What is the area and population of Taiwan Province of China?

The area and population of Taiwan Province of China are:

1. Area of ??Taiwan Province of China

The total area of ??Taiwan Province of China is approximately 36,000 square kilometers.

Taiwan Province of China includes Taiwan Island and 21 affiliated islands including Orchid Island, Green Island, Diaoyu Island, and 64 islands in the Penghu Islands. Taiwan Island covers an area of ??35882.6258 square kilometers and is the largest island in China. 70% of it is mountainous and hilly. Plains are mainly concentrated on the western coast, and the terrain and elevation vary greatly.

2. Population of Taiwan Province of China

The population of Taiwan Province of China is approximately 23.5 million.

More than 70% of the population of Taiwan Province of China is concentrated in five metropolitan areas in the west, of which the Taipei Metropolitan Area, centered on the major city of Taipei, is the largest.

Extended information:

Mainland and Taiwan belong to the same China, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory.

Taiwanese culture is dominated by Chinese culture and is an important part of Chinese culture. The Austronesian culture of the aboriginal people is also influential. In modern times, it integrates Japanese and European and American cultures, presenting a diverse style.

Taiwan Overview:

1. Population Ethnic Structure

98% of Taiwan’s population is Han from mainland China, and about 2% was in the 17th century. Taiwan's aboriginal ethnic group (Gaoshan ethnic group) who had settled before the Han people immigrated. Taiwan is generally composed of Taiwanese, Taiwanese Hakka culture, people from other provinces, Taiwanese aborigines, and Gaoshan people.

Taiwanese refer to the ethnic group that had been living in Taiwan before the end of World War II. The Han people in this province can be divided into the Hokkien people who migrated from the southern coastal areas of Fujian Province and account for 70% of the population, and the Hakka people who migrated from the eastern part of Guangdong Province and account for 14% of the population.

Taiwan’s aboriginal people belong to the Austronesian language family, and their race is the Malay race. The Austronesian language family is one of the most widely distributed in the world, and Taiwan is the northernmost point of its distribution. The Chinese government refers to all Austronesian ethnic groups in Taiwan as the Gaoshan ethnic group.

There are now 16 tribes whose status has been officially recognized, including the Atayal, Saisiyat, Bunun, Tsou, Rukai, Paiwan, Beinan, Ami, and Tailu. The Ge, Sakilaya, Thao, Seediq, Kavalan (actually Pingpu), La'aluwa and Kanakanafu tribes live in the eastern part of Taiwan Island, and the Dawu tribe Lives on the affiliated island Orchid Island. ?

14% of the population are immigrants from other provinces who immigrated to Taiwan from mainland China provinces with the Kuomintang government after 1945.

With the development of cross-strait exchanges and internationalization, Taiwan now has tens of thousands of mainland, Hong Kong and Macao spouses, 100,000 foreign spouses, and 300,000 foreign workers, who are called Taiwan’s new residents.

2. Religious beliefs

The main religious beliefs in Taiwan include: Taiwanese Buddhism, Taiwanese Taoism, and Confucianism.

Traditional Chinese religions such as Buddhism and Taoism are extremely popular and have been developing for a long time in Taiwan. Common Western religions such as Protestantism, Catholicism and Islam also have many believers.

Nearly 80% of the people in Taiwan have religious beliefs, and more than 50% of the people regularly participate in various types of religious ceremonies and celebrations. Buddhism and Taoism influence and merge with each other, making it difficult to distinguish them. The majority of Taoists are Taiwanese folk believers. Mazu, Guansheng Emperor, and Baosheng Emperor are the main gods of Taiwanese folk beliefs.

The etiquette and philosophical views standardized by Confucianism are regarded by the Chinese as the basic concepts that constitute family, country and interpersonal ethics. Confucianism has a profound influence on Taiwan, and the traditional ethics and moral concepts of the Chinese nation regulate the thoughts, words and deeds of Taiwanese people.

3. Folk Culture

Taiwan combines the folk customs of the Fujian and Guangdong immigrants who immigrated during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the people from other provinces who came to Taiwan after World War II. It can be called the epitome of Chinese folk culture. The Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival are the three major festivals in Taiwan. During traditional festivals such as the Lantern Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Festival, Ghost Festival, and Chinese Valentine's Day, people also have the same or similar celebration customs as those in mainland China.

In addition, there are a number of folk celebrations with Chinese cultural characteristics, such as welcoming Mazu, salt water bee firecrackers, sky lanterns releasing in Pingxi, burning the royal boat in Donggang, and robbing orphans in Toucheng, etc.

Each ethnic group of Taiwan’s aboriginal ethnic group (Gaoshan ethnic group) has its own unique traditional year-round ritual culture.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia Taiwan