Facts and Statistics
Location: Eastern
Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea,
and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern coast of
China.
Capital: Taipei
Flag:
Climate: tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year.
Population: 22,858,872
(July 2007 est.)
Ethnic
Make-up: Taiwanese
(including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, indigenous 2%
Religions: mixture
of Buddhist and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%
Government: multiparty
democracy
Language in
Taiwan: The official language of Taiwan is Mandarin
Chinese, but because many Taiwanese are of southern Fujianese descent, Min-nan
(the Southern Min dialect, or Holo) is also widely spoken. The smaller groups
of Hakka people and aborigines have also preserved their own languages. Many
elderly people can also speak some Japanese, as they were subjected to Japanese
education before Taiwan was returned to Chinese rule in 1945 after the Japanese
occupation which lasted for half a century. The most popular foreign language
in Taiwan is English, which is part of the regular school curriculum.
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