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
Government type:	multiparty democratic regime headed by popularly-elected president and unicameral legislature
Capital:	Taipei
Administrative divisions:	the central administrative divisions include the provinces of Fu-chien (some 20 offshore islands of Fujian Province including Quemoy and Matsu) and Taiwan (the island of Taiwan and the Pescadores islands); Taiwan is further subdivided into 16 counties (hsien, singular and plural), 5 municipalities (shih, singular and plural), and 2 special municipalities (chuan-shih, singular and plural); the provincial capital is at Chung-hsing-hsin-ts'un : counties: Chang-hua, Chia-i, Hsin-chu, Hua-lien, I-lan, Kao-hsiung, Miao-li, Nan-t'ou, P'eng-hu, P'ing-tung, T'ai-chung, T'ai-nan, T'ai-pei, T'ai-tung, T'ao-yuan, and Yun-lin : municipalities: Chia-i, Chi-lung, Hsin-chu, T'ai-chung, T'ai-nan : special municipalities: Kao-hsiung, T'ai-pei note: Taiwan uses the Wade-Giles system for romanization
Population:	22,749,838 (July 2004 est.)
Languages:	Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects
Currency:	new Taiwan dollar (TWD)
Internet country code:	.tw

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