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Taipei City is the capital of Tai-wan. Situated at the northern tip of Tai-wan, Taipei is located on the TamsuiRiver; it is about 25 km (16 mi) south-west of Keelung, a port city on the Pa-ci c Ocean. It lies in the Taipei Basin,an ancient lakebed bounded by the tworelatively narrow valleys of the Keelungand Xindian rivers, which join to formthe Tamsui River along the citys west -ern border. The city proper is home toan estimated 2,618,772 people. Taipei,New Taipei, and Keelung together formthe TaipeiKeelung metropolitan areawith a population of 6,900,273. They areadministered under three municipal gov-erning bodies. Taipei sometimes refersto the whole metropolitan area, whileTaipei City refers to the city proper. Tai-pei City proper is surrounded on all sidesby New Taipei.

Taiwanese cuisinvariations. In addition to threpresentative dishes from theHoklo ethnicity, there are alsoHakka, and local derivatives cuisines such as beef noodle wanese cuisine itself is often with in uences from mid tprovinces of Mainland China,bly from the province of Fujiabut in uences from all of Maincan easily be found. A notablein uence also exists due to twhen Taiwan was under JapaTraditional Chinese food cain Taiwan, alongside Fujian style as well as native Taiwaneincludes dishes from Guanangxi, Chaoshan, Shanghai, Hchuan and Beijing.

City FThe recorded history of Taipei begunwith the Han Chinese settle in the Tai-pei Basin in 1709, and lead to the cur -rent High-tech capital that is nowadaysTaipei City. Notable others dates are theannexation of Taiwan by Japan, whichmade Taipei start its rapid growth, andin the 1950s USA provided nancial helpto the ROCs dictatorial but ef cient gov -ernment, which allowed the city to starta fast structural and industrial growth,leading to the current high-tech worldleadership. still remains a leader in con-sumer electronics and is home to well-known computer brands such as Acer,Asus, Garmin, Gigabyte and HTC. De-mocratization began in earnest throughthe 1980s and 1990s, culminating withthe rst direct presidential elections in1996, and the rst peaceful transition ofpower between two political parties in

2000.

History Tourism

Many people think of Taiwan as agrimy, densely populated industrial is-land full of hard disk factories, and youmay well maintain this perception if youonly stick to the densely populated WestCoast. However, for those who take timeto venture to the more sparsely popu-lated East Coast will quickly nd thatTaiwan is actually home to some stun-ning landscapes. The Taroko Gorge nearHualien in particular is very impressive,and should not be missed. Most of Tai-wan is covered with mountains whichoffer breathtaking views, so hiking op-portunities are very diverse. The islandis also home to high mountain ranges,great beaches and stunning nationalparks - many with hot springs. Taiwan isa perfect place for your coming vacation.Please join us in every season!

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Visitor Guide

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Contact Us

No.1, Shifu Rd., Xinyi District,Taipei City 11008, Taiwan (R.O.C.).

For international callersplease dial 886-2-2720-8889

e-mail: taipeicity.mail.gov

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