One of the largest states in the world with the largest number of inhabitants is China. What is the administrative division of a given country? Where is Taiwan located and how is it connected with China? The answers to these questions are given in the text of the article.
Where is Taiwan located?
What country is Taiwan located in? The Republic of China is the name of the autonomous province of China, located on the islands near the Chinese southeast: Taiwan, Matsu, Penghu, Kinmen.
The Republic of China is recognized by many countries of the world. The leading world powers have economic ties with it. But the question of the sovereignty of the Republic of China is unresolved. Therefore, it is difficult to answer unambiguously where Taiwan is located, in which country. Taiwan is the largest island
of the Republic of China or the autonomous province of China.
Geographical position
Taiwan Island is located in the Pacific Ocean, 150 kilometers from China. Its vertical length is about 400 km, and horizontal - about 140 km. Taiwan is washed by the waters of three seas: in the south, the Philippine and South China, in the north by the East China and Pacific Ocean from the east. The climate of the area where Taiwan is located is tropical (south of the island) with a two-month rainy season, during which almost an annual rainfall falls. The north of the island is in the subtropical zone. That zone of islands where Taiwan is located separates the east of Asia from the Pacific Ocean. The relief of these islands is mostly mountainous. On the island of Taiwan, the Taiwan Mountains extend, which are four ranges that run parallel and are separated by valleys.
Historical reference
It is known that at the beginning of the new millennium, the Chinese knew where the island of Taiwan was. As a certain island of the kingdom of Liu, Taiwan is mentioned in Chinese chronicles of the 3rd century AD. In the same century, the Chinese made their first military visit to the island, after which trade relations between Taiwan and China begin. Since the 12th century, the island has been considered Chinese territory, where immigrants from the continent were engaged in agriculture and fishing. During the colonial development of Asia by Europeans (17th century), a struggle was waged between Taiwan between the Spaniards and the Dutch for Taiwan. The island departed Holland. However, the ownership of the island was short-lived: the Dutch capitulated to the thousands of supporters of the Ming dynasty, led by Coxing, who fled from the continent to Taiwan. At the end of the 17th century, mainland China managed to break the Taiwan resistance and turn on the island with the composition of Fujian. In Taiwan, there was Japanese domination for 50 years, until 1945, after which the island was included in China. Since then, the time of the uncertain position of that island in the Pacific Ocean where Taiwan is located has begun. A country in a state - this is how the current situation in Taiwan can be described.
Population and culture
The population of the island is more than 23 million people. Of these, only two percent of the inhabitants are not Chinese - these are the indigenous inhabitants of the island, Khaoshan. The official language is goyui, existing in parallel with other dialects of the Chinese language. The main percentage of the population lives in large agglomerations on the west coast of the island: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Taoyuan, Tainan and others.
The capital of Taiwan is Taipei. This is the largest city of the island, located in its northwest. Together with the agglomeration that surrounds the city, it is called New Taipei, Xinbei.
The culture of the island is unique, as it was influenced by European countries, and Asian, and indigenous people. The island observes centuries-old customs, which have recently been strongly influenced by the United States, Japan, and China. Taiwanese art is closely related to Chinese. Everywhere their unity is traced: in music, in painting, in literature. Taiwan's medicine is also similar to Chinese and is based primarily on acupuncture and homeopathy. Taiwanese cuisine differs from the cuisine of mainland China by the abundance of seafood, which is associated with the place where Taiwan is located.
sights
The history of the island is ancient and interesting. In Taiwan, you can find historical and cultural monuments of different eras. For example, the Longshan Temple, preserved in Taipei since the reign of the Qing Dynasty.
Kwantu is a 17th-century temple in Taipei. It is dedicated to the goddess Maizu - the patroness of the sea. The same historical and cultural monument of Fort Santo Damingo in Taipei, built by the Spaniards to defend against the indigenous inhabitants of the island, belongs to the same period. In Taipei, the building of the 18th-century merchant family Ling Antai was preserved, where the color of that era remained untouched. Since the time of Japanese domination on the island, a construction made in the Japanese style has been preserved - this is the Presidential Palace in Taipei.
There are many modern architectural monuments in Taiwan. For example, the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial in Taipei. This building of 80 years of the last century is made in the style of architecture of the Ming times. Snow-white marble and blue tiles speak of the tranquility and conciliation that the Taiwanese people strive for. The symbol of Taiwan can be called one of the highest skyscrapers in the world - Taipei 101, located in Taipei.