6th A Group November 2012
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INDEX: • Map of Taiwan in the world. Page -3
• Map of Taiwan. Page -4 • Flag. Page -5 • General Information: › Total Area. Page –6 › Number of people. Page –6 › Capital city. Page -6 › Languages. Page –7 › Official money (currency). Page –7
› Important cities. Page -8 • Geography: › Mountains. Page –9 › Rivers. Page –10 • Animals. Page –11 • Famous people. Page –12 • Cultural facts. Page -13 2
Map of Taiwan in the world Taiwan it’s an officially the Republic of China, is an state in East Asia.
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Map of Taiwan
Taiwan is a small island in East China Sea. 4
Flag
The flag of the Republic of China is red with a navy blue canton bearing, a white sun with twelve triangular rays. In Chinese, the flag is commonly described as “Blue Sky, White Sun and a Wholly Red Earth� to reflect its attributes.
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Total area The total area of Taiwan is 36.193 Km 2.
Number of people 23.261.747 people live in Taiwan.
Capital city The capital city of Taiwan is Taipei city. Taipei is located at the northern tip of the island of Taiwan, near the Tamsui River.
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Languages Mandarin is the official national language and is spoken by the vast majority of the population of Taiwan. It has been the primary language of instruction in schools since Japanese were forced out in the 1940. The languages in Taiwan are: mandarin, Hakka, standard Chinese and Taiwanese.
Official money (currency) The currency of Taiwan is the New Taiwan Dollar. The New Taiwan Dollar is the
official currency of the Republic of China (ROC), commonly referred as Taiwan. The New Taisan Dollar was introduced in 1949 to replace The Old Taiwan Dollar.
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Important cities The most important cities in Taiwan are: Kaohsiung City. Population: 2.772.461. Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan. It’s divided into thirty-eight districts. It’s the second largest city I Taiwan, with a population around 2,9 million people.
Tainan City – Population: 1.874.724 people. It’s a city in southern Taiwan. It’s the fifth largest city.
Taichung City – Population: 2.655.456. Taichung is a city located in west-central Taiwan with a population of just over 2,6 million people, making it the third largest city on the island after Taipei and Kaohsiung.
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Mountains Taiwan is a mountainous island. Taiwan is mostly mountainous in the east. The highest mountain is “Jade Mountain� that is nearly 4 km. high.
Jade Mountain
Shitoushan The Hsuehshan tunnel or tunnel "Snow Mountain", is one of the world's largest tunnel in Taiwan, located in Taipei-Yilan Highway.
Hsuehshan
Pintian 9
Rivers Tamsui River is a river in northern Taiwan. Its origin is in the mountain Pintian in Hsinchu . The river flows through the city of Taipei. Desemboca in the Taiwan Strait. River Tamsui
Keelung The Keelung River originates in the mountains
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northwest of the city of Jingtong, descends into a valley of the crack and then flows Sandiaoling. It then flows north to a point and then back toward Taipei, where it joins the Tamsui River and flows into the sea.
Dajia Dajia River is a river in north-central Taiwan. It flows through the city of Taichung. 10
Animals Badamia
Loons
Common Kestrel
Taiwan Partridge
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Famous People
Actors – Barbie Hsu
Athlets – Sen Yang
Singer – David Tao
Model – Sonia Sui 12
Cultural Facts The Bunun, also historically known as the Vonum, are a tribe of Taiwanese aborigines and are best known for their sophisticated polyphonic vocal music. They speak the Bunun language. Unlike other aboriginal tribes in Taiwan, the Bunun are widely dispersed across the island.
Traditional Bunun dress
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