| Province: Taiwan |
| Cities: Taipei | Chilung | Tainan | Taichung |
| Location: located between 2145' - 2556' north latitude and 12434' - 11918' east longitude; situated on the sea and southeast edge of the China's continental shelf, more than 100 kilometers away from the northeast China; bordering the Pacific Ocean to the east, oppositing the Philippines Islands across the Bashi Strait to the south |
| Area: 36,000 square kilo meters |
| Climate:with Tropic of Cancer crossing the Island featured the tropical and subtropical climate with windy and rainy weather and high temperature; no cold winter or hot summer; seldom frost and snow; inshore typhoon centering around June to October in the southeast and November and December in the northeast |
| Provincial capital: Taipei |
| Population: 19.67 millions (March 2003) |
| Ethnic groups:Han, Pinbu, and Gaoshan |
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