Taiwan Province, China
Taiwan Province lies in the seas southeast of the Chinese mainland and is China's largest island province, facing the Pacific to the east and Fujian across the Taiwan Strait to the west. The Central Mountain Range forms its backbone, with Yushan (Jade Mountain) rising to 3,952 m, the highest peak in eastern China. It comprises 20 county-level divisions, plus Jinmen and Lianjiang (Matsu) counties of Fujian Province administered in the region — 22 county-level divisions in total.
- Administrative seat
- Taipei
- Population
- 23,396,831
- Area
- 36,194.2 km²
- Currency
- Renminbi; New Taiwan dollar circulating locally
- Official language
- Standard Chinese