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GeographyLocation: Eastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea,South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern coast of China
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 1,448 km
PeoplePopulation: 21,500,583 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.93% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 15.33 births/1,000 population Death rate: 5.71 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -0.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 5.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.81 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Taiwanese 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, aborigine 2% Religions: mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other2.5% Languages: Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
Government
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Type: multiparty democratic regime; opposition political parties legalizedin March, 1989 Capital: Taipei Independence: Constitution: 1 January 1947, amended in 1992, presently undergoing revision
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $257 billion National product real growth rate: 6% National product per capita: $12,070 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.2% Unemployment rate: 1.6%
Electricity:
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| An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games. |