Taipei City
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Taipei 臺北市 |
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| Special municipality | |||
| Taipei City | |||
Clockwise from top: Taipei skyline, Grand Hotel, Far Eastern Plaza, National Palace Museum, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Jiantan Station
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| Etymology: Chinese: táiběi (Taiwan north) | |||
| Nickname(s): The City of Azaleas | |||
.svg) Taipei's location within the Taiwan islands |
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Satellite image of Taipei City |
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| Coordinates: 25°02′N 121°38′E / 25.033°N 121.633°ECoordinates: 25°02′N 121°38′E / 25.033°N 121.633°E | |||
| Country | Republic of China | ||
| Region | Northern Taiwan | ||
| Settled | 1709 | ||
| Seat | Xinyi District | ||
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| Government | |||
| • Type | Capital | ||
| • Mayor | Ko Wen-je (Ind.) | ||
| • Council | Taipei City Council | ||
| Area | |||
| • Capital | 271.80 km2 (104.94 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi) 1.0% | ||
| • Urban | 1,140 km2 (440 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 16 out of 22 | ||
| Population (2016) | |||
| • Capital | 2,704,974 | ||
| • Rank | 4 out of 22 | ||
| • Density | 10,000/km2 (26,000/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 8,500,000 | ||
| • Urban density | 7,500/km2 (19,000/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | National Standard Time (UTC+8) | ||
| Postal code | 100–116 | ||
| Area code(s) | (0)2 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | TW-TPE | ||
| Bird | Formosan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea) | ||
| Flower | Azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) | ||
| Tree | Banyan (India laurel fig, Ficus microcarpa) | ||
| Website | english.gov.taipei (English) | ||
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"Taipei" written in Traditional Chinese
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| Traditional Chinese | / 市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 台北市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Northern Taiwan City | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 台北市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kana | たいほくし | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kyūjitai | 臺北市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Táiběi Shì |
| Bopomofo | ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Tairbeei Shyh |
| Wade–Giles | T'ai²-pei³ Shih⁴ |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Táiběi Shìh |
| MPS2 | Táiběi Shr̀ |
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| Romanization | de平 poh入 zy上 |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Thòi-pet Sṳ |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | toi⁴ bak¹ si5 |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Tâi-pak-chhī |
| Tâi-lô | Tâi-pak-tshī |
| Eastern Min | |
| Fuzhou BUC | Dài-báe̤k |
| Transcriptions | |
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| Romanization | Taihoku shi |
Taipei (/ˌtaɪˈpeɪ/), officially known as Taipei City, is the capital city and a special municipality of the Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan) serving as the seat of the central government. Sitting at the northern tip of the island, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City. It is about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city Keelung. Most of the city is located on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed bounded by the two relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border. Since 1949, Taipei has been the capital of the ROC after losing the mainland to the Communists in the Chinese Civil War.
The city proper is home to an estimated population of 2,704,810 in 2015, forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 7,047,559, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world—roughly one-third of Taiwanese citizens live in the metro district. The name "Taipei" can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or the city proper.
Taipei is the political, economic, educational, and cultural center of Taiwan, and one of the major hubs of the Chinese-speaking world. Considered to be a global city, Taipei is part of a major high-tech industrial area.Railways, high-speed rail, highways, airports, and bus lines connect Taipei with all parts of the island. The city is served by two airports – Taipei Songshan and Taiwan Taoyuan. Taipei is home to various world-famous architectural or cultural landmarks which include Taipei 101, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Dalongdong Baoan Temple, Hsing Tian Kong, Mengjia Longshan Temple, National Palace Museum, Presidential Office Building, Taipei Guest House, Ximending, and several night markets dispersing over the city. Its natural features such as Maokong, Yangmingshan, and hot springs are also well known to international visitors.
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