of the Beitou district of Taipei.

Jiji is at 23.828611 degrees north, a short way south of Nantou City in the same county. The page records that it is the smallest township in Taiwan by land area at about 50 square kilometers, was the epicenter of the 1999 Jiji earthquake, and was named one of Taiwan's Top 10 Small Tourist Towns in 2012.

Magong is at 23.566667 degrees north on the main island of the Penghu Islands in the Taiwan Strait. The page calls it the seat of Penghu County and the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of the islands, and gives about 34 square kilometers and a population of roughly 63,000.

Tainan lies at 22.99 degrees north on the southwestern coast facing the Taiwan Strait. The page describes it as the oldest settlement on the island, a capital for 263 years under Dutch colonial rule, the Kingdom of Tungning and the Qing dynasty until 1887, and gives it the nickname the Phoenix City.

Hengchun ends the path at 22.0 degrees north on the southern tip of the Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County. The page calls it the southernmost township in the country and the gateway to Kenting National Park, and notes that half of its historic city wall and all four gates survive.