TAIWAN
(Republic of China)

Capital: T'ayp

Flag: a flag of red color with the 12-fold white sun on a blue top left quadrant. 12 points of the Sun represent 12 two-hour periods of day in the Chinese tradition and symbolize progress. Colors red, white and blue represent Three principles of the people (San Ming-Chu) Put Yat-sena, the father of the Republic of China, and symbolize spirit of freedom, brotherhood and equality.

Anthem: Chung Hwa Min Kuo Kuo Ke (Chinese national anthem).

MONETARY BULLETIN: The new dollar of Taiwan ($ nt) is paper currency in 100 cents. There are coins of 50 cents and 1, 5 and 10 dollars and also notes of 50, 100, 500 and 1000 new Taiwan dollars. nt of $1 = us of $0,03154 (or us of $1 = nt of $31,71) as of 2005.

WEIGHT AND MEASURES: the metric system is used in the state and industrial statistics. Usually used standards of scales and measures are slanting (1,1 pounds or 0,4989 kilograms), whether (0,5 kilometers or 0,31 miles), чи (0,33 meters or 1,09 feet) and a chia (0,97 hectares or 2,39 hectares),

HOLIDAYS: New year and Basis of the Republic of China (1912), on January 1; Youth Day (earlier known as Day of martyrs), on March 29; Day of kindling of tombs and anniversary of death Chan Kaysheka, on April 5; Birthday of Confucius and Den uchitelya, on September 28; National day (Double tenth day), on October 10; Day of a flashback in Taiwan, on October 25; Birthday of Chiang Kai-shek, on October 31; The Birthday Put Yat-sena, on November 12; Constitution day, on December 25.

TIME: 8th evenings = midday of GMT.

ARRANGEMENT, SIZE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Taiwan, residence of the Republic of China, is in the western part of the Pacific Ocean on the Tropic of Cancer, less than in 161 km (100 miles) from the southeast coast of continental China from which it is separated by the passage Taiwan (Formosa), To пе, less than in 129 km (80 miles), there is an end of the Japanese islands of Ryukyu; to е - the Pacific Ocean; The Philippine island of Luzon is at the height of 370 km (230 miles) to page.

Besides actually island, Taiwan consists of 21 small islands in the Taiwan group and 64 islands in the Penghu group (Peskadora); total area is 35 980 sq.km (13 892 sq. miles). Rather, the area occupied with Taiwan is a little more, than states of the State of Maryland and Delaware. Listovidny island of Taiwan 394 km long (245 miles) of NUS and 144 km (89 miles) of ese-wnw; it has the coastline of 1566 km (973 miles). The Penghu group located in 40 km to the west from the island of Taiwan has the total area of 127 sq.km (49 quarter. Miles).

Also under control of the government of Taiwan there are Quemoy (Chinmen) and Matsu, two island groups located strategically close to the continental Chinese province of Fujian (Fukiyen). Quemoy - the biggest group of six islands, two of which are busy with People's Republic of China; it is located in the gulf Xiamen (Xiamen) in 118 ° 23e and 24 ° 27 N and has the total area of 176 sq.km (68 sq. miles). The group Matzo consisting of Nangkan (biggest) of Peykan, Tungin and about 10 small islands, is located.