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Taiwan
- Type: Country with 23,100,000 residents
- Description: country in East Asia
- Languages: Chinese, Min Nan Chinese and Hakka Chinese
- Neighbors: China, Japan and Philippines
- Categories: state with limited recognition, island country, democratic republic, sovereign state and locality
- Location: East Asia, Asia
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Latitude of centre
23.82° or 23° 49' 12" northLongitude of centre
121.01° or 121° 0' 36" eastPopulation
23,100,000Area
35,980 km² (13,892 miles²)Elevation
1,103 metres (3,619 feet)Capital
TaipeiCurrency
Dollar (TWD)Phone code
.twInternet domain
886OpenStreetMap ID
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1668284Wikidata ID
Q865Taiwan Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Taywan
- Achinese: Taywan
- Afar: Qıtay Respublikası
- Afrikaans: Republiek China
- Afrikaans: Republiek van Sjina
- Afrikaans: Taiwan
- Akan: Taiwan
- Albanian: Republika e Kinës
- Albanian: Tajvan
- Amharic: Taywan
- Amharic: ታይዋን
- Amharic: የቻይና ሪፐብሊክ
- Amis: Taywan
- Angika: ताईवान
- Arabic: Republika han Tsina
- Arabic: تايبيه الصينية
- Arabic: تايوان
- Arabic: جمهورية الصين
- Aragonese: Republica de China
- Armenian: Թայվան
- Armenian: Չինաստանի Հանրապետություն
- Arpitan: Rèpublica de Ch·ina
- Assamese: টাইৱান
- Asturian: República de China
- Asturian: Taiwán
- Atayal: Cyukamingkok
- Atayal: Taywan
- Awadhi: ताइवान
- Azerbaijani: Tayvan
- Azerbaijani: ÇR
- Azerbaijani: Çin Respublikası
- Balinese: Taiwan
- Bambara: Tayiwani
- Bashkir: Ҡытай Республикаһы
- Basque: Taiwan
- Bavarian: Republik China
- Bavarian: Republik Kina
- Bavarian: Taiwan
- Belarusian: Востраў Тайвань
- Belarusian: Рэспубліка Кітай
- Belarusian: Тайв́ань
- Belarusian: Тайвань
- Bengali: চীন প্রজাতন্ত্র
- Bengali: তাইওয়ান
- Bhojpuri: ताइवान
- Bishnupriya: তাইৱান
- Bislama: Taewan
- Bosnian: Republika Kina
- Bosnian: Tajvan
- Brahui: Táíván
- Breton: Enez Taiwan
- Breton: Republik Sina
- Breton: Taiwan
- Buginese: ᨈᨕᨗᨓᨕᨊ
- Bulgarian: Република Китай
- Bulgarian: Тайван
- Burmese: တရုတ်
- Burmese: တရုတ်တိုင်ပေ
- Burmese: တရုတ်သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ (ထိုင်ဝမ်)
- Burmese: တရုတ်သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ
- Burmese: ထိုင်ပေ
- Burmese: ထိုင်ဝမ်
- Burmese: ထိုင်ဝမ်နိုင်ငံ
- Burmese: ဖော်မိုဆာ
- Burmese: အာအိုစီ
- Catalan: República de la Xina
- Catalan: Taiwan
- Catalan: Xina
- Cebuano: Republika sa Tsina
- Central Bikol: Taiwan
- Central Kurdish: تایوان
- Central Kurdish: کۆماری چین
- Central Okinawan: 中華民国
- Central Okinawan: 台湾
- Chavacano: Taiwán
- Chechen: Тайвань
- Cherokee: ᏔᎢᏩᏂ
- Cheyenne: Republic of China
- Cheyenne: Taiwan
- Chinese: ROC
- Chinese: ROC 台灣
- Chinese: TW
- Chinese: TWN
- Chinese: Tiong-hoâ Bîn-kok
- Chinese: Táiwān
- Chinese: 东中国
- Chinese: 中华台北
- Chinese: 中华民国
- Chinese: 中华民国台湾
- Chinese: 中华民国自由地区
- Chinese: 中国台北
- Chinese: 中国台湾
- Chinese: 中國(1970年前)
- Chinese: 中華台北
- Chinese: 中華民國
- Chinese: 中華民國臺灣
- Chinese: 中華民國(臺灣)
- Chinese: 中華臺北
- Chinese: 台北當局
- Chinese: 台湾
- Chinese: 台湾地区
- Chinese: 台澎金马
- Chinese: 台灣
- Chinese: 台灣當局
- Chinese: 国民党中国
- Chinese: 國府中國
- Chinese: 民国
- Chinese: 民國
- Chinese: 自由中國
- Chinese: 臺澎金馬
- Chinese: 臺灣
- Chinese: 臺灣地區
- Chuvash: Тайвань
- Cornish: Taywan
- Corsican: Republica di China
- Corsican: Republica di Cina
- Corsican: Ripublica di China
- Corsican: Taiwan
- Crimean Tatar: Çin Cumhuriyeti
- Croatian: Republika Kina
- Croatian: Tajvan
- Czech: Taiwan
- Czech: Tchaj-wan
- Czech: Tchajwan
- Czech: Čínská republika
- Dagbani: Taiwan
- Danish: Republikken Kina
- Danish: Taiwan
- Dhivehi: ޓައިވާން
- Dhivehi: ޖުމްހޫރީ ޗައިނާ
- Dimli (individual language): Cumhuriyetê Çini
- Dotyali: ताइवान
- Dutch: ROC
- Dutch: Republiek China
- Dutch: TW
- Dutch: TWN
- Dutch: Taiwan
- Dzongkha: ཊཱའི་ཝཱན
- Dzongkha: ཏའི་ཝཱན་
- Eastern Mari: Тайван
- Eastern Mari: Тайвань
- Egyptian Arabic: تايوان
- Egyptian Arabic: جمهورية الصين
- English: China, Republic
- English: Chinese Taipei
- English: Chunghwa Minkuo
- English: Chunghwa Minkwo
- English: Formosa
- English: Free China
- English: Free area of the Republic of China
- English: Ilaod
- English: Nanasian
- English: Nationalist China
- English: ROC
- English: Republic of China (Taiwan)
- English: Republic of China
- English: TPE
- English: TW
- English: TWN
- English: Taivang
- English: Taivangʉ
- English: Taiwan, Republic of China
- English: Taiwan ROC
- English: Taywan
- Erzya: Китайень Республикась
- Esperanto: Respubliko Ĉinio
- Esperanto: Tajvano
- Estonian: Hiina Vabariik
- Estonian: Taiwan
- Ewe: Taiwan
- Ewe: Taiwan nutome
- Extremaduran: Repúbrica de China
- Faroese: Taivan
- Faroese: Teivan
- Fiji Hindi: Republic of China
- Finnish: Kiinan tasavalta
- Finnish: Taiwan
- French: Chine nationaliste
- French: Formose
- French: RDC
- French: République de Chine
- French: TW
- French: Taiwan
- French: Taïwan
- French: république de Chine
- French: république nationaliste de Chine
- Fulah: Taywaan
- Gagauz: Kitay Respublikası
- Galician: Illa de Taiwán
- Galician: Taiwán
- Gan Chinese: 中華民國
- Gan Chinese: 台湾
- Ganda: Tayiwani
- Georgian: ტაივანი
- German: Chinesische Republik
- German: Nationalchina
- German: ROC
- German: Republik China
- German: Republik China (Taiwan)
- German: Republik China auf Taiwan
- German: Taiwan
- German: Taiwan (Chinesisches Taipei)
- German: Zhōnghuá Mínguó
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Taiwan
- Goan Konkani: Taiwan
- Goan Konkani: तैवान
- Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌹̈𐍅𐌰
- Greek: Δημοκρατία της Κίνας
- Greek: Ταϊβάν
- Guarani: Taiuã
- Guianese Creole French: Taywan
- Gujarati: ચીની ગણતંત્ર
- Gujarati: તાઇવાન
- Haitian: Taywann
- Hakka Chinese: Chûng-fà Mìn-koet
- Hakka Chinese: Thòi-vàn
- Hakka Chinese: Thòi-vân
- Hausa: Chûng-fà Mìn-koet
- Hausa: Jamhuriyar Sin
- Hausa: Taiuana
- Hausa: Taiwan
- Hawaiian: Taiuana
- Hebrew: טאיוואן
- Hebrew: טייוואן
- Hindi: चीनी गणराज्य
- Hindi: ताइवान
- Hungarian: Kínai Köztársaság
- Hungarian: Tajvan
- Icelandic: Lýðveldið Kína
- Icelandic: Taívan
- Ido: Republiko di Chinia
- Igbo: Taiwan
- Iloko: Taiwan
- Inari Sami: Taiwan
- Indonesian: Nasionalis Cina
- Indonesian: Nasionalis Tiongkok
- Indonesian: Republik Cina
- Indonesian: Republik Tiongkok
- Indonesian: Taiwan
- Interlingua: Republica de China
- Interlingua: Taiwan
- Interlingue: Taiwan
- Inuktitut: ᑕᐃᐅᐋᓐ
- Irish: An Téaváin
- Irish: an Téaváin
- Italian: Cina
- Italian: Formosa
- Italian: Isola di Formosa
- Italian: Repubblica di Cina (RDC)
- Italian: Taiwan
- Jamaican Creole English: Ripoblik a Chaina
- Jamaican Creole English: Taiwan
- Japanese: ROC
- Japanese: TW
- Japanese: TWN
- Japanese: チャイニーズタイペイ
- Japanese: チャイニーズ・タイペイ
- Japanese: 中華台北
- Japanese: 中華民国
- Japanese: 台
- Japanese: 台湾
- Japanese: 台灣
- Japanese: 国府中国
- Japanese: 自由中国
- Japanese: 華
- Javanese: Républik Cina
- Javanese: Taiwan
- Kabardian: Хъутей Республикэ
- Kabiyè: Tayɩwanɩ
- Kabyle: Tagduda n Ccinwa
- Kabyle: Taywan
- Kadazan Dusun: Taiwan
- Kalaallisut: Taiwan
- Kalmyk: Китдин Орн
- Kannada: ಚೀನಿ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ
- Kannada: ಟೈವಾನ್
- Kannada: ತೈವಾನ್
- Kara-Kalpak: Tayvan
- Kashmiri: تایوان
- Kashubian: Tajwan
- Kazakh: Тайвань
- Kazakh: Тайуан
- Khmer: តៃវ៉ាន់
- Kikuyu: Taiwani
- Kinyarwanda: Tayiwani
- Kirghiz: Тайвань
- Korean: Chinese Republic
- Korean: ROC
- Korean: 대만
- Korean: 민주중국
- Korean: 자유중국
- Korean: 중화민국
- Korean: 타이완
- Kurdish: Taywan
- Kurdish: تایوان
- Ladin: Taiwan
- Ladino: Repuvlika de Kina
- Lao: Taiwan
- Lao: Tâi-oân
- Lao: ປະເທດໄຕ້ຫວັນ
- Lao: ໄຕ້ຫວັນ
- Latin: Formosa
- Latin: Res publica Sinarum
- Latvian: Taipejas Ķīna
- Latvian: Taivāna
- Latvian: Ķīnas Republika
- Ligurian: Taiwan
- Limburgan: Republiek China
- Lingala: Taiwan
- Lingala: Taiwanin
- Lingua Franca Nova: Taiuan
- Literary Chinese: 中華民國
- Literary Chinese: 台灣
- Lithuanian: Taivanas
- Livvi: Taivan'
- Lombard: Taiwan
- Low German: Republiek China
- Lower Sorbian: Republika Chinska
- Lower Sorbian: Republika Chinskeje
- Luba-Katanga: Taiwani
- Luxembourgish: Chineesesch Republik
- Luxembourgish: Republik China
- Luxembourgish: Taiwan
- Macedo-Romanian: Taiwan
- Macedonian: Република Кина
- Macedonian: Тајван
- Macedonian: Тјаван
- Madurese: Taiwan
- Maithili: ताइवान
- Malagasy: Taioana
- Malagasy: Taioàna
- Malagasy: Taiwan
- Malay: Pulau Taiwan
- Malay: ROC
- Malay: Republik China
- Malay: Republik China di Taiwan
- Malay: Taiwan
- Malay: تايوان
- Malayalam: തായ്വാന്
- Malayalam: തായ്വാൻ
- Maltese: Tajwan
- Maltese: it-Tajwan
- Manipuri: ꯇꯥꯏꯋꯥꯟ
- Manx: Pobblaght ny Sheen
- Maori: Taiwana
- Marathi: चीनचे प्रजासत्ताक
- Marathi: तैवान
- Mazanderani: تایوان
- Mazanderani: تایوون
- Min Dong Chinese: Dài-uăng
- Min Dong Chinese: Dṳ̆ng-huà Mìng-guók
- Min Dong Chinese: 中華民國
- Min Nan Chinese: Tiong-hoa Bîn-kok
- Min Nan Chinese: Tiong-hoâ Bîn-kok
- Min Nan Chinese: Tiong-hôa-bîn-kok
- Min Nan Chinese: Tiong-hôa Bîn-kok
- Min Nan Chinese: Tionghoa Binkok
- Min Nan Chinese: Tâi-oân
- Min Nan Chinese: Tâi-uân
- Min Nan Chinese: 中華民國
- Min Nan Chinese: 臺灣
- Minangkabau: Taiwan
- Mingrelian: ტაივანი
- Mongolian: Бүгд Найрамдах Хятад Улс
- Mongolian: Тайвань
- Mongolian: ꯇꯥꯢꯋꯥꯟ
- Moroccan Arabic: طايوان
- Nauru: Republik Tsiene
- Navajo: Tsiiʼyishbizhí Dineʼé Bikéyah Yázhí
- Ndonga: Taiwan
- Nepali: ताइवान
- North Ndebele: Thayiwani
- Northern Frisian: Taiwan
- Northern Luri: تایوان
- Northern Luri: تایڤان
- Northern Sami: Taiwan
- Norwegian: Republikken Kina
- Norwegian: Taiwan
- Norwegian Bokmål: Republikken Kina (Taiwan)
- Norwegian Bokmål: Republikken Kina
- Norwegian Bokmål: Taiwan
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Republikken Kina
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Taiwan
- Novial: Republike de China
- Occitan (post 1500): Republica de China
- Occitan (post 1500): Taiwan
- Oriya: ତାଇୱାନ
- Oriya: ତାଇୱାନ୍
- Ossetian: Китайы Республикæ
- Ossetian: Тайван
- Paiwan: Taiwan
- Pali: तैवान
- Pampanga: Republic of China
- Pampanga: Republika ning Tsina
- Panjabi: ਚੀਨ ਗਣਰਾਜ
- Panjabi: ਤਾਇਵਾਨ
- Panjabi: ਤਾਈਵਾਨ
- Papiamento: Republika di China
- Papiamento: Taiwan
- Persian: تایوان
- Pfaelzisch: Taiwan
- Pfaelzisch: Taiwon
- Picard: Taïwan
- Piemontese: Taiwan
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Repablik o' Shiina
- Polish: Republika Chińska
- Polish: Tajwan
- Portuguese: China (anteriormente conhecida como)
- Portuguese: China, República
- Portuguese: China Livre
- Portuguese: China Nacionalista
- Portuguese: Chunghwa Minkuo
- Portuguese: Chunghwa Minkwo
- Portuguese: Formosa
- Portuguese: Ilha Formosa
- Portuguese: RC
- Portuguese: ROC
- Portuguese: República da China
- Portuguese: República da China (Taiwan)
- Portuguese: TWN
- Portuguese: Taipei
- Portuguese: Taipé
- Portuguese: Taipé Chinesa
- Portuguese: Taiwan
- Portuguese: Taiwan RC
- Portuguese: Área livre da República da China
- Pushto: تائيوان
- Pushto: تایوان
- Pushto: د چين جمهوريت
- Quechua: Chunwa Republika
- Quechua: Chunwa Ripuwlika
- Quechua: Taiwán
- Romanian: Taiwan
- Romansh: Taiwan
- Rundi: Tayiwani
- Russia Buriat: Бүгэдэ Найрамдаха Хитад Улас
- Russian: Китайская Республика (Тайвань)
- Russian: Китайская Республика
- Russian: Китайская Республика Тайвань
- Russian: Китайский Тайбэй
- Russian: Республика Китай
- Russian: Тайвань
- Russian: Чжунхуа Миньго
- Rusyn: Тайван
- Sakizaya: Conghwaminku
- Sakizaya: Taywan
- Samoan: Saina Taipei
- Samogitian: Taivans
- Sango: Tâiwâni
- Sanskrit: तैवान
- Santali: ᱛᱟᱭᱣᱟᱱ
- Sardinian: Taiwan
- Saterfriesisch: Republik China
- Scots: Republic o Cheenae
- Scots: Taiwan
- Scottish Gaelic: Poblachd na Sìne
- Scottish Gaelic: Taidh-Bhàn
- Serbian: Република Кина
- Serbian: Тајван
- Serbo-Croatian: Republika Kina
- Serbo-Croatian: Tajvan
- Shan: ထၢႆႇဝၢၼ်း
- Shona: Taiwan
- Sicilian: Taiwan
- Silesian: Chińskŏ Republika
- Silesian: Republika Chińsko
- Sindhi: تائيوان
- Sindhi: تائیوان
- Sinhala: තායිවානය
- Skolt Sami: Taiwaan
- Slovak: Taiwan
- Slovak: Čínska republika
- Slovenian: Republika Kitajska
- Slovenian: Tajvan
- Somali: Taywaan
- Somali: Taywan
- South Azerbaijani: تایوان
- Southern Altai: Тайвань
- Spanish: China
- Spanish: China Nacionalista
- Spanish: China ROC
- Spanish: China Taipei
- Spanish: China Taipéi
- Spanish: China libre
- Spanish: Formosa
- Spanish: ROC
- Spanish: República de China
- Spanish: Taipéi
- Spanish: Taiwán
- Spanish: Taiwán ROC
- Sundanese: Républik Tiongkok
- Swahili: Jamhuri ya China
- Swahili: Taiwan
- Swati: IThayiwani
- Swedish: Taiwan
- Swiss German: Republik China
- Tagalog: Heograpiya ng Taiwan
- Tagalog: Republika ng Tsina
- Tagalog: Taiwan
- Tajik: Тайван
- Tamil: சீனக் குடியரசு
- Tamil: தைவான்
- Taroko: Cunghwa Minkwo
- Taroko: Taiwan
- Taroko: Taywang
- Tatar: Кытай Республикасы
- Tatar: Кытай Җөмһүрияте
- Tatar: Тайва́нь
- Tatar: Тайвань
- Telugu: టైవాన్
- Telugu: తైవాన్
- Tetum: Taiwán
- Thai: ประเทศไต้หวัน
- Thai: ไต้หวัน
- Tibetan: ཐའེ་ཝན།
- Tigrinya: ታይዋን
- Tok Pisin: Ripablik bilong Saina
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Taiuani
- Tosk Albanian: Republik China
- Tunisian Arabic: تايوان
- Turkish: Tayvan
- Turkish: Çin Cumhuriyeti
- Turkmen: Taýwan
- Tyap: Taiwan
- Udmurt: Тайвань
- Uighur: تەيۋەن
- Ukrainian: Республіка Китай
- Ukrainian: Тайва́нь
- Ukrainian: Тайвань
- Upper Sorbian: Chinska republika
- Upper Sorbian: Republika Chinska
- Upper Sorbian: Taiwan
- Urdu: تائیوان
- Urdu: جمہوریۂ چین
- Uzbek: Tayvan
- Uzbek: Xitoy Respublikasi
- Venetian: Republica de Cina
- Venetian: Repùblega de Cina
- Veps: Taivan'
- Veps: Taivan
- Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Trung Hoa
- Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Trung Quốc
- Vietnamese: THDQ
- Vietnamese: Trung Hoa Dân Quốc
- Vietnamese: Trung Hoa Đài Bắc
- Vietnamese: Đài Bắc Trung Hoa
- Vietnamese: Đài Loan
- Vlaams: Taiwan
- Vlax Romani: Taiwan
- Volapük: Tayvän
- Võro: Hiina Vabariik
- Võro: Taivan
- Võro: Taiwan
- Walloon: Taywane
- Waray (Philippines): Republika han Tsina
- Welsh: Taiwan
- Western Balochi: تایوان
- Western Frisian: Taiwan
- Western Panjabi: تائیوان
- Wolof: Taaywaan
- Wolof: Taywan
- Wu Chinese: 中华民国
- Wu Chinese: 台湾
- Yakut: Кытай Республиката
- Yakut: Кытай Өрөспүүбүлүкэтэ
- Yiddish: טייוואן
- Yiddish: טײַװאַן
- Yoruba: Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìnira ilẹ̀ Ṣáínà
- Yoruba: Taiwani
- Yue Chinese: 中華民國
- Yue Chinese: 台
- Yue Chinese: 台北當局
- Yue Chinese: 台灣
- Yue Chinese: 台灣當局
- Yue Chinese: 自由中國
- Yue Chinese: 臺
- Zeeuws: Taiwan
- Zhuang: Cunghvaz Minzgoz
- Zhuang: Daizvanh
- Zulu: i-Taiwan
- Chung-hua Min-kuo
- Hytaý Respublikasy
- Republik Taiwan
- Republiko Chinia
- Taihuan
- Taiwan, Province of China
- ma Tawan
- Қытай Республикасы
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