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OFFICIAL NAME
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Republic of C hina |
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GEOGRAPHY
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An island located near the Taiwan Strait, off the east coast of C hina, NE of Hong Kong | |
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AREA
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35,563 sq km / 13,731 sq miles | |
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COMPARATIVE
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smaller than half the size of South Carolina | |
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POPULATION
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22,500,000 | |
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CAPITAL
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Taipei | |
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LITERACY
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Figures not reported: ??% (age 15+ and can read and write) | |
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LANGUAGE
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Official: Mandarin | |
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RELIGION
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Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism (no stats available) | |
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POLITICS
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Constitutional democracy led by a President, but with 91 political parties. | |
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INCOME
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Per capita income = US$ 13,248 per year | |
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CURRENCY
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New Taiwan Dollar (NT$) | |
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TIME ZONE
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GMT/UTC +8 | |
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SOURCES
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Statistics provided by a variety of sources, but mostly the U.S. State Department, the U.N. Statistics Division, and BBC News. |
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