HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA

Nationality: noun: Chinese (singular and plural) adjective: Chinese

Ethnic groups: Taiwanese (including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%,
aborigine 2%

Religions: mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian
4.5%, other 2.5%

Languages: Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total
population: 86%
79% (1980 est.) note: (1998 est.)

Government Taiwan

Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form:
Taiwan local short form: T'ai-wan local long form: none former: Formosa

Government type: multiparty democratic regime headed by popularly
elected president and unicameral legislature

Capital: Taipei

Administrative divisions: the central administrative divisions include
the provinces of Fu-chien (some 20 offshore islands of Fujian Province
including Quemoy and Matsu) and Taiwan (the island of Taiwan and the
Pescadores islands); Taiwan is further subdivided into 16 counties
(hsien, singular and plural), 5 municipalities* (shih, singular and
plural), and 2 special municipalities** (chuan-shih, singular and
plural); Chang-hua, Chia-i, Chia-i*, Chi-lung*, Hsin-chu, Hsin-chu*,
Hua-lien, I-lan, Kao-hsiung, Kao-hsiung**, Miao-li, Nan-t'ou, P'eng-hu,
P'ing-tung, T'ai-chung, T'ai-chung*, T'ai-nan, T'ai-nan*, T'ai-pei,
T'ai-pei**, T'ai-tung, T'ao-yuan, and Yun-lin; the provincial capital
is at Chung-hsing-hsin-ts'un note: Taiwan uses the Wade-Giles system
for romanization

National holiday: Republic Day (Anniversary of the Chinese Revolution),
10 October (1911)

Constitution: 1 January 1947, amended in 1992, 1994, 1997, and 1999

Legal system: based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations

Suffrage: 20 years of age; universal

Executive branch: chief of state: President Shui-bian CHEN (since 20 May
2000) and Vice President Annette Hsiu-lien LU (since 20 May 2000) election
results: (DPP) 39.3%, James SOONG (independent) 36.84%, LIEN Chan (KMT)
23.1%, HSU Hsin-liang (independent) 0.63%, LEE Ao (CNP) 0.13% elections:
for four-year terms; election last held 18 March 2000 (next to be held NA
March 2004); premier appointed by the president; vice premiers appointed
by the president on the recommendation of the premier head of government:
2002) and Vice Premier (Vice President of the Execut