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Provincial city (Taiwan)>Provinicial city status| established_date2 = 25 October 1945

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| myr = TÃ¡ibÄ›i ShrÌ€| poj = TÃ¢i-pak-chhÄ«| tl = TÃ¢i-pak-tshÄ«| showflag = ppoj| phfs = ThÃ²i-pet-sá¹³| y = TÃ²ihbÄk SÃh| j = Toi4bak1 Si5t4b1s5}}| buc = DÃ i-bÃ¡eÌ¤k chÃª| suz = DÃ©-poh| c = }}Taipei ({{IPAc-en|ËŒ|t|aÉª|Ëˆ|p|eÉª|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Taipei.wav}}; {{zh|t=è‡ºåŒ—|p=TÃ¡ibÄ›i}}),“Taipei” {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208070725www.dictionary.com/browse/taipei |date=8 December 2017 }}. Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary. officially Taipei City,{{Efn native lang|tw|name=word1}} is the capital{{efn|The Constitution of the Republic of China does not stipulate any city, including Taipei or its pre-1949 capital, Nanjing, as the de jure capital of the Republic of China. However, Taipei has been designated the official seat of central government by a decree, thus making it the de facto capital.WEB,www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/2359865, Taipei is Republic of China’s capital, minister said, Tseng Ying-yu, Sofia Wu, Central News Agency, 4 December 2013, 13 October 2021,web.archive.org/web/20180920015224/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/2359865, 20 September 2018, live, WEB,www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/12/04/2003578264/2, Since the implementation of the Act Governing Principles for Editing Geographical Educational Texts (åœ°ç†æ•Žç§‘æ›¸ç·¨å¯©åŽŸå‰‡) in 1997, the guiding principle for all maps in geographical textbooks was that Taipei was to be marked as the capital with a label stating: “Location of the Central Government”, 4 December 2013, 1 November 2019,www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/12/04/2003578264/2," title="web.archive.org/web/20191101013333www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/12/04/2003578264/2,">web.archive.org/web/20191101013333www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/12/04/2003578264/2, 1 November 2019, live, WEB,www.taiwan.gov.tw/about.php, 2020-2021 TAIWAN at a glance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan), 2021, 31 December 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211117020655/https://www.taiwan.gov.tw/about.php, 17 November 2021, live, Despite having no actual control, the People’s Republic of China considers Taipei to be the capital of its claimed Taiwan Province.}} and a special municipality of Taiwan.WEB,www.roc-taiwan.org/us_en/post/24.html, Taiwan-U.S. Relations, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, 4 December 2021, 31 December 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211125155623/https://www.roc-taiwan.org/us_en/post/24.html, 25 November 2021, live, Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about {{cvt|25|km|mi|abbr=on}} southwest of the northern port city of Keelung. Most of the city rests on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city’s western border.WEB,english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?categid=36&recordid=9152, Taipei City Government: Home â€“ I. Geographic Overview, Taipei City Government, 23 October 2006, 4 August 2009,english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?categid=36&recordid=9152," title="web.archive.org/web/20131209004331english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?categid=36&recordid=9152,">web.archive.org/web/20131209004331english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?categid=36&recordid=9152, 9 December 2013, dead, The municipality of Taipei is home to an estimated population of 2,494,813 (March 2023),WEB,sowf.moi.gov.tw/stat/month/m1-07.xls, zh:é„‰éŽ®å¸‚å€äººå£åŠæŒ‰éƒ½æœƒå€çµ±è¨ˆ, Taiwan Ministry of Interior, December 2015, 11 December 2016, live,sowf.moi.gov.tw/stat/month/m1-07.xls," title="web.archive.org/web/20131209091210sowf.moi.gov.tw/stat/month/m1-07.xls,">web.archive.org/web/20131209091210sowf.moi.gov.tw/stat/month/m1-07.xls, 9 December 2013, forming the core part of the Taipeiâ€“Keelung metropolitan area, also known as “Greater Taipei”, which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 7,047,559,WEB,eng.stat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=4597&ctNode=1627, Methods and Term Definitions, Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, 4 August 2009,web.archive.org/web/20181212071728/https://eng.stat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=4597&ctNode=1627, 12 December 2018, live, the 40th most-populous urban area in the worldâ€”roughly one-third of Taiwanese citizens live in the metro areas. The name “Taipei” can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or just the municipality alone. Taipei has been the political center of the island since 1887, when it first became the seat of Taiwan Province by the Qing dynasty until 1895 and again from 1945 to 1956 by the ROC government,{{efn|The Taiwan Provincial Government subsequently moved to Zhongxing New Village in Nantou County until it was dissolved in 2018.}} with an interregnum from 1895 to 1945 as the seat of the Government-General of Taiwan during the Japanese rule. The city has been the national seat of the ROC central government since 1949, it became the nation’s special municipality (then known as Yuan-controlled municipality) on 1 July 1967 from provincial city status.Taipei is the economic, political, educational and cultural center of Taiwan. It has been rated an “Alpha âˆ’ City” by GaWC.WEB, The World According to GaWC 2020,www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/world2020t.html, GaWC - Research Network, Globalization and World Cities, 26 August 2020, Taipei also forms a major part of a high-tech industrial area.NEWS,old.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020821044_taiwansamsungxml.html, Taiwan tech industry faces up to South Korea’s Samsung, The Seattle Times, April 2013, 25 August 2017,old.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020821044_taiwansamsungxml.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20170825064955old.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020821044_taiwansamsungxml.html,">web.archive.org/web/20170825064955old.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020821044_taiwansamsungxml.html, 25 August 2017, dead, Railways, highways, airports and bus lines connect Taipei with all parts of the island. The city is served by two airports â€“ Songshan and Taoyuan. The municipality is home to architectural and cultural landmarks, including Taipei 101 (which was formerly the tallest building in the world), Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Dalongdong Baoan Temple, Hsing Tian Kong, Lungshan Temple of Manka, National Palace Museum, Presidential Office Building, Taipei Guest House and Zhinan Temple. Shopping districts including Ximending as well as several night markets dispersed throughout the city. Natural features include Maokong, Yangmingshan and hot springs.In English-language news reports, the name Taipei often serves as a synecdoche referring to the central government that controls the Taiwan Area. Due to the ambiguous political status of Taiwan internationally, the term Chinese Taipei is also frequently used as a synonym for the entire country, as when Taiwan’s governmental representatives participate in international organizations or when Taiwan’s athletes compete in international sporting events, including the Olympics.

Names

{{See also|Chinese language romanization in Taiwan}}The spellings Taipei and TÊ»ai-pei derive from the Wadeâ€“Giles romanization TÊ»aiÂ²-peiÂ³BOOK, Skinner, G. William, Modern Chinese society:an analytical bibliography, Stanford University Press, 1973, 55, 0-8047-0753-7, registration,archive.org/details/modernchinesesoc3skin/page/55, which means the North of Taiwan in Chinese. The name could be also romanized as TÃ¡ibÄ›i according to Hanyu Pinyin and Tongyong Pinyin.WEB,www.pinyin.info/taiwan/place_names.html, Taiwan place names, 15 September 2020, PÄ«nyÄ«n.info, zh-tw,en, é„‰éŽ®å¸‚å€åˆ¥ Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) Tongyong Pinyin old forms...å°åŒ—å¸‚ Taibei TÃ¡ibÄ›i Taibei Taipei, 16 September 2020,www.pinyin.info/taiwan/place_names.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20200916131032www.pinyin.info/taiwan/place_names.html,">web.archive.org/web/20200916131032www.pinyin.info/taiwan/place_names.html, live, WEB,international.thenewslens.com/article/84177, OPINION: Hanyu Pinyin Should Not Be Political, Kaohsiung, 15 September 2020, 27 November 2017, Eryk Smith, The capital will not see its name re-christened “Taibei” anytime soon and that’s fine, 16 September 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200916185047/https://international.thenewslens.com/article/84177, live, BOOK,books.google.com/books?id=ZsyRAgAAQBAJ, Linguistic Landscape: Expanding the Scenery, Routledge, 2009, 978-0-203-93096-0, Elana Shohamy, Durk Gorter, However, I do use the commonly rendered “Taipei,” instead of “Taibei” (TÃ¡ibÄ›i)., weblink, 16 September 2020, 10 April 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230410213904/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZsyRAgAAQBAJ, live, The city has also been known as Tai-pakBOOK,archive.org/details/sketchesfromtaiw00camprich/page/82, Sketches from Formosa, William Campbell, 1915, 82, Internet Archive, No sooner had the Governor-General at Tai-pak received telegraphic information of the magnitude of the calamity, than instruction were issued for a large company of surgeons, nurses, and assistants to proceed at once to Ka-gi., William Campbell (missionary), WEB,www.thefreedictionary.com/Tai-pak, The Free Dictionary, Tai-pak, Taipei (redirected from Tai-pak), 23 November 2019,www.thefreedictionary.com/Tai-pak," title="web.archive.org/web/20150913150945www.thefreedictionary.com/Tai-pak,">web.archive.org/web/20150913150945www.thefreedictionary.com/Tai-pak, 13 September 2015, live, (derived from Taiwanese Hokkien) and Taipeh.MAGAZINE,archive.org/details/nationalgeograp371920nati/page/256, National Geographic Magazine, FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff, March 1920, 257, 262, 37, 3, I boarded a train for Taihoku, the capital city, which on most maps still bears its old Chinese name of Taipeh.{...}Taihoku (Taipeh), WEB,www.thefreedictionary.com/Taipeh, The Free Dictionary, Taipeh, Noun 1. Taipeh - the capital of Nationalist ChinaTaipeh - the capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan, 23 November 2019,web.archive.org/web/20191027023953/https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Taipeh, 27 October 2019, live, During the Japanese rule from 1895 to 1945, Taipei was known as Taihoku, which is the pronunciation of the Chinese characters (Kanji: ) for Taipei in Japanese.WEB,maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-kw52j969v, Taihoku-Matsuyama, Formosa (Taiwan), Taihoku-Shu. A.M.S. L991 - Digital Maps and Geospatial Data | Princeton University, 13 March 2023, 13 March 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230313133620/https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-kw52j969v, live,

History

{{See also|North-South divide in Taiwan#Taipei}}(File:North Side of Old Taipei City North Gate.jpg|left|215px|thumb|Taipei’s Old North Gate, completed in 1884)Prior to the significant influx of Han Chinese colonists, the region of Taipei Basin was mainly inhabited by the plains aborigines called Ketagalan. The number of Han colonists gradually increased in the early 18th century under Qing Dynasty rule after the government began permitting development in the area.WEB,english.taipei.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1084524&ctNode=29490&mp=100002, Taipei’s History and Development, Taipei City Government, November 2014, 15 January 2015,english.taipei.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1084524&ctNode=29490&mp=100002," title="web.archive.org/web/20141230144133english.taipei.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1084524&ctNode=29490&mp=100002,">web.archive.org/web/20141230144133english.taipei.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1084524&ctNode=29490&mp=100002, 30 December 2014, live, In 1875, the northern part of the island was incorporated into the new Taipeh Prefecture.It was formerly established as Taipeh-fu and was the temporary capital of the island in 1887 when it was declared a province (Fukien-Taiwan Province).ENCYCLOPEDIA,www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/580809/Taipei/231554/History, Taipei (Taiwan) :: History, Britannica.com, 4 July 2010,www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/580809/Taipei/231554/History," title="web.archive.org/web/20100527202105www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/580809/Taipei/231554/History,">web.archive.org/web/20100527202105www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/580809/Taipei/231554/History, 27 May 2010, live, BOOK, Davidson, James W., James W. Davidson, The Island of Formosa, Past and Present : history, people, resources, and commercial prospects : tea, camphor, sugar, gold, coal, sulphur, economical plants, and other productions, 1903, Macmillan & Co.,archive.org/details/islandofformosap00davi, London and New York, 6931635M, 245, 10 January 2015,web.archive.org/web/20150108025015/https://archive.org/details/islandofformosap00davi, 8 January 2015, live, Taipeh was formally made the provincial capital in 1894. The romanized transcription of Taipeh was changed to Taihoku in 1895 when the Empire of Japan annexed Taiwan, based on the Japanese reading of the two characters. The writing in Chinese characters remained unaltered. Under Japanese rule, the city was administered under Taihoku Prefecture. Taiwan’s Japanese rulers embarked on an extensive program of advanced urban planning that featured extensive railroad links. A number of Taipei landmarks and cultural institutions date from this period.Following the surrender of Japan to the Allies during 1945, effective control of Taiwan was handed to the Republic of China (ROC). After facing defeat from Communist forces, the ruling Kuomintang relocated the ROC government to Taiwan and declared Taipei the provisional capital of the ROC in December 1949.BOOK,archive.org/details/rebellionrevolut0000russ/, 0-13-785745-4, 1974, Rebellion, Revolution, and Armed Force, {{w, Diana E. H. Russell, D. E. H. Russell, Academic Press}}|page=111|quote=On Dec. 8, 1949, T’ai-pei, on the island of Formosa, to which Chiang Kai-shek and many of his followers had fled, was declared the Nationalist Capital.}} Taiwan’s Kuomintang rulers regarded the city as the capital of Taiwan Province and their control as mandated by General Order No. 1.In 1990, Taipei provided the backdrop for the Wild Lily student rallies that moved Taiwanese society from one-party rule to multi-party democracy by 1996. The city has ever since served as the seat of Taiwan’s democratically elected national government.

Early settlersâ€“Qing dynasty

The region known as the Taipei Basin was home to Ketagalan tribes before the eighteenth century.WEB,english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?recordid=109, History, Taipei City Government, 29 March 2004, 11 August 2009,english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?recordid=109," title="web.archive.org/web/20050507005944english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?recordid=109,">web.archive.org/web/20050507005944english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?recordid=109, 7 May 2005, Han Chinese colonists from Dabu County, Yongding County, Anxi and Tong’an of Southern Fujian began to settle in the Taipei Basin in 1709.BOOK, Kelly, Robert, Taiwan, Lonely Planet Publications, 2007, 46, 978-1-74104-548-2, WEB,english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?recordid=108, History of Taipei, Taipei City Government, 11 August 2009, dead,english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?recordid=108," title="web.archive.org/web/20070526012848english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?recordid=108,">web.archive.org/web/20070526012848english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?recordid=108, 26 May 2007, In the late 19th century, the Taipei area, where the major Han Chinese settlements in northern Taiwan and one of the designated overseas trade ports, Tamsui, were located, gained economic importance due to the booming overseas trade, especially that of tea export. In 1875, the northern part of Taiwan was separated from Taiwan Prefecture and incorporated into the new Taipeh Prefecture as a new administrative entity of the Qing dynasty.BOOK, Marsh, Robert, The Great Transformation, M. E. Sharpe, 1996, 84, 1-56324-788-7, Having been established adjoining the flourishing townships of Bangka, Dalongdong, and Twatutia, the new prefectural capital was known as Chengnei ({{zh|t=åŸŽå…§|p=chÃ©ngnÃ¨i|poj=siÃ¢â¿-lÄi}}), “the inner city”, and government buildings were erected there. From 1875 until the beginning of Japanese rule in 1895, Taipei was part of Tamsui County of Taipeh Prefecture and the prefectural capital.JOURNAL, Huang, Wenchuan, Street-naming and the Subjectivity of Taiwan: A Case Study of Taipei City,journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/download/2879/2868/5757, Asian and African Studies, In 1885, as work commenced to govern the island as a province, Taipeh was thus temporarily designated as a provincial capital. The city officially became the capital in 1894.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} Nowadays, all that remains from the historical period is the north gate. The west gate and city walls were demolished by the Japanese while the south gate, little south gate, and east gate were extensively modified by the Kuomintang and have lost much of their original character.BOOK, Allen, Joseph R., Taipei: City of Displacements, 2012, University of Washington Press, Seattle, 978-0-295-80426-2, 75â€“81,

Empire of Japan

File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-6550514-taihoku-east-2422-iii.jpg|left|thumb|Map of eastern Taipei (labeled as TAIHOKU) and nearby areas (AMS, 1944)]]File:å¤§å³¶ä¹…æ»¿æ¬¡.jpg|thumb|The Taihoku Prefecture government building in the 1910s (now the Control Yuan Control YuanAs settlement for losing the First Sino-Japanese War, China ceded the island of Taiwan to the Empire of Japan in 1895 as part of the Treaty of Shimonoseki. After the Japanese takeover, Taipei, romanized into English as Taihoku following the Japanese language pronunciation, was retained as the capital. It subsequently emerged as the political center of the Japanese Colonial Government. During that time the city acquired the characteristics of an administrative center, including many new public buildings and housing for civil servants. Much of the architecture of Taipei dates from the period of Japanese rule, including the Presidential Office Building which was the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan.During Japanese rule, Taihoku was incorporated in 1920 as part of Taihoku Prefecture. It included Bangka, Twatutia, and {{nihongo||åŸŽå…§|JÅnai}} among other small settlements. The eastern village of {{nihongo4||æ¾å±±åº„|Matsuyama|modern-day Songshan District, Taipei}} was annexed into Taihoku City in 1938. Taihoku and surrounding areas were bombed by Allied forces on several occasions. The largest of these Allied air raids, the Taihoku Air Raid, took place on 31 May 1945.

Post-WW2 under ROC

File:Taipei_2012_3_amk.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Taipei 101 Taipei 101File:Chiang Kai-shek memorial amk.jpg|thumb|200px|The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial HallFile:ç¾Žåœ‹ç¸½çµ±è‰¾æ£®è±ªæ–¼1960å¹´6æœˆè¨ªå•è‡ºç£å°åŒ—æ™‚èˆ‡è”£ä¸æ£ç¸½çµ±-2.jpg|thumb|With President Chiang Kai-shek, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. EisenhowerUpon the Japanese defeat following the nuclear bomb destruction of Hiroshima and its consequent surrender in August 1945, the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) assumed control of Taiwan. Subsequently, Taipei was established as a provincial city and a temporary Office of the Taiwan Province Administrative Governor was established in it.{{sfnp|Marsh|1996|p=85}} In 1947 the Kuomintang (KMT) government under Chiang Kai-shek declared island-wide martial law in Taiwan as a result of the 28 February Incident, which began with incidents in Taipei but led to an island-wide crackdown on the local population by forces loyal to Chiang. Two years later, on 7 December 1949, Chiang and the Kuomintang forces were forced to flee mainland China by the after defeat by Communist revolutionaries. The KMT-led national government that fled to Taiwan declared Taipei to be the provisional capital of a continuing Republic of China.BOOK, Ng, Franklin, The Taiwanese Americans, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1998, 10, 0-313-29762-2, NEWS,news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/asia_pacific/2000/taiwan_elections2000/1949_1955.stm, Taiwan Timeline â€“ Retreat to Taiwan, 2000, BBC News, 13 July 2009,news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/asia_pacific/2000/taiwan_elections2000/1949_1955.stm," title="web.archive.org/web/20090624190413news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/asia_pacific/2000/taiwan_elections2000/1949_1955.stm,">web.archive.org/web/20090624190413news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/asia_pacific/2000/taiwan_elections2000/1949_1955.stm, 24 June 2009, live, Taipei has never been declared the official capital but Kuomintang loyalists today generally regard it as such. In 2004 elementary textbook references stating “Nanjing is the capital of the Republic of China” were replaced with “Taipei is the location of the central government of the Republic of China.“Taipei expanded greatly in the decades after 1949, and as approved on 30 December 1966, by the Executive Yuan, Taipei was declared a special municipality on 1 July 1967. In the following year, Taipei City expanded again by annexing Shilin, Beitou, Neihu, Nangang, Jingmei, and Muzha. At that time, the city’s total area increased fourfold by absorbing several outlying towns and villages and the population increased to 1.56 million people.The city’s population, which had reached one million in the early 1960s, also expanded rapidly after 1967, exceeding two million by the mid-1970s. Although growth within the city itself gradually slowed thereafter{{sfnp|Marsh|1996|p=85}} â€” its population had become relatively stable by the mid-1990s â€“ Taipei remained one of the world’s most densely populated urban areas, and the population continued to increase in the region surrounding the city, notably along the corridor between Taipei and Keelung.{{Original research inline|date=March 2023}}In 1990, Taipei’s 16 districts were consolidated into the current 12 districts.BOOK, Republic of China Yearbook, Kwang Hwa Publishing Co., 2002, 120, 957-9227-35-7, Mass democracy rallies that year in the plaza around Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall led to an island-wide transition to multi-party democracy, where legislators are chosen via regularly scheduled popular elections, during the presidency of Lee Teng-Hui.{{Original research inline|date=March 2023}}

Geography

(File:Aerial panorama of Taipei’s west from the perspective of Tamsui River.jpg|thumb|Aerial panorama of Taipei’s west from the perspective of Tamsui River.)File:2014-02-23 å°åŒ— Taipei from è²“ç©º 01.jpg|thumb|The city of Taipei, as seen from Maokong MaokongTaipei City is located in the Taipei Basin in northern Taiwan.WEB,www.travel.taipei/frontsite/en/cms/cmsAction.do?method=goCMSDetail&contentId=283&menuId=1030101, About Taipei â€“ Taipei Profile, Department of Information and Tourism, Taipei City Government, 12 December 2016,www.travel.taipei/frontsite/en/cms/cmsAction.do?method=goCMSDetail&contentId=283&menuId=1030101," title="web.archive.org/web/20161220200603www.travel.taipei/frontsite/en/cms/cmsAction.do?method=goCMSDetail&contentId=283&menuId=1030101,">web.archive.org/web/20161220200603www.travel.taipei/frontsite/en/cms/cmsAction.do?method=goCMSDetail&contentId=283&menuId=1030101, 20 December 2016, dead, It is bordered by the Xindian River on the south and the Tamsui River on the west. The generally low-lying terrain of the central areas on the western side of the municipality slopes upward to the south and east and especially to the north, where it reaches the {{cvt|1120|m|adj=on|sp=us}}-tall Qixing Mountain, the highest (dormant) volcano in Taiwan in Yangmingshan National Park. The northern districts of Shilin and Beitou extend north of the Keelung River and are bordered by Yangmingshan National Park. The Taipei city limits cover an area of {{cvt|271.7997|km2|abbr=on}},WEB,english.gov.taipei/ct.asp?xItem=11490755&CtNode=49684&mp=100002, Geographical Overview, Taipei City Government, 12 December 2016,english.gov.taipei/ct.asp?xItem=11490755&CtNode=49684&mp=100002," title="web.archive.org/web/20161220213621english.gov.taipei/ct.asp?xItem=11490755&CtNode=49684&mp=100002,">web.archive.org/web/20161220213621english.gov.taipei/ct.asp?xItem=11490755&CtNode=49684&mp=100002, 20 December 2016, dead, ranking sixteenth of twenty-five among all counties and cities in Taiwan.Two peaks, Qixing Mountain and Mt. Datun, rise to the northeast of the city.WEB,english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?recordid=116, Geography/Population, Taipei City Government, 29 March 2004, 11 August 2009,english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?recordid=116," title="web.archive.org/web/20050127015838english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?recordid=116,">web.archive.org/web/20050127015838english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?recordid=116, 27 January 2005, Qixing Mountain is located on the Tatun Volcanic Group; its {{cvt|1120|m|adj=on|sp=us}}-high main peak renders it the tallest mountain at the rim of the Taipei Basin; {{cvt|1092|m|adj=on|sp=us}}-high Mt. Datun is a close runner up. These former volcanoes make up the western section of Yangmingshan National Park, extending from Mt. Datun northward to Mt. Caigongkeng (). Located on a broad saddle between two mountains, the area also contains the marshy Datun Pond.To the southeast of the city lie the Songshan Hills and the Qingshui Ravine, which form a barrier of lush woods.

Climate

{{climate chart| Taipei19.6|93.820.7|129.422.9|157.826.7|151.430.1|245.232.9|354.635.0|214.234.4|336.531.6|336.827.8|162.624.9|89.321.1|96.9|units = metric|float = right|clear = both }}Taipei has a humid subtropical climate (KÃ¶ppen: Cfa).Taipei City {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402140952tigp.sinica.edu.tw/taipei_taiwan.html |date=2 April 2013 }} - Academia SinicaLiving in Taipei {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217224937web.mtc.ntnu.edu.tw/mtcweb/index.php?option=com_guoyu&task=show_information&id=84&menuid=74&lang=en |date=17 February 2012 }} - Mandarin Training Center, a subsidiary of National Taiwan Normal UniversityTaipei, Taiwan; the sister city of Los Angeles {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120135157sistercities.lacity.org/html/14.htm |date=20 January 2013 }} - Los Angeles City CouncilWEB,koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/, KÃ¶ppenâˆ’Geiger Climate Classification, dead,koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/," title="web.archive.org/web/20100906034159koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/,">web.archive.org/web/20100906034159koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/, 6 September 2010, Summers are long-lasting, very hot and humid, and accompanied by occasional heavy rainstorms and typhoons; while winters are short, generally warm and generally very foggy due to the northeasterly winds from the vast Siberian High being intensified by the pooling of this cooler air in the Taipei Basin. As in the rest of Northern Taiwan, daytime temperatures of Taipei can often peak above {{cvt|26|C}} during a warm winter day, while they can dip below that same level during afternoon showers and thunderstorms in the summer. Occasional cold fronts during the winter months can drop the daily temperature by {{cvt|3|to|5|C-change}}, though temperatures rarely drop below {{cvt|10|C}}.WEB, Weather History for Sungshan, Taiwan,www.wunderground.com/history/airport/RCSS/2014/1/1/MonthlyHistory.html, Wunderground, 29 June 2014,www.wunderground.com/history/airport/RCSS/2014/1/1/MonthlyHistory.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20150505163640www.wunderground.com/history/airport/RCSS/2014/1/1/MonthlyHistory.html,">web.archive.org/web/20150505163640www.wunderground.com/history/airport/RCSS/2014/1/1/MonthlyHistory.html, 5 May 2015, live, Extreme temperatures ranged from {{cvt|âˆ’0.2|C}} on 13 February 1901 to {{cvt|39.7|C}} on 24 July 2020, while snow has never been recorded in the city besides on mountains located within the city limit such as Yangmingshan. Due to Taiwan’s location in the Pacific Ocean, it is affected by the Pacific typhoon season, which occurs between June and October.{{Weather box|width = auto|collapsed = Y|location = Taipei (normals 1991–2020, extremes 1896–present)|metric first = y|single line = y|Jan record high C = 33.8|Feb record high C = 31.8|Mar record high C = 35.0|Apr record high C = 36.2|May record high C = 38.2|Jun record high C = 38.9|Jul record high C = 39.7|Aug record high C = 39.3|Sep record high C = 38.6|Oct record high C = 36.8|Nov record high C = 34.3|Dec record high C = 31.5|Jan high C = 19.6|Feb high C = 20.7|Mar high C = 22.9|Apr high C = 26.7|May high C = 30.1|Jun high C = 32.9|Jul high C = 35.0|Aug high C = 34.4|Sep high C = 31.6|Oct high C = 27.8|Nov high C = 24.9|Dec high C = 21.1|year high C = 27.3|Jan mean C = 16.6|Feb mean C = 17.2|Mar mean C = 19.0|Apr mean C = 22.5|May mean C = 25.8|Jun mean C = 28.3|Jul mean C = 30.1|Aug mean C = 29.7|Sep mean C = 27.8|Oct mean C = 24.7|Nov mean C = 22.0|Dec mean C = 18.2|Jan low C = 14.4|Feb low C = 14.7|Mar low C = 16.2|Apr low C = 19.4|May low C = 22.8|Jun low C = 25.3|Jul low C = 26.8|Aug low C = 26.6|Sep low C = 25.2|Oct low C = 22.6|Nov low C = 19.8|Dec low C = 16.1|year low C = 20.8|Jan record low C = âˆ’0.1|Feb record low C = âˆ’0.2|Mar record low C = 1.4|Apr record low C = 4.7|May record low C = 10.0|Jun record low C = 15.6|Jul record low C = 19.5|Aug record low C = 18.9|Sep record low C = 13.5|Oct record low C = 10.2|Nov record low C = 1.1|Dec record low C = 1.8|precipitation colour=green|Jan precipitation mm = 93.8|Feb precipitation mm = 129.4|Mar precipitation mm = 157.8|Apr precipitation mm = 151.4|May precipitation mm = 245.2|Jun precipitation mm = 354.6|Jul precipitation mm = 214.2|Aug precipitation mm = 336.5|Sep precipitation mm = 336.8|Oct precipitation mm = 162.6|Nov precipitation mm = 89.3|Dec precipitation mm = 96.9|Jan humidity = 77.2|Feb humidity = 77.8|Mar humidity = 76.1|Apr humidity = 74.9|May humidity = 74.7|Jun humidity = 75.3|Jul humidity = 70.2|Aug humidity = 72.1|Sep humidity = 73.9|Oct humidity = 74.4|Nov humidity = 75.0|Dec humidity = 75.9|year humidity = 74.8|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm|Jan precipitation days = 13.6|Feb precipitation days = 12.0|Mar precipitation days = 14.1|Apr precipitation days = 14.5|May precipitation days = 14.5|Jun precipitation days = 15.7|Jul precipitation days = 11.8|Aug precipitation days = 14.6|Sep precipitation days = 13.8|Oct precipitation days = 12.8|Nov precipitation days = 12.5|Dec precipitation days = 13.1|Jan sun = 76.1|Feb sun = 79.3|Mar sun = 95.1|Apr sun = 96.9|May sun = 113.6|Jun sun = 114.8|Jul sun = 176.9|Aug sun = 182.8|Sep sun = 151.7|Oct sun = 114.7|Nov sun = 93.3|Dec sun = 78.6| Jan percentsun = 23| Feb percentsun = 25| Mar percentsun = 26| Apr percentsun = 25| May percentsun = 27| Jun percentsun = 28| Jul percentsun = 42| Aug percentsun = 45| Sep percentsun = 41| Oct percentsun = 32| Nov percentsun = 29| Dec percentsun = 24| year percentsun =PUBLISHER=CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU ARCHIVE-DATE=9 DECEMBER 2022 URL-STATUS=LIVE, HTTPS://WWW.CWB.GOV.TW/DATA/CLIMATE/STATISTICS/PDF/SORT_18.PDF >TITLE=æ°£è±¡ç«™å„æœˆä»½æœ€é«˜æ°£æº«çµ±è¨ˆ LANGUAGE=ZH ARCHIVE-DATE=17 OCTOBER 2022 URL-STATUS=LIVE, HTTPS://WWW.CWB.GOV.TW/DATA/CLIMATE/STATISTICS/PDF/SORT_19.PDF >TITLE=æ°£è±¡ç«™å„æœˆä»½æœ€é«˜æ°£æº«çµ±è¨ˆ(çºŒ) LANGUAGE=ZH ARCHIVE-DATE=17 OCTOBER 2022 URL-STATUS=LIVE, HTTPS://WWW.CWB.GOV.TW/DATA/CLIMATE/STATISTICS/PDF/SORT_20.PDF >TITLE=æ°£è±¡ç«™å„æœˆä»½æœ€ä½Žæ°£æº«çµ±è¨ˆ LANGUAGE=ZH ARCHIVE-DATE=19 FEBRUARY 2022 URL-STATUS=LIVE, HTTPS://WWW.CWB.GOV.TW/DATA/CLIMATE/STATISTICS/PDF/SORT_21.PDF >TITLE=æ°£è±¡ç«™å„æœˆä»½æœ€ä½Žæ°£æº«çµ±è¨ˆ(çºŒ) LANGUAGE=ZH ARCHIVE-DATE=19 DECEMBER 2022 URL-STATUS=LIVE, }}

Air quality

In comparison to other Asian cities, Taipei has “excellent” capabilities for managing air quality in the city.WEB,www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/13786.html, Pollution is a major threat for Asian cities, says new report, EarthTimes, 14 December 2006, 22 July 2010,www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/13786.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20120918040929www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/13786.html,">web.archive.org/web/20120918040929www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/13786.html, 18 September 2012, live, Its rainy climate, location near the coast, and strong environmental regulations have prevented air pollution from becoming a substantial health issue, at least compared to cities in southeast Asia and industrial China. However, smog is extremely common and there is poor visibility throughout the city after rainless days.Motor vehicle engine exhaust, particularly from motor scooters, is a source of air pollution in Taipei. There are higher levels of fine particulate matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the mornings because of less air movement; sunlight reduces some pollution.NEWS, Oung, Angelica,www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/05/04/2003359365, Taipei air pollution alarming: scientists, The Taipei Times, 4 May 2007, 27 July 2009,www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/05/04/2003359365," title="web.archive.org/web/20090705014955www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/05/04/2003359365,">web.archive.org/web/20090705014955www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/05/04/2003359365, 5 July 2009, live,

Cityscape

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Demographics

{{Historical populations|type = TaiwanSERIES=ã€Šè‡ºç£éŠ€è¡Œå£åˆŠã€‹SERIES=ã€Šè‡ºç£çš„éƒ½å¸‚ç¤¾æœƒã€‹PUBLISHER=å·¨æµå‡ºç‰ˆç¤¾YEAR=1959LOCATION=è‡ºåŒ—, 1972 è”¡é’é¾>TITLE=è‡ºç£åœ°å€éƒ½å¸‚äººå£ä¹‹æˆé•·èˆ‡åˆ†ä½ˆYEAR=1982LOCATION=è‡ºåŒ—, 1980 è¡Œæ”¿é™¢ç¶“æ¿Ÿå»ºè¨å§”å“¡æœƒéƒ½å¸‚åŠä½å®…ç™¼å±•è™•>TITLE=éƒ½å¸‚åŠå€åŸŸç™¼å±•çµ±è¨ˆå½™ç·¨PUBLISHER=è‡ºåŒ—, 1985â€“2020 WEB,www.ris.gov.tw/app/portal/346, Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan), Ministry of the Interior, Populations by city and country in Taiwan, May 2018, 38,00074,415162,782274,157715,0001,890,7602,220,4272,507,6202,719,6592,632,8632,646,4742,632,2422,618,7722,704,8102,602,4182,524,393}}File:Shilin night market alley.jpg|thumb|Customers in the Shilin Night Market Shilin Night MarketWhile Taipei City is home to 2,524,393 people (2022), the greater metropolitan area has a population of 7,047,559 people. Even though the population of the city has been decreasing in recent years, the population of adjacent New Taipei has been increasing. The population loss, while rapid in its early years, was slowed by lower density development and campaigns designed to increase the birthrate in the city in the 2010s. As a result, the population rose 2010â€“2015.WEB,english.taipei.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1084529&ctNode=29491&mp=100002, Demographical Overview, 28 July 2009, Taipei City Government, 11 July 2010,english.taipei.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1084529&ctNode=29491&mp=100002," title="web.archive.org/web/20100715113135english.taipei.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1084529&ctNode=29491&mp=100002,">web.archive.org/web/20100715113135english.taipei.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1084529&ctNode=29491&mp=100002, 15 July 2010, live, NEWS,www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1193132&lang=eng_news&cate_img=logo_taiwan&cate_rss=TAIWAN_eng, Premier agrees to suspend sales of state-owned prime city land, Central News Agency, 2 March 2010, 11 July 2010,www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1193132&lang=eng_news&cate_img=logo_taiwan&cate_rss=TAIWAN_eng," title="web.archive.org/web/20110916060723www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1193132&lang=eng_news&cate_img=logo_taiwan&cate_rss=TAIWAN_eng,">web.archive.org/web/20110916060723www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1193132&lang=eng_news&cate_img=logo_taiwan&cate_rss=TAIWAN_eng, 16 September 2011, live, Due to Taipei’s geography and location in the Taipei Basin as well as differing times of settlement and differing degrees of economic development of its districts, Taipei’s population is not evenly distributed. The districts of Daan, Songshan, and Datong are the most densely populated. These districts, along with adjacent communities such as Yonghe and Zhonghe, contain some of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the world.In 2008, the crude birth rate stood at 7.88%, while the mortality rate stood at 5.94%. A decreasing and rapidly aging population is an important issue for the city. By the end of 2009, one in ten people in Taipei was over 65 years of age.NEWS,www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1163105&lang=eng_news, Taiwan’s elderly population reaches one in 10: interior ministry, Central News Agency (Taiwan), Central News Agency, 23 January 2010, 11 July 2010,www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1163105&lang=eng_news," title="web.archive.org/web/20111201201320www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1163105&lang=eng_news,">web.archive.org/web/20111201201320www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1163105&lang=eng_news, 1 December 2011, dead, Residents who had obtained a college education or higher accounted for 43.48% of the population, and the literacy rate stood at 99.18%.Like the rest of Taiwan, Taipei is composed of four major ethnic subgroups: Hoklos, Waishengren, Hakkas, and aborigines. Although Hoklos and Waishengren form the majority of the population of the city, in recent decades many Hakkas have moved into the city. The aboriginal population in the city stands at 16,713 at the end of 2018 (

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