Taiwan: A Country Profile

Capital: The capital of central administration of Taiwan is
Taipei (T'ai-pei-¿¿-literally, Taiwan North), located in
T'ai-pei County in the north. Since 1967, Taipei has been administratively separate from Taiwan
Province.
Major Cities: The largest city is Taipei, with 2.6 million inhabitants in 2004. Other large cities
are Kao-hsiung, with 1.5 million, and T'ai-chung, with 1 million. Fifteen other cities have
populations ranging from 216,000 to 749,000 inhabitants.