Asia-Taiwan2

Taiwan2

Alice and Tim **Taiwan**

Today we are going to the Taipei Exhibition Room, After the Exhibition Room were going back to the capital of Taiwan Taipei. 2. I'm flighing on delta arlines our flights depart at 9:10pm and arrive 6:05am+2days and january 27,we depart at 11:25pm and arrive at 11:27pm. 3. Our tour to Taiwan is going to be amzazing.
 * 1) January 18, to January 27, where going to fly into Taipei. Exhibition room

([|traditional Chinese]: [|臺灣] or [|台灣]; [|simplified Chinese]: [|台湾]; [|Tongyong Pinyin]: Táiwan; [|Hanyu Pinyin]: Táiwān; [|Wade-Giles]: T'ai²-wan¹; [|Taiwanese] ([|Hokkien]): Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣)) is an [|island] in [|East Asia]. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the territories governed by the [|Republic of China] (ROC) and to ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, [|Orchid Island] and [|Green Island] in the [|Pacific] off the Taiwan coast, the [|Pescadores] in the [|Taiwan Strait], and [|Kinmen] and the [|Matsu Islands] off the coast of mainland [|Fujian]. The island groups of Taiwan and Penghu (except the municipalities of [|Taipei] and [|Kaohsiung]) are officially administered as [|Taiwan Province] of the ROC. However, in practice, almost all government power is exercised at the national and local (city/county) levels. the main island of Taiwan, also known as **Formosa** (from [|Portuguese] (//Ilha//) //Formosa//, meaning "beautiful (island)"), is located in [|East Asia] off the coast of [|mainland China], southwest of the main islands of [|Japan] but directly west of the end of Japan's [|Ryukyu Islands], and north-northwest of the [|Philippines]. It is bound to the east by the [|Pacific Ocean], to the south by the [|South China Sea] and the [|Luzon Strait], to the west by the [|Taiwan Strait] and to the north by the [|East China Sea]. The island is 394 kilometers (245 miles) long and 144 kilometers (89 miles) wide and consists of steep mountains covered by tropical and subtropical vegetation. aiwan is also currently claimed by the [|People's Republic of China] (PRC) although the PRC has never controlled Taiwan or any of the current ROC territory commonly referred to as "Taiwan". The PRC justifies its claim by arguing that the PRC succeeded the ROC in 1949, and pointing out that the ROC had ruled Taiwan for four years from 1945 to 1949.[|[1]] Evidence of human settlement in Taiwan dates back thirty thousand years, although the first inhabitants of Taiwan may have been genetically distinct from any groups currently on the island. About four thousand years ago, ancestors of current [|Taiwanese aborigines] settled in Taiwan. These aborigines are genetically related to [|Malay] and [|Polynesians], and linguists classify their languages as [|Austronesian].[|[2]] Polynesians are suspected to have ancestry traceable back to Taiwan. 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 23 30 N, 121 00 E //total:// 35,980 sq km //land:// 32,260 sq km //water:// 3,720 sq km //note:// includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy islands tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year eastern two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; flat to gently rolling plains in west earthquakes and typhoons 22,920,946pop. //total population:// 77.76 years //male:// 74.89 years //female:// 80.89 years (2008 est.) Taiwanese mixture of Buddhist and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5% //name:// Taipei capital //geographic coordinates:// 25 03 N, 121 30 E //time difference:// UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force, Coast Guard Administration, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Combined Service Forces Command, Armed Forces Police Command highest point 3,952 m (12,965.9 ft)