Atlas of Taiwan

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Taiwan (R.O.C.)

	中華民國 (臺灣)

中文	中華民國 (臺灣) - 中華民國^[1] 中華民國（1912年1月1日— ）位於亞洲東部、太平洋西岸。目前有效統治之台灣地區領土包括台灣島、澎湖群島、金門、馬祖、東沙群島、南沙太平島和中洲島，總陸地面積36，188平方公里。中華民國中央政府現位於台北市，遷台前首都南京市。中華民國是第二次世界大戰主要戰勝國，也是聯合國五個主要創始會員國之一。台灣（原寫作臺灣，「臺」為正體字，因書寫方便，此字後來與異體字「台」通用，現今多用「台」字）位於亞洲東部地區，西太平洋上。荷蘭時期稱「Taioan」，漢書為「大員」、「台員」或「大灣」。名稱由來很多，其中一種是來自台灣島南部平埔族原住民─西拉雅族對居住地的稱呼。文言: 中華民國在亞東之極。本都南京，因事失地泰半，暫遷於臺北。其東以鴨綠江界朝鮮國，隔東海望日本。其北與俄羅斯相接。其西有大山，天下至高者也。而皆失於內戰，今僅得臺灣及其周圍矣。
English	Taiwan (R.O.C.) - Republic of China The Republic of China is a country in East Asia. It governed all of China before it lost control of the mainland to the ► People's Republic of China (PRC) as a result of the Chinese Civil War which ended in 1949, and since then its administration has been restricted to the island groups of Taiwan (Formosa), the Pescadores, Kinmen, and Matsu. Over subsequent decades, the Republic of China has been commonly referred to as "Taiwan", and since the late 1970s the name "China" has been increasingly used to refer to the People's Republic of China. For political reasons, the Republic of China is commonly referred to as "Chinese Taipei" in international organizations. It has maritime borders with ► Japan and the ► Philippines and it claims the ► Paracel and ► Spratly Islands.

Short name	Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Official name	Republic of China
Status	Established 1912, located in Taiwan since 1949
Location	East Asia
Capital	臺北市^[2] (Taipei)
Population	23,036,087 inhabitants
Area	35,980 km²
Major languages	Mandarin (official), Taiwanese
Major religions	Chinese folk religion (combination of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism)
More information	Taiwan (R.O.C.), Geography of the Taiwan (R.O.C.), History of the Taiwan (R.O.C.) and Politics of the Taiwan (R.O.C.)
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General maps

Location of Taiwan

Map of Taiwan

Map of Taiwan

Map of Taiwan

Political divisions of the Republic of China

Political divisions of the Republic of China

Map comparing political divisions as drawn by the ROC and the People's Republic of China

Map of administrative divisions and claimed and disputed territories of the ROC

Map of Taiwan Strait

Topographic relief map

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Taiwan, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Taiwan.

See also: Atlas of China, which includes the history maps of the Republic of China until its retreat on Taiwan

Map of the Japanese Empire (1870-1942)

Movement of the Republic of China to Taiwan

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.

The first "correct" map of Taiwan in the world, which was drawn by Dutch sailor in 1625 when Taiwan was under the Dutch colonial rule

The Island Formosa and the Pescadores by Johannes Vingboons, ca.1640

Map of Formosa (Taiwan), edited by Reverend William Campbell; taken from the Scottish Geographical Magazine; 1896

Formosa in 1901

Japan and Formosa 1911

Other maps

Taiwan ethnic map

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Notes and references

General remarks:

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↑ Romanization of Chinese according to the Tongyong Pinyin romanization system used in Taiwan: Jhongguó (Tâi-oân) - Jhonghuá Mínguó. compare: Hanyu Pinyin.
↑ Romanization: Táiběi.