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Taiwan Thematic Maps

Country (long form)	none
Capital	Taipei
Total Area	13,891.96 sq mi 35,980.00 sq km (slightly smaller than Maryland and Delaware combined)
Population	22,370,461 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050	24,596,527
Languages	Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects
Literacy	86% total, 93% male, 79% female (1980 est.) note: literacy for the total population has reportedly increased to 94% (1998 est.)
Religions	mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%
Life Expectancy	73.81 male, 79.51 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	multiparty democratic regime headed by popularly elected president
Currency	1 New Taiwan dollar (NT$) = 100 cents
GDP (per capita)	$17,400 (2000 est.)
Industry	electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing
Agriculture	rice, corn, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef, milk; fish
Arable Land	24%
Natural Resources	small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, and asbestos