Taiwan, Asia

This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 21 April 2025.

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

Easy learning about Taiwan


Taiwan is located in	Northeast Asia Asia Continent
Taiwan population	23 317 145 inhabitants (2023 UN data)
Taiwan Area	35 980 Km² ( 22 357 sq mi)
Latitude & Longitude	23° 30' N, 121° 00' E
Taiwan Capital city	Taipei
Neighbouring countries	Taiwan'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 Climate	tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); persistent and extensive cloudiness all year
Most predominant religion	Buddhist,
Second most predominant religion	Taoist,
Currency name & code	Dollar (TWD)
Internet ccTLD	.tw
Taiwan calling code	886

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: Changhua,
Chiayi,
Hsinchu,
Hualien,
Kinmen,
Lienchiang,
Miaoli,
Nantou,
Penghu,
Pingtung,
Taitung,
Yilan,
Yunlin
cities: Chiayi,
Hsinchu,
Keelung
special municipalities: Kaohsiung (city),
New Taipei (city),
Taichung (city),
Tainan (city),
Taipei (city),
Taoyuan (city)
,
note: 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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