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- <text id=93CT1450>
- <title>
- Taiwan--Geography
- </title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Taiwan
- Geography</hdr><body>
- <p>Location: East Asia, off the southeastern coast of China,
- between Japan and the Philippines
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Area:</l>
- <l> total area: 35,980 km2</l>
- <l> land area: 32,260 km2</l>
- <l> comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland and Delaware
- combined</l>
- </list>
- <p>note: includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy
- </p>
- <p>Land boundaries: 0 km
- </p>
- <p>Coastline: 1,448 km
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Maritime claims:</l>
- <l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
- <l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
- </list>
- <p>International disputes: involved in complex dispute over the
- Spratly Islands with China, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, and
- possibly Brunei; Paracel Islands occupied by China, but claimed
- by Vietnam and Taiwan; Japanese-administered Senkaku-shoto
- (Senkaku Islands/Diaoyu Tai) claimed by China and Taiwan
- </p>
- <p>Climate: tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest
- monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive
- all year
- </p>
- <p>Terrain: eastern two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; flat to
- gently rolling plains in west
- </p>
- <p>Natural resources: small deposits of coal, natural gas,
- limestone, marble, and asbestos
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Land use:</l>
- <l> arable land: 24%</l>
- <l> permanent crops: 1%</l>
- <l> meadows and pastures: 5%</l>
- <l> forest and woodland: 55%</l>
- <l> other: 15%</l>
- </list>
- <p>Irrigated land: NA km2
- </p>
- <p>Environment: subject to earthquakes and typhoons
- </p></body></article></text>
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