Capital:Taipei
Population:22,894,384
Area:35,980 sq km
Climate:tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year
Languages:Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects
Currency:new Taiwan dollar (TWD)
Government:multiparty democratic regime
Religions:mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
