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The history of Taiwan dates back tens of thousands of years to the earliest known evidence of human habitation.

Overview of Fort Zeelandia, painted around 1635

The sudden appearance of an agrarian culture around 3000 BC is believed to reflect the arrival of the ancestors of today's Taiwanese aborigines.

The island was colonized by the Dutch in the 17th century, followed by an influx of Han Chinese including Hakka immigrants from areas of Fujian and Guangdong of mainland China, across the Taiwan Strait.

Overview of Fort Zeelandia, painted around 1635

The Spanish also built a settlement in the north for a brief period, but were driven out by the Dutch in 1642.

The Chinese name of the island, "臺灣 " ("Taiwan"), derives from an aboriginal term; in the past (from the 16th century), the island has been called "Formosa" (from Portuguese: Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Island") by the west.

In 1662, Koxinga (Zheng Cheng-gong), a loyalist of the Ming dynasty, which had lost control of mainland China in 1644, defeated the Dutch and established a base of operations on the island.

Hunting deerpainted in 1746

Zheng's forces were later defeated by the Qing dynasty in 1683. From then, parts of Taiwan became increasingly integrated into the Qing dynasty before it ceded the island, along with Penghu, to the Empire of Japan in 1895, following the First Sino-Japanese War.

Taiwan produced rice and sugar to be exported to the Empire of Japan, and also served as a base for the Japanese colonial expansion into Southeast Asia and the Pacific during World War II. Japanese imperial education was implemented in Taiwan and many Taiwanese also fought for Japan during the war.

In 1945, following the end of World War II, the Republic of China (ROC), led by the Kuomintang (KMT), became the governing polity on Taiwan.

Tsou youth of Taiwan

In 1949, after losing control of mainland China following the Chinese Civil War, the ROC government under the KMT withdrew to Taiwan and Chiang Kai-shek declared martial law.

Japan formally renounced all territorial rights to Taiwan in 1952 in the San Francisco Peace Treaty. The KMT ruled Taiwan (along with Kinmen, Wuchiu and the Matsu Islands on the opposite side of the Taiwan Strait) as a single-party state for forty years, until democratic reforms were promulgated by Chiang Ching-kuo in the 1980s. Celebrating Taiwan's retrocession

Taipei City Hall, 1945.

The reforms were continued by Chiang's successor, Lee Teng-hui, which culminated in the first-ever direct presidential election in 1996. In 2000, Chen Shui-bian was elected president, becoming the first non-KMT president on Taiwan. He was re-elected in 2004. Ma Ying-jeou of the KMT was elected president in 2008, and subsequently re-elected in 2012.

With President Chiang Kai-shek, the U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhowerwaved to crowds

during his visit toTaipei in June 1960.

Locator map of the ROC Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia it is located some 180 kilometres (112 miles) off the southeastern coast of China across the Taiwan Strait. It has an area of 35,883 (13,855 sq mi)

and spans the Tropic of Cancer. The East China Sea lies to the north, the Philippine Sea to the east, the Luzon Strait directly to the south and the South China Sea to the southwest.

Taiwan Island makes up 99% of the territory of the Republic of China (ROC), after the ROC lost its mainland China territory in the Chinese Civil War and fled to the island in 1949, and the country itself is commonly referred to as simply "Taiwan". The island is struck by an average of four typhoons in each year. The eastern mountains are heavily forested and home to a diverse range of wildlife, while land use in the western and northern lowlands is intensive.

Dabajian Mountain

Terrain Terrain The terrain in Taiwan is divided into two parts: the flat to gently rolling plains in the west, where 90% of the population lives, and the mostly rugged forest-covered mountains in the eastern two-thirds.The eastern part of the island is dominated by five mountain ranges, each running from north-northeast to south-southwest, roughly parallel to the east coast of the island.

Terrain Terrain

As a group, they extend 330 km (210 mi) from north to south and average about 80 kilometres (50 mi) from east to west. They include more than two hundred peaks with elevations of over 3,000 m (9,800 ft).

Taiwan is located between the tropics and sub-tropics. The climate is tropical and subtropical regions. Since it is surrounded by the sea Was influenced by the monsoon. Make this cool weather Not hot or too cold The average temperature of 22 degrees Celsius per year (not including the area around the peak height) may be snow in areas above 3,000 meters above sea level, with rain and storms blew through frequently.

The quick industrialization and rapid growth of Taiwan during the latter half of the 20th century has been called the "Taiwan Miracle". Taiwan isone of the "Four Asian Tigers" alongside Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore.

By 1945, hyperinflation was in progress in mainland China and Taiwan as a result of the war with Japan.

In 1950, with the outbreak of the Korean War, the United States began an aid program which resulted in fully stabilized prices by 1952.

In 1962, Taiwan had a (nominal) per-capita gross national product (GNP) of $170, placing its economy on a par with those of Zaire and Congo.

In 1974, Chiang Ching-kuo implemented the Ten Major Construction Projects, the beginning foundations that helped Taiwan transform into its current export driven economy.

Today Taiwan has a dynamic, capitalist, export-driven economy with gradually decreasing state involvement in investment and foreign trade. In keeping with this trend, some large government-owned banks and industrial firms are being privatized.

Taipei 101 was the world's tallest building

from its opening in 2004 until 2010.

the culture of Taiwan is a blend of the dominant Han Chinese culture, Confucianist culture, Taoist culture, Buddhist culture and some Taiwanese aborigines cultures mixed together with some small influences from Japanese culture and minor influences from American culture, which are often perceived in both traditional and modern understandings. The preservation of the Chinese culture is evident in their continued usage of the traditional Chinese writing system.

ReligionReligionThe Constitution of the Republic of China protects people's freedom of religion and the practices of belief. There are approximately 18,718,600 religious followers in Taiwan as of 2005 (81.3% of total population) and 14–18% are non-religious. According to the 2005 census, of the 26 religions recognized by the ROC government, the five largest are: Buddhism (8,086,000 or 35.1%), Taoism (7,600,000 or 33%), Yiguandao (810,000 or 3.5%), Protestantism (605,000 or 2.6%), and Roman Catholicism (298,000 or 1.3%).

Food Food Pearl milk tea (also known as bubble tea or boba) is a popular tea drink available in many parts of the world.

Taiwanese cuisineTaiwanese cuisineTaiwanese cuisine has several variations. In addition to the following representative dishes from the people of Hoklo (Hō-ló) ethnicity, there are also Aboriginal, Hakka, and local derivatives of Chinese cuisines such as beef noodle soup.

SportsSports Baseball is Taiwan's national sport and it is a popular spectator sport. Two of the most famous Taiwanese baseball pitchers are Chien-Ming Wang and Wei-Yin Chen, both are starting pitchers in Major League Baseball.

Yani Tseng with the 2011 Women's British Open trophy

Traditional dressTraditional dress

Bunun dancer in traditional aboriginal dress

LanguagesLanguages

Mandarin is the official national language and is spoken by the vast majority of the population of Taiwan.