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Taiwan, Asia

This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 19 May 2025.

Taipei, capital city of Taiwan

Image of Taipei, capital city of Taiwan

Taiwan is an advanced East Asian economy with global leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, digital innovation, renewable-energy deployment, and vibrant export industries.
Taiwan in one word would be “Semiconductors,” meaning microchip industry.

Taiwan Flag

Flag of Taiwan

Taiwan armorial

armorial of Taiwan

Taiwan is a country located in the Northeast Asia sub‑region of the Asia continent.

Easy learning about Taiwan

The capital city of Taiwan is Taipei.

Taiwan is located in Northeast Asia
Asia Continent
Taiwan has a population of 23,317,145 inhabitants
within a total area of 35,980 Km2
(22,357 sq mi)
(2023 UN data)
Taiwan’s Global Peace Index (GPI) 43 (world rank position)
GPI scale of 1.82
This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is...
(2024 data from GPI)
Taiwan’s passport allows visa-free entry to 141 countries
Taiwan passport ranks 32nd in the world
(2025 HP Index data)
Taiwan GDP per capita is $34,426 USD
(2025 estimated data from IMF)
Taiwan ’s LGBTI legal status Same-sex sexual acts are Legal
(2025 ILGA data)
Latitude & Longitude 23° 30' N, 121° 00' E
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Neighbouring countriesTaiwan's is located east off the southeastern coast of China, separated by the Taiwan Strait and north of Luzon Island in the Philippines, Taiwan shares maritime borders with China, Japan and the Philippines.
Taiwan Climatetropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); persistent and extensive cloudiness all year
Most predominant religionBuddhist,
Second most predominant religionTaoist,
Currency name & code Dollar (TWD)
Internet ccTLD.tw
Taiwan calling code+886

Taiwan administrative divisions

includes main island of Taiwan plus smaller islands nearby and off coast of China's Fujian Province
Taiwan is divided into 13 counties (xian), 3 cities (shi), and 6 special municipalities directly under the jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan

counties

  1. Changhua
  2. Chiayi
  3. Hsinchu
  4. Hualien
  5. Kinmen
  6. Lienchiang
  7. Miaoli
  8. Nantou
  9. Penghu
  10. Pingtung
  11. Taitung
  12. Yilan
  13. Yunlin

cities

  1. Chiayi
  2. Hsinchu
  3. Keelung

special municipalities

  1. Kaohsiung (city)
  2. New Taipei (city)
  3. Taichung (city)
  4. Tainan (city)
  5. Taipei (city)
  6. Taoyuan (city)
Taiwan uses a variety of romanization systems, while a modified Wade-Giles system still dominates, the city of Taipei has adopted a Pinyin romanization for street and place names within its boundaries, other local authorities use different romanization systems

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