Taiwan, Tajwan, Republic of China, Republika Chińska,
Chung-kua, Min-kuo
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In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan, however it reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using the 1947 constitution drawn up for all of China. Over the next five decades, the ruling authorities gradually democratized and incorporated the native population within its governing structure. Throughout this period, the island has prospered to become one of East Asia's economic "Tigers." The dominant political issue continues to be the relationship between Taiwan and China and the question of eventual reunification.

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1. Dependency status: NA

2. Government type: multiparty democratic regime headed by popularly elected president

3. Location: Eastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern coast of China

4. Border Countries: none

5. Climate: tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year

6. Terrain: eastern two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; flat to gently rolling plains in west

7. Area: 35,980 km2; includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy

8. Capital: Taipei

9. Administrative divisions: since in the past the authorities claimed to be the government of all China, the central administrative divisions include the provinces of Fu-chien (some 20 offshore islands of Fujian Province including Quemoy and Matsu) and Taiwan (the island of Taiwan and the Pescadores islands); note - the more commonly referenced administrative divisions are those of Taiwan Province - 16 counties (hsien, singular and plural), 5 municipalities* (shih, singular and plural), and 2 special municipalities** (chuan-shih, singular and plural); Chang-hua, Chia-i, Chia-i*, Chi-lung*, Hsin-chu, Hsin-chu*, Hua-lien, I-lan, Kao-hsiung, Kao-hsiung**, Miao-li, Nan-t'ou, P'eng-hu, P'ing-tung, T'ai-chung, T'ai-chung*, T'ai-nan, T'ai-nan*, T'ai-pei, T'ai-pei**, T'ai-tung, T'ao-yuan, and Yun-lin; the provincial capital is at Chung-hsing-hsin-ts'un

10. Population: 22,370,461 (July 2001 est.)

11. Languages: Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects

12. Religions: mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%

13. Currency: new Taiwan dollar (TWD)

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