Taiwan Province

	Taiwan Province
Traditional Chinese	臺灣省 or 台灣省
Simplified Chinese	台湾省
Postal	Taiwan
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Táiwān Shěng
Bopomofo	ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢㄕㄥˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Tair'uan Sheeng
Wade–Giles	T'ai²-wan¹ Sheng³
Tongyong Pinyin	Táiwan Shěng
MPS2	Táiwān Shěng
Hakka
Romanization	Thòi-vàn Sén
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Tâi-oân Séng
Tâi-lô	Tâi-uân Síng
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUC	Dài-uăng Sēng

Taiwan
Taiwan; 臺灣
	Province
	臺灣省 · Taiwan Province
	Taiwan Province of the Republic of China (in red).
Country	Republic of China Republic of China
Established	October 25, 1945
Streamlined	December 21, 1998
Provincial capital	Chung Hsing New Village, Nantou City, Nantou County
Government
• Governor	Lin Junq-tzer
Area
• Total	26,330.9577 km2 (10,166.4396 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	9,234,181
• Density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Taiwanese
Time zone	UTC+8 (Asia/Taipei)
Postal codes	200–206, 260–369, 500–655, 880–885, 900–983
Area codes	(0)2, (0)3, (0)4, (0)5, (0)6, (0)8
ISO 3166 code	TW
Counties	12
Cities	3
Website	www.tpg.gov.tw

Taiwan Province (Chinese: 台灣省; pinyin: Táiwān Shěng) is one of the two provinces of the Republic of China. It makes up 73% of the land controlled by the Republic of China. 40% of the people in the Republic of China live in this province. The capital of the province is Chung Hsing New Village in Nantou County.^[1]

Geography[change | change source]

The province is made up of most of the island of Taiwan, and also the Penghu islands. Even though the special municipalities of Kaoshiung, Tainan, New Taipei, and Taipei are all on Taiwan island, they are not part of Taiwan Province. ^[1]