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Capital City: Taipei
Main Cities: Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, Keelung
Population: 20,563,000 Area [sq.km]: 35,740
Currency: 1 new Taiwan dollar = 100 cents
Languages: Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese
Religions: Buddhist, Taoist, Christian, Confucianist |
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| Taipei in Taiwan. Chinese use simplified characters but Taiwan does complex characters same
as in Japan. We feel close to Taiwan and comfortable when seeing same characters
of sign board or faces of people, and we do not feel we are in other country.
Hand writing is useful tool to communicate. 2001/03/12 |
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| Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and Taipei 101. Sun Yet-Sen is called as "Father of the country". Dr Sun sits like Lincoln in Washington. Taipei 101 is a skyscraper of 508 meters high and has 101 floors. It protects against window force with 660 tons Tuned Mass Damper. 2006/12/07 |
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Taroko National Park
38 km for north-south, 41 km in east-west, gross area is 92000 hectare.
Huge scale. Every rock is marble. The marbles have been made by the big
pressure shaken up and down in the organic activity with which both plates
were faced for a long time. 2005/03/04 |
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Karen Mountains view with snow from the hotel.
In the Karen area, mountains over 3,000m tower up several km from the seaside. Karen is a base city for Taboo sightseeing. Taiwan was made by the collision between Philippines sea plate and Eurasian plate. Then mountains soar up from seaside rapidly. 2005/03/04 |
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Maritime Capital, Kaohsiung, 2ND largest city.
Kaohsiung is situated on the southwestern coast of Taiwan. 1.51 million
population. Proximity to the sea gives Kaohsiung a warm, sunny climate
all year-round. Second-largest city in Taiwan and sixth-largest container
harbor in the world. 2008/03/06 |
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Love River boat tour of Kaohsiung.
Love River sightseeing boat: At night, lights sparkle on the Love River.
Everyday from 04:00 to 11:00, visitors can take boats on the east and west
banks to look at the romantic and charming sights of Love River. 2008/03/06 |
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Tainan has been capital of Taiwan for 220 years.
Tainan was established as the capital of Taiwan in 1661 and remained the
capital until 1887 during the Qing Dynasty. The city is famous for its
abundant historical buildings and relics as well as local snack food. 2008/03/06 |
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