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Taiwan

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(Àtúnjúwe láti Republic of China)
Republic of China

中華民國[a]
Zhōnghuá Mínguó
A red flag, with a small blue rectangle in the top left hand corner on which sits a white sun composed of a circle surrounded by 12 rays.
Àsìá
A blue circular emblem on which sits a white sun composed of a circle surrounded by 12 rays.
Emblem
Orin ìyìn: 

National Anthem of the Republic of China
《中華民國國歌》
Fáìlì:National Flag Anthem of the ROC instrumental.ogg

National Flag Anthem
《中華民國國旗歌》
A map depicting a relatively small island in East Asia.
OlùìlúTaipei[1][b]
Ìlú tótóbijùlọNew Taipei
Àwọn èdè ìṣẹ́ọbaStandard Mandarin[2]
Lílò regional languagesTaiwanese Hokkien
Hakka Chinese
Formosan languages[3]
Official scriptsTraditional Chinese
Àwọn ẹ̀yà ènìyàn
98% Han[4][5]
[Ìjápọ̀ tí kò ṣiṣẹ́ mọ́]

 70% Hoklo
 14% Hakka
 14% Mainlanders[6]

2% Taiwanese aborigines[7]
Orúkọ aráàlúTaiwanese[8][9][10] or Chinese[11] or both
ÌjọbaSemi-presidential republic
• President
Tsai Ing-wen
Lai Ching-te
• Premier
Chen Chien-jen
Cheng Wen-tsan
AṣòfinLegislative Yuan
Establishment 
10 October 1911
• Republic established
1 January 1912
25 October 1945
25 December 1947
7 December 1949
Ìtóbi
• Total
36,191.4667 km2 (13,973.6034 sq mi) (136th)
• Omi (%)
10.34
Alábùgbé
• 2010 estimate
23,150,923[12][c] (49th)
• Ìdìmọ́ra
640/km2 (1,657.6/sq mi) (16th)
GDP (PPP)2010 estimate
• Total
$810.487 billion[13] (19th)
• Per capita
$34,743[13] (21th)
GDP (nominal)2010 estimate
• Total
$426.984 billion[13] (24th)
• Per capita
$18,303[13] (37th)
Gini (2008)34.1 [14]
Error: Invalid Gini value
HDI (2007) 0.943 [15]
Error: Invalid HDI value
OwónínáNew Taiwan dollar (NT$) (TWD)
Ibi àkókòUTC+8 (CST)
• Ìgbà oru (DST)
UTC+8 (not observed)
Irú ọjọ́ọdúnyyyy-mm-dd
yyyy年m月d日
(CE; CE+2697) or 民國yy年m月d日
Ojúọ̀nà ọkọ́right
Àmì tẹlifóònù+886
ISO 3166 codeTW
Internet TLD.tw, .台灣,[16] .台湾
a. ^ See also Names of China.

b. ^ Nanjing was the seat of the government from 1928 until 1949 except during wars, when the government retreated to Taipei.

c. ^ Population and density ranks based on 2008 figures.

Taiwan tabi Orile-ede Olominira ile Ṣaina je orile-ede ni Ásíà.



  1. "Yearbook 2004". Yearbook. Government Information Office of the Republic of China. 2004. Taipei is the capital of the ROC 
  2. "Taiwan (self-governing island, Asia)". Britannica Online Encyclopedia. 1975-04-05. Retrieved 2009-05-07. 
  3. "The Republic of China Yearbook 2009. Chapter 2 – People and Language". Government Information Office. 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2010. 
  4. "The Republic of China Yearbook 2009 / Chapter 2: People and Language". Gio.gov.tw. Retrieved 1 August 2010. 
  5. Àdàkọ:CIA World Factbook link
  6. Waishengren usually refers to people who moved from mainland China to Taiwan after 1949 when the KMT retreated to Taiwan due to the Chinese Civil War, and to their descendants born in Taiwan. It usually does not include citizens of the People's Republic of China who more recently moved to Taiwan.
  7. Taiwanese Aborigines are officially categorised into 14 separate ethnic groups by the Republic of China. They have all been grouped into one group here for simplicity. For the entire list of groups, see List of ethnic groups in Taiwan
  8. "The ROC's Humanitarian Relief Program for Afghan Refugees". Gio.gov.tw. 2001-12-11. Archived from the original on December 15, 2004. Retrieved 2009-05-07. 
  9. "Taiwanese health official invited to observe bird-flu conference". Gio.gov.tw. 2005-11-11. Retrieved 2009-05-07. 
  10. "Demonyms – Names of Nationalities". Geography.about.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07. 
  11. Although the territories controlled by the ROC imply that the demonym is "Taiwanese", some consider that it is "Chinese" due to the claims of the ROC over all of China. Taiwanese people have various opinions regarding their own national identity.
  12. "MOI Statistical Information Service". Retrieved 2010-10-24. 
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "Republic of China (Taiwan)". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2010-04-21. 
  14. Regularly check CIA factbook or Household Income distribution of major countries. http://eng.stat.gov.tw/public/data/dgbas03/bs4/ninews_e/9808/t14e.xls. 
  15. Due to its political status, the UN has not calculated an HDI for the ROC. The ROC government calculated its HDI for 2007 to be 0.943, [1] and would rank 25th among countries.
  16. "ICANN Board Meeting Minutes". ICANN. 25 June 2010.