Taiwan23.65° N, 120.87° E
No land border at all — every neighbor is across water, along 1,566 km of coast, the 66th longest on Earth.
land borders 0 km · 164th/230 · coastline 1,566 km · 66th/229
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Persistent and extensive cloudiness covers Taiwan throughout the year. During the southwest monsoon, Taiwan has a rainy season in a tropical marine climate.
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Han Chinese include Holo, Hakka, and other groups originating in mainland China; indigenous Malayo-Polynesian peoples are also part of the population. Mandarin is the official language, alongside Min Nan, Hakka dialects, and indigenous languages.
Religious affiliations include Buddhist, Taoist, Christian, and folk religion, which includes Confucian; none or unspecified affiliations are also present. Settlement follows a peripheral coastal pattern, with the largest populations on the north and west coasts.
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The government is a semi-presidential republic. Its legal system is a civil law system. The current constitution took effect on 25 December 1947, after being adopted on 25 December 1946 and promulgated on 1 January 1947. The national holiday is Republic Day (National Day), 10 October (1911).
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