Which province is Taiwan located in?

Taiwan is located in the southeastern sea of ??my country, facing Fujian Province across the Taiwan Strait to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. Taiwan has been part of China's territory since ancient times. In ancient Chinese books, it was called Daoyi, and it was called Yizhou in the Han, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Penghu belonged to Fujian Province. In the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, an inspection department was established. In the late Ming Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong expelled the invaders and recovered Taiwan. In the early Qing Dynasty, the Taiwan Prefecture was established and belonged to Fujian Province. In 1885 (the eleventh year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty), Taiwan was established as a province. It was occupied by Japan in 1895 and returned to China after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945. There are currently 7 cities and 16 counties in the province, with an area of ??36,000 square kilometers and a population of 21.72 million (2.56 million in 1950). There are Han, Gaoshan and other ethnic groups.

Taiwan Province includes Taiwan Island and the Penghu Islands, Orchid Island, Green Island, Pengjia Island, Diaoyu Island, Chiwei Island and other islands. Taiwan Island covers an area of ??35,800 square kilometers and is the largest island in my country. The Central Mountain Range runs from north to south. Yushan Mountain is 3,952 meters above sea level and is the highest peak in eastern my country. It has a tropical and subtropical monsoon climate, with summers lasting 7-10 months. The annual precipitation is about 2000 mm. The wind is strong in winter and there are many typhoons and rains in summer and autumn.

Taiwan is a beautiful and rich treasure island of the motherland. The water and heat conditions are excellent, and crops can be harvested three times a year, mainly including rice, sugar cane, tea and fruits such as bananas, pineapples, longans, lychees, papayas, citrus, olives, etc. The forest coverage rate reaches 55% and is rich in camphor wood, red cypress, Taiwan fir, etc. Specialties include natural camphor and citronella oil. Inshore and offshore fisheries are developed. Rich in corals. Poultry and livestock breeding is developing into an enterprise.

Taiwan is rich in oil, gold and other mineral and hydropower resources. Since the 1960s, it has focused on developing industry and has now formed an island-type industrial and commercial economy that focuses on processing and exporting. Industries include textiles, electronics, sugar, plastics, electricity, etc., and processing and export zones have been developed in Kaohsiung, Taichung, Nanzi, etc. There are electrified railways and highways from Keelung in the north to Kaohsiung in the south, and sea and air routes to five continents in the world.

Important cities include Taipei, Taiwan’s political, economic, and cultural center and largest city, the historical city of Tainan, the industrial port city of Kaohsiung, and the famous central city of Taichung. Scenic spots include Sun Moon Lake, Alishan, Yangmingshan, Beitou Hot Spring, Tainan Chihkan Building, Beigang Zhiting Miaochu?/SPAN>

Xiamen and Taiwan are across the sea, and its geographical location is superior and there are A good deep-water harbor, it has been known as "the key point of Taiwan and the gateway to the southeast" since ancient times. Since the Song Dynasty, Xiamen and Taiwan have been part of the same administrative unit, and immigrants from mainland China began to move from Xiamen to Taiwan. Similar geographical location, climatic conditions and living habits have led to close relations and exchanges between the people of Xiamen and Taiwan. As recorded in the "Taiwan Prefecture Chronicle": "Taijun and Xiamen are like the two wings of a bird. The local custom says that Xiamen is Taiwan and Taiwan is Xiamen." . 70% of the ancestral places of Taiwanese people originate from southern Fujian, and the people of the two places share a brotherly hometown feeling. This specific geographical and historical relationship makes Xiamen a transit station and transportation artery for various exchanges with Taiwan, and it is also a center for economic and trade exchanges.