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  1. Taiwanese people may also refer to the indigenous peoples of the areas under the control of the Government of the Republic of China since 1945, including Kinmen and Matsu Islands that collectively form its streamlined Fujian Province (see Taiwan Area ).

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › TaiwanTaiwan - Wikipedia

    Taiwan, [II] [k] officially the Republic of China ( ROC ), [I] [l] is a country [27] in East Asia. [o] It is located at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.

  3. Taiwanese indigenous peoples, also known as Formosans, Native Taiwanese or Austronesian Taiwanese, and formerly as Taiwanese aborigines, Takasago people or Gaoshan people, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 569,000 or 2.38% of the island's population.

  4. The history of the island of Taiwan dates back tens of thousands of years to the earliest known evidence of human habitation. [1] [2] The sudden appearance of a culture based on agriculture around 3000 BC is believed to reflect the arrival of the ancestors of today's Taiwanese indigenous peoples. [3]

  5. Contents. hide. Beginning. Prehistoric Taiwan. Dutch Taiwan. Qing Dynasty. Japanese Rule. Guomindang Rule. Other websites. History of Taiwan. Taiwan (minus the Pescadores) is an island of eastern Asia. Its first people were Austronesians with small numbers of Chinese.

  6. Taiwan is located southeast of the Chinese mainland, south of Japan, and north of the Philippines. The capital is Taipei. Taiwan has also been called Formosa, a Portuguese name which means "beautiful" in Portuguese. Most people living in Taiwan (called Taiwanese) are Han. Taiwan has three large Han groups.

  7. Biography portal. The main article for this category is Taiwanese people. Classification: People: By nationality: Taiwanesealso: Countries: Taiwan: People. Subcategories. This category has the following 32 subcategories, out of 32 total. Taiwanese people by century (9 C) Taiwanese people by ethnicity (15 C) Taiwanese people by location (2 C, 1 P)

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