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Taiwan (also known as Formosa) is an island located in the Western Pacific and East Asia () with a tropical climate, annual typhoons and occasional earthquakes.
It is governed as Taiwan Province under the Republic of China (ROC) government, along with the islands of Pescadores Islands, Orchid Island, Green Island, Taiping Island, and Pratas Islands.
The islands of Quemoy and Matsu Islands are administered under a separate Fukien Province by the ROC government. Although Taipei City and Kaohsiung City are on Taiwan island, they are not administered as part of Taiwan Province but directly administered by the ROC government under the municipal system. The surrounding Taipei County and Kaohsiung County however, are part of Taiwan Province. It is commonly believed that Taipei is the capital of Taiwan, but in 1956, the provincial government was moved to Jhongsing Village in Nantou County. This is not to be confused with Taipei as the provisional capital of the ROC.
The political status of Taiwan is a sensitive issue on both Taiwan and mainland China due to the existence of two Chinese governments that both claim sovereignty over all of China. The ROC claim over the Chinese mainland has lost legitimacy since losing it to the communists who established the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. Since the 1970s, many nations switched diplomatic recognition of China from Taipei to Beijing after the ROC lost its seat at the United Nations to the PRC. The ROC government has governed Taiwan since 1945, whereas the PRC has never had any jurisdiction over the island and seeks to acquire the island via diplomatic isolation of the ROC and threatening military action if the island should declare independence.
Kaohsiung City (Chinese: 高雄市, TongYong PinYin: GaoSyóng-shìh, Hanyu Pinyin: Gāoxióng-shì, POJ: Ko-hiông, ) is the second largest city on Taiwan island with a population of 1,510,444 (2006 census). Kaohsiung City is administered directly by the central government of the Republic of China and has eleven districts.
Kaohsiung is a major center for manufacturing, refining, and transportation. Unlike Taipei, the streets of Kaohsiung are wide and traffic is less congested than in Taipei. However, the air pollution around Kaohsiung is notoriously bad because of the heavy industry in the area. Kaohsiung is the major port through which most of Taiwan's oil is imported, which accounts for the large amount of heavy industry.
It is an export processing zone—producing aluminium, wood and paper products, fertilizers, cement, metals, machinery, and ships. Its harbor is the largest international port in Taiwan and ranked sixth in terms of volume of container traffic (2005 preliminary data). Kaohsiung is the center of Taiwan's shipbuilding industry, as well as home to a large ROC Navy base. Its subway system, and the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit (KMRT), should be running in 2006.
Kaohsiung City will host the 2009 World Games, a multisport event primarily composed of sports not featured in the Olympic Games.
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