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ROC (Taiwan) Snapshot |
| Official name |
Republic of China |
| Area (Taiwan and associated islands) |
36,200 sq km (13,900 sq miles) |
| Population |
22.99 million (June 2008) |
| Ethnicity |
Han Chinese (including Holo, Hakka, and other groups which originated in mainland China) 98%; Indigenous Austronesian peoples 2% |
| Government |
Multiparty democracy |
| President |
Ma Ying-jeou |
| Capital |
Taipei City |
| Other large cities |
Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, Keelung |
| Monetary unit |
New Taiwan Dollar (NT$) |
| Official language |
Mandarin (Chinese) |
| Other important languages |
Holo / Hakka (Chinese), Austronesian languages, English, Japanese |
| Major religions |
Buddhism, Taoism, I-Kuan Tao, polytheistic worship of sea goddess Ma Zu and other deities in the traditional Chinese pantheon, Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam |
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