TAIWAN FORMOSA

 

 

 

"Formosa" redirects here. For other uses, see Formosa (disambiguation).

Taiwan

Disputed island Other names: Formosa
Taiwan is mostly mountainous in the east, with gently sloping plains in the west. The Penghu Islands are west of Taiwan.
Geography
Location	East Asia
Area	35,882.6258 km2 (13,854.3593 sq mi)[1]
Rank	38
Length	394 km (245 mi)
Width	144 km (89 mi)
Coastline	1,239.5756 km (770.2366 mi)[1]
Highest point	Yushan 3,952 m (12,966 ft)
Administered by
Republic of China
Province and Special municipality	Taiwan Province (excluding Penghu County), Taipei City, New Taipei City, Taoyuan City, Taichung City, Tainan City, and Kaohsiung City
Capital city	Taipei City
Largest city	New Taipei City (3,976,313)
Claimed by
People's Republic of China
Province	Taiwan Province (excluding Penghu County)
Demographics
Population	23,269,633 (as of September 2016.[2])
Density	648.49[2]/km²
Ethnic groups	Han Taiwanese (>95%)  ∟ Hoklo people(70%)  ∟ Hakka people (14%)  ∟ Mainland Chinese (14%)[a][3][4] Taiwanese aborigines (2.3%)

Taiwan
Traditional Chinese	臺灣 or 台灣
Simplified Chinese	台湾
Postal	Taiwan
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Táiwān Bopomofo ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Tair'uan Wade–Giles T'ai²-wan¹ Tongyong Pinyin Táiwan MPS2 Táiwān Wu Romanization IPA: [d̥e uɛ] Hakka Romanization Thòi-vàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Toi4 Waan1 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tâi-oân Tâi-lô Tâi-uân Eastern Min Fuzhou BUC Dài-uăng
Portuguese: (Ilha) Formosa
Traditional Chinese	福爾摩沙
Simplified Chinese	福尔摩沙
Literal meaning	beautiful island
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fúĕrmóshā Bopomofo ㄈㄨˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄛˊ ㄕㄚ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Fur'eelmosha Wade–Giles Fu²-êr³-mo²-sha¹ Tongyong Pinyin Fúĕrmósha MPS2 Fúĕrmóshā Yue: Cantonese Jyutping fuk1ji5mo1saa1

Taiwan (also known as Formosa, from Portuguese: Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Island", Portuguese pronunciation: [ˌiʎɐ fuɾˈmɔzɐ]) is an island in East Asia; located some 180 kilometres (112 miles) off the southeastern coast of mainland China across the Taiwan Strait. It has an area of 35,883 km² (13,855 sq mi) and spans the Tropic of Cancer. The East China Sea lies to the north, the Philippine Sea to the east, the Luzon Strait directly to the south and the South China Sea to the southwest. Taiwan proper makes up 99% of the territory of the Free Area controlled by the Republic of China since the ROC lost its mainland China territory in the Chinese Civil War and fled to the island in 1949; the ROC itself is commonly referred to as simply "Taiwan".

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Taiwan