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Taiwan, [II] [i] officially the Republic of China (ROC), [I] is a country [26] in East Asia. [l] The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Sea in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.
The island of Taiwan, the largest of the archipelago, was known in the West until after World War II as Formosa, from the Portuguese Ilha Formosa ([ˌiʎɐ fuɾˈmɔzɐ]), "beautiful island". [4] It is 394 km (245 mi) long and 144 km (89 mi) wide, [ 5 ] and has an area of 35,808 km 2 (13,826 sq mi). [ 6 ]
Map of Taiwan. The islands comprising the Taiwan Area under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (ROC) are classified into various island groups. The island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, is the largest island and the main component of the ROC-controlled territories.
In the 1980s and early 1990s, Taiwan evolved into a multi-party democracy with universal suffrage. Taiwan is one of the Four Asian Tigers and a member of the WTO and APEC. The 19th-largest economy in the world, [1] [2] its high-tech industry plays a key role in the global economy.
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main island of Taiwan , also known as Formosa , lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean , with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.
Eastern Taiwan: Yilan, Hualien and Taitung. Western Taiwan: other divisions from Taipei to Pingtung. Northern and Southern Taiwan: Zhuoshui River, the longest river of Taiwan, flows through about the middle of the island. Northern Taiwan: Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu (City/County), Miaoli, Taichung, Changhua, and Nantou.
The U.S. State Department's Taiwan page last week removed a previous reference to not supporting Taiwan's independence. The Qing dynasty incorporated Taiwan as part of Fujian province in 1684 and ...
18 potential World Heritage Sites have been identified in Taiwan by the Taiwan World Heritage Committee, of the Taiwanese Bureau of Cultural Heritage. [1] These have not been listed as actual World Heritage Sites due to the influence of the People's Republic of China, [2] and also because Taiwan is not a member of UNESCO or the United Nations.