An overview of Taiwan

In the 16^th century, the Portuguese name Taiwan as Ihia Formosa which means the beautiful Island. Therefore, Formosa became the origin of Taiwan’s name. The name “Taiwan” was not originated from Chinese. The Siraya aborigines who lived in the region of Tainan called the people from other places as “Taian” and it had been misheard as “Taioan”. After that, Ming government started to call this Island as “Taiwan” like what we call it now. 

Taiwan is a beautiful island that located at southeastern part of Asia, in between the Mainland China and Taiwan Straits. It comes under the government of the Republic of China. The total land area of Taiwan is about 35980 square kilometers. The climates in Taiwan can divide into two; there are tropical monsoon and subtropical monsoon. 

The population of Taiwan is around 23,286,065 on 7^th of December 2010. Taiwan is make-up of 84% of Taiwanese which including Hakka, 14% of mainland Chinese, and 2% of the indigenous people in Taiwan. The capital of Taiwan is Taipei. In Taipei, the most popular national park is the Yangmingshan National Park.