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What is the capital of Taiwan?

disputedTaiwan is governed by the Republic of China and claimed by the People's Republic of China; its status is contested and most states do not maintain formal diplomatic relations with it. It is listed as GeoNames lists it, without taking a position.

TaipeiOfficial · since 1949Beijing · historical, to 1914Chengdu · historical, to 1949

Beijing was the capital until 1914; Chengdu was the capital until 1949.

Population
23,451,837
2026
Area
35,980 km²
First level
4
regions
Second level
22
counties
ISO code
TW
Area km2
35980.0
Population
23451837

Map

Taiwan and its 2 regions, with their seatsKaohsiungTaipei
Taipei

Boundaries: Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain

Regions and their capitals

sort:name/population
FukienJincheng154 k · 2 counties
KaohsiungKaohsiung2.7 M · 1 county
Taipeino seat recorded2.5 M · 1 county
TaiwanZhongxing New Village7.1 M · 18 counties · seat ≠ largest

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