Where is Taiwan located?

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Taiwan is located in the southeast of the Asian continent, where it is located in the Pacific Ocean, and is separated from China by the strait known as the Strait of Formosa, and it is separated from China by approximately one hundred and forty kilometers. Taiwan extends over an area of ​​​​land estimated at about thirty-six thousand square kilometers. almost.

The capital of Taiwan is Taipei, and the official language is Mandarin. The system of government in this country is republican, semi-presidential, and the population of the state of Taiwan is estimated at about twenty-three million, one hundred and seventy-four thousand people, and the official currency used in this country is the new Taiwanese dollar.

The people and language of Taiwan

The vast majority of the population in Taiwan descends from Han Chinese origins, while the Australians who consider the indigenous people of Taiwan constitute only about two percent of the island's population, and as for religion in Taiwan, the great percentage are followers of the Buddhist religion, as the proportion of Buddhists in this country is estimated Approximately thirty-five percent of the total population, thirty-three percent of the population are Taoists, while the non-religious are estimated at about fourteen percent, and there is a religion in Taiwan known as I Kwan Tao, where this religion derives its teachings and beliefs from both Buddhism Taoism and Confucianism, as it recognizes the Christian and Islamic religions, and this religion is embraced by approximately eight hundred and ten thousand people, and there is also a relatively small spread of some Christian sects and sects.

Although the official language in Taiwan is Mandarin Chinese, the majority of the population of this country speaks the Taiwanese language, which is the language that traces its origins back to the Min Tan language. The care it deserves to preserve it from loss and extinction, in addition to the imprinting of the indigenous people with the Chinese character, which made them lose their original spirit and contributed to the acceleration of the eradication of their languages, which today have become almost extinct.

New Taipei City is considered one of the largest Taiwanese cities in terms of population, as this city is located in northern Taiwan, and its population is estimated at about three million and nine hundred thousand people, and its area exceeds nearly two thousand square kilometers, and New Taipei city is bordered from the north by the city of Keelung, From the south, it is bordered by Yilin County, Taoyuan, and other large cities in Taiwan, Taichung, Taipei, Tainan, Taoyuan, Xin Shu, Chiayi, Changi, Kei Lang, and many other cities.