taiwan

Country (long form) none
Capital Taipei
Total Area 13,891.96 sq mi
35,980.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than Maryland and Delaware combined)
Population 22,370,461 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050 24,596,527
Languages Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects
Literacy 86% total, 93% male, 79% female (1980 est.)
note: literacy for the total population has reportedly increased to 94% (1998 est.)
Religions mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%
Life Expectancy 73.81 male, 79.51 female (2001 est.)
Government Type multiparty democratic regime headed by popularly elected president
Currency 1 New Taiwan dollar (NT$) = 100 cents
GDP (per capita) $17,400 (2000 est.)
Industry electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing
Agriculture rice, corn, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef, milk; fish
Arable Land 24%
Natural Resources small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, and asbestos

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