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Place nameTaiwan
Other namesT'aiwan, Chung-hua Min-kuo, Taïwan, Taiwán, Republic of China, Province of China Taiwan, Taiwan, Province of China, Province de Chine Taïwan, Nationalist China, TWN, TW, ISO158, TW00, Formosa
Latitude23.5
Longitude121
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
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Main island originally inhabited by Malayo-Polynesians; settled by Chinese 7th cen.; visited by Portuguese 16th cen.; migrations from Chinese Fujian & Guangdong provinces 17th cen.; Dutch arrived in 17th cen.; refuge for Chinese Nationalists late 1940s; official language is Mandarin Chinese.
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