Taiwan

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Taiwan#

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First inhabited by Austronesian people, Taiwan became home to Han immigrants beginning in the late Ming Dynasty (17th century).

Government type: semi-presidential republic. Chief of state: President LAI Ching-te (since 20 May 2024).

Facts#

Capital

Taipei

Region

Eastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern coast of China

Area

total : 35,980 sq km; land: 32,260 sq km; water: 3,720 sq km

Population

23,600,776 (2025 est.)

Languages

Mandarin (official), Min Nan, Hakka dialects, approximately 16 indigenous languages

Currency

New Taiwan dollars (TWD)

Time zone

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Refugees#

Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.

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