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Capital of Taiwan
Taipei, in the north of the island.
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Formosa
The old European name for Taiwan, from the Portuguese for beautiful.
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Strait west of Taiwan
The Taiwan Strait, separating the island from the coast of Fujian.
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Highest mountain
Yushan (Jade Mountain), about 3,952 metres, in the Central Mountain Range.
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Tropic of Cancer
The line of latitude that crosses the island near Chiayi and Hualien.
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Island size
About 36,000 square kilometres, roughly 394 km long.
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Indigenous peoples
Austronesian-speaking peoples such as the Amis, Atayal, Paiwan and Tao.
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Dutch period
1624 to 1662; Fort Zeelandia was built at Anping, now part of Tainan.
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Koxinga
Zheng Chenggong, who drove the Dutch out in 1662.
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Qing rule
From 1683; Taiwan became a separate province in 1885.
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Treaty of Shimonoseki
1895; ceded Taiwan to Japan, whose rule lasted until 1945.
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February 28 Incident
The 1947 unrest and crackdown, remembered as the 228 Incident.
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Martial law
Declared in 1949 and lifted in 1987.
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Five yuan
Executive, Legislative, Judicial, Examination and Control branches.
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National Day
10 October, called Double Ten Day.
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Minguo calendar
Years counted from 1912 as year 1.
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Currency
The New Taiwan dollar (NT$).
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National Health Insurance
A single public insurer covering almost all residents, begun in 1995.
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Hsinchu Science Park
Founded in 1980; the centre of the chip industry.
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Four Asian Tigers
Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.
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Taipei 101
Skyscraper in Xinyi district, finished in 2004.
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Bubble tea
A tea drink with tapioca pearls that began in Taiwan in the 1980s.
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Night markets
Evening street-food markets such as Shilin in Taipei.
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Kenting
Taiwan's first national park, set up in 1984 at the southern tip.
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Kuroshio
The warm current that flows north along the east coast.

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