2169 Taiwan, an asteroid named after the Island of Taiwan, was discovered by Purple Mountain Obs. (also known as Zijinshan Astronomical Observatory) on November 9, 1964.
It was named for Taiwan. The main island of Taiwan has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. It was discovered on 9 November 1964, by astronomers at the Purple Mountain Observatory near Nanking, China. The Purple Mountain Observatory (Chinese: ; pinyin: Zijinshan Tianwentai), also known as Zijinshan Astronomical Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the Purple Mountain in the east of Nanjing. 
