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Capital	Taipei
Government	Multiparty democratic republic with a popularly elected president and unicameral legislature
Currency	New Taiwan dollar (TWD)
Area	total: 35,980 km² water: 3,720 km² land: 32,260 km²
Population	22,858,872 (July 2007 est.)
Language	Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese, Hakka
Religion	Mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%
Electricity	110V/60HZ (USA plug type)
Calling Code	+886
Internet TLD	.tw
Time Zone	UTC+8

Taiwan (Traditional Chinese: 台灣 or 臺灣, Simplified Chinese: 台湾 tái wān) eng.taiwan.net.tw/lan/Cht/search/index.asp is an island nation of about 36,000 km² located off the coast of southeastern China, southwest of Okinawa and north of the Philippines. The island is governed by the Republic of China (中華民國 Zhōnghuá Mínguó) or ROC. Shaped roughly like a sweet potato, the nation is home to more than 23 million people and is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Besides its crowded cities, Taiwan is also known for steep mountains and lush forests. In addition to the island of Taiwan, the Republic of China also governs the Pescadores (Penghu), Quemoy (Kinmen/Jinmen), and Matsu.

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Taiwan: Introduction is based on work by Drew Lietzow, Inas, Heimstern, Burmesedays, anonymous, iGuide, and others. Taiwan Travel Guide & Taiwan Interactive Map is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0. See background image credits.