Taiwán

Official Name:

Taiwan

Area:

35.980 km ²

Population (2007):

22.858.872 inhabitants

Coastline:

1.566.3 km

Capital:

Taipei

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, T'ai-chung

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Political divisions:

Includes main island of Taiwan plus smaller islands nearby and off coast of China's Fujian Province; Taiwan is divided into 18 counties (hsien, singular and plural), 5 municipalities (shih, singular and plural), and 2 special municipalities (chuan-shih, singular and plural) Note: Taiwan uses a variety of romanization systems; while the Wade-Giles system still dominates, city of Taipei has adopted standard Pinyin romanization for street and place names within its boundaries; other local authorities use different romanization systems; names for administrative divisions that follow are in Wade-Giles system with Pinyin equivalents in parentheses counties: Chang-hua (Changhua), Chia-i (Chiayi) [county], Hsin-chu (Hsinchu), Hua-lien (Hualien), I-lan (Yilan), Kao-hsiung (Kaohsiung) [county], Kin-men (Kinmen), Lien-chiang (Lienchiang, also Matsu), Miao-li (Miaoli), Nan-t'ou (Nantou), P'eng-hu (Penghu), P'ing-tung (Pingtung), T'ai-chung (Taichung), T'ai-nan (Tainan), T'ai-pei (Taipei) [county], T'ai-tung (Taitung), T'ao-yuan (Taoyuan), and Yun-lin (Yunlin) municipalities: Chia-i (Chiayi) [city], Chi-lung (Keelung), Hsin-chu (Hsinchu), T'ai-chung (Taichung), T'ai-nan (Tainan) special municipalities: Kao-hsiung (Kaohsiung) [city], T'ai-pei (Taipei) [city]

Language(s):

Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects

National holiday:

Republic Day (Anniversary of the Chinese Revolution), 10 October (1911)

Nationality:

Taiwan (singular and plural)

Official time:

UTC 8 .

Member of:

APEC, AsDB, ICC, ICRM, IFRCS, IOC, ITUC, WCL, WHO (observer), WTO

Internet country code:

.tw

Economic Profile

Currency:

New Taiwan dollar (TWD)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD 29.500 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 346.400.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

4,6% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 1,5%
• Industry: 25,2%
• Services: 73,3%

Labor force:

10.460.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (2005):

• Agriculture 5,5%
• Industry: 36%
• Services 58,5%

Unemployment rate:

3,9% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

1% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

18,4% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD67.330.000.000
• Expenditures: USD77.930.000.000

Public debt:

34,6% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD 9.700.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 215.000.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Computer products and electrical equipment, metals, textiles, plastics and rubber products, chemicals (2002)

Exports - Partners:

China 22,5%, Hong Kong 15,7%, US 15%, Japan 7,3% (2006 est.)

Imports:

USD 205.300.000.000 f FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Machinery and electrical equipment 44.5%, minerals, precision instruments (2002)

Imports - partners:

Japan 23%, China 11,9%, US 10,9%, South Korea 7,2%, Saudi Arabia 4,9% (2006 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 280.600.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 93.060.000.000 (2006)