Taiwan Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Taiwan with its capital Taipei is located in Asia (Eastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea). It covers some 35,981 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Maryland and Delaware combined) with 22,894,384 citizens. Chinese, Chinese and are the official languages spoken in Taiwan (consider regional differences).

Taiwan is an island nation of about 36,000 km² located off the coast of southeastern mainland China, southwest of Okinawa and north of the Philippines. Many people think of Taiwan as a grimy, densely populated industrial island full of hard disk factories, and you may well maintain this perception if you only stick to the densely populated West Coast. However, for those who take time to venture to the more sparsely populated East Coast will quickly find that Taiwan is actually home to some stunning landscapes. The Taroko Gorge near Hualien in particular is very impressive, and should not be missed. Most of Taiwan is covered with mountains which offer breathtaking views, so hiking opportunities are very diverse.

Pictures from Capital (Taipei)

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About Taiwan

The topography features eastern two-thirds mostly rugged mountains with flat to gently rolling plains in west. The average density of population is about 636 per km². The climate in Taiwan can be described as tropical with marine, rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August), cloudiness being persistent and extensive all year. Potential natural disasters are earthquakes or typhoons.

To reach someone in Taiwan dial +886 prior to a number. There are 14,596,000 installed telephones. And there are 26,959,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".tw". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 110V - 60Hz. The following list are the 4 regions/states in Taiwan we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Taiwan population grew at a rate of 0.21% (or by 49,043 citizens). With 158,181 deaths and 206,534 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.21%. 691 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Taiwan: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.