State

Taiwan

country in East Asia

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1912–1945
Founded
1912
Capital
Taipei, Kuang-chou, Ch'ung-ch'ing, Nan-ching, Chengdu, Jingzhao
Government
semi-presidential system, democracy, constitutional republic
Languages
Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Taiwanese Hakka, Taiwanese Hokkien, Amis, Paiwan, Kinmen dialect
Religion
Buddhism, Taoism, Chinese folk religion, Yiguandao
Preceded by
Republic of ChinaTaiwan under Japanese ruleQing dynasty

Overview

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. It has an area of 35,808 square kilometers (13,826 square miles), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanized population is concentrated. The combined territories under ROC control consist of 168 islands in total covering 36,193 square kilometers (13,974 square miles). The largest metropolitan area is formed by Taipei (the capital), New Taipei City, and Keelung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries.

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All rulers (5)

  1. Feng Guozhang1917–1918
  2. Hsu Shih-chang1918–1922
  3. Cao Kun1923–1924
  4. Zhang Zuolin1927–1928
  5. Wang Jingwei1940–1944

Records (112)

  1. 1641 — First Battle of San SalvadorBattle
  2. 1642 — Final Battle of San SalvadorBattle
  3. 1661–1662 — Siege of Fort ZeelandiaBattle
  4. 1683 — Battle of PenghuNaval battle
  5. 1786–1788 — Lin Shuangwen rebellionRebellion
  6. 1832 — Zambing IncidentRebellion
  7. 1841 — Battle of Da'anBattle
  8. 1862 — Tai Chao-chuen incidentRebellion
  9. 1884 — Battle of TamsuiNaval battle
  10. 1895 — Pescadores CampaignCampaign
  11. 1895 — Battle of ChanghsingBattle
  12. 1895 — Battle of ChiatungBattle
  13. 1895 — Battle of ChiayiBattle
  14. 1895 — Battle of KeelungBattle
  15. 1895 — Hsinchu CampaignCampaign
  16. 1895 — Capitulation of TainanInvasion
  17. 1907 — Beipu UprisingRebellion
  18. 1913 — Battle of NanchangBattle · China ▸ Kuomintang
  19. 1913 — Battle of NanjingBattle
  20. 1914 — Battle of QingdaoBattle · United Kingdom, Japan ▸ Germany
  21. 1917 — Battle of BeijingBattle · Republican China, United Kingdom, United States, Japan, France ▸ Warlord Zhang Xun
  22. 1920 — Battle of ZhuozhouBattle · Zhili ▸ Anhui
  23. 1922 — Battle of ChangxindianBattle · Zhili ▸ Fengtian
  24. 1924 — Battle of ShanhaiguanBattle · Manchuria ▸ Zhili
  25. 1925 — Battle of TianjinBattle · Feng Yuxiang ▸ Li Jinglin
  26. 1925 — Battle of XinmintunBattle · Zhang Zuolin ▸ Guo Songling
  27. 1926 — Battle of ChangshaBattle · Kuomintang ▸ General Ye Kaixin
  28. 1926 — Battle of FuzhouBattle · Kuomintang ▸ Sun Chuanfung of Jiangxi
  29. 1926 — Battle of HeshengBattle · Kuomintang ▸ Wu Beifu
  30. 1926 — Battle of NanchangBattle · Kuomintang ▸ Warlord Sun Zhuanfang
  31. 1926 — Battle of PingjiangBattle · Kuomintang ▸ Wu Beifu
  32. 1926 — Battle of TianjinBattle · Zhang Zuolin ▸ Lu Zhonglin
  33. 1926 — Battle of TingsiqiaoBattle · Kuomintang ▸ Wu Beifu
  34. 1926 — Battle of TingzuBattle · Kuomintang ▸ Wu Beifu
  35. 1926 — Battle of WuchangBattle · Kuomintang ▸ Wu Beifu
  36. 1927–1928 — Shandong ExpeditionsCampaign
  37. 1927 — Hailufeng UprisingRebellion
  38. 1927 — Battle of GuangzhouBattle · Chinese Nationalists ▸ Chinese Communists
  39. 1927 — Battle of LinyingBattle · Kuomintang ▸ Warlord Chiang Xueliang
  40. 1927 — Battle of Longtan, ChinaBattle · Kuomintang ▸ Warlord Sun Zuanfang
  41. 1927 — Battle of LuoyangBattle · Feng Yuxiang ▸ General Yang Zhigong
  42. 1927 — Battle of NanjingBattle · Kuomintang ▸ Zhang Zongchang
  43. 1927 — Battle of ShanghaiBattle · Northern Warlord Sun Zhuanfang ▸ Chinese Nationalists
  44. 1927 — Battle of ShantouBattle · Chinese Nationalists ▸ Chinese Communists
  45. 1927 — Battle of XuzhouBattle · Kuomintang ▸ Sun Zhuanfang
  46. 1927 — Battle of ZhumadianBattle · Nationalists ▸ Wu Beifu
  47. 1928 — Battle of BaodingBattle · Kuomintang ▸ Zhang Zuolin
  48. 1928 — Battle of BeijingBattle · Kuomintang ▸ Warlord Zhang Zuolin, Warlord Sun Zhuanfang
  49. 1928 — Battle of CantonBattle · Chinese Nationalists ▸ Chinese Communists
  50. 1928 — Battle of Ching Kan ShanBattle · Chinese Nationalists ▸ Chinese Communists
  51. 1928 — Battle of JinanBattle · Japan ▸ China
  52. 1928 — Battle of NanchangBattle · Chinese Communists ▸ Kuomintang
  53. 1929 — Battle of ChalainoerBattle · USSR ▸ China
  54. 1930 — Battle of ChangshaBattle · Chinese Nationalists ▸ Chinese Communists
  55. 1930 — Battle of LungkangBattle · Chinese Communists ▸ Chinese Nationalists
  56. 1931 — Battle of MukdenBattle · Japan ▸ China
  57. 1931 — Battle of Nenjiang BridgeBattle · Japan ▸ China
  58. 1931 — Battle of TsitsiharBattle · Japan ▸ China
  59. 1932 — Battle of HunanBattle · Chinese Communists ▸ Chinese Nationalists
  60. 1932 — Battle of Kiangsi-FukienBattle · Chinese Communists ▸ Chinese Nationalists
  61. 1932 — Battle of OyuwanBattle · Chinese Communists ▸ Chinese Nationalists
  62. 1932 — Battle of ShanghaiBattle · Japan ▸ China
  63. 1934 — Battle of GuangchangBattle · Chinese Nationalists ▸ Chinese Communists
  64. 1934 — Battle of XiangBattle · Chinese Nationalists ▸ Chinese Communists
  65. 1935 — Battle of Lazikou PassBattle · Chinese Communists ▸ Chinese Nationalists
  66. 1935 — Battle of Loushan PassBattle · Chinese Communists ▸ Chinese Nationalists
  67. 1937–1945 — Second Sino-Japanese WarWar
  68. 1937 — Battle of ShanghaiBattle
  69. 1937 — Battle of BeijingBattle · Japan ▸ China
  70. 1937 — Battle of KanchatzuBattle · Japan ▸ USSR
  71. 1937 — Battle of Marco Polo BridgeBattle · Japan ▸ China
  72. 1937 — Battle of NanjingBattle · Japan ▸ China
  73. 1937 — Battle of Nankou PassBattle · Japan ▸ China
  74. 1937 — Battle of Panay IncidentBattle · Japan ▸ United States
  75. 1937 — Battle of PingsingguanBattle · Chinese Communists ▸ Japan
  76. 1937 — Battle of TaiyuanBattle · Japan ▸ China
  77. 1937 — Battle of TientsinBattle · Japan ▸ China
  78. 1938 — Defense of LinyiBattle
  79. 1938 — Battle of GuangzhouBattle · Japan ▸ China
  80. 1938 — Battle of TaierzhuangBattle · China ▸ Japan
  81. 1938 — Battle of TengxianBattle · Japan ▸ China
  82. 1938 — Battle of WuhanBattle · Japan ▸ China
  83. 1939 — Battle of ChangshaBattle · China ▸ Japan
  84. 1939 — Battle of NanchangBattle · Japan ▸ China
  85. 1939 — Battle of NanningBattle · China ▸ Japan
  86. 1939 — Battle of Suixiang-ZaoyangBattle · China ▸ Japan
  87. 1940 — Battle of HuangqiaoBattle · Chinese Communists ▸ Chinese Nationalists
  88. 1940 — Battle of Hundred Regiments OffensiveBattle · Japan ▸ China
  89. 1940 — Battle of ShaoyangBattle · Japan ▸ China
  90. 1941 — Battle of Anhui IncidentBattle · Chinese Nationalists ▸ Chinese Communists
  91. 1941 — Battle of ChangshaBattle · China ▸ Japan
  92. 1941 — Battle of ShanggaoBattle · China ▸ Japan
  93. 1941 — Battle of South ShanxiBattle · Japan ▸ China
  94. 1942 — Battle of Zhejiang-JiangxiBattle · China ▸ Japan
  95. 1943 — Battle of ChangdeBattle · China ▸ Japan
  96. 1943 — Battle of Western HubeiBattle · China ▸ Japan
  97. 1944 — Battle of Central HenanBattle · Japan ▸ China
  98. 1944 — Battle of ChangshaBattle · Japan ▸ China
  99. 1944 — Battle of Guilin-LiuzhouBattle · Japan ▸ China
  100. 1944 — Battle of HengyangBattle · Japan ▸ China
  101. 1944 — Battle of IchigoBattle · Japan ▸ China
  102. 1944 — Battle of LonglingBattle · China ▸ Japan
  103. 1944 — Battle of SongshanBattle · China ▸ Japan
  104. 1944 — Battle of TengchongBattle · China, United States ▸ Japan
  105. 1945 — Japanese Instrument of SurrenderTreaty
  106. 1945 — Battle of East China SeaBattle · United States ▸ Japan
  107. 1945 — Battle of HandanBattle
  108. 1945 — Battle of LaohekouBattle
  109. 1945 — Battle of ManchuriaBattle · Soviet Union ▸ Japan
  110. 1945 — Battle of ShangdangBattle · Chinese Communists ▸ Chinese Nationalists
  111. 1945 — Battle of ShanhaiguanBattle · Chinese Nationalists ▸ Chinese Communists
  112. 1945 — Battle of ZhijiangBattle · China ▸ Japan

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), HCED (CC0) and Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0); overview excerpted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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