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City nickname: the City of Azaleas | |||||
| Capital District | Xinyi | ||||
| Area - Total |
Ranked 16 of 25 271.7997 km² 1.0% | ||||
| Population - Density |
Ranked 2 of 25 2,625,512 |
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| Districts: | 12 | ||||
| Mayor: | Ma Ying-jeouMa Ying-jeou ( Hanyu Pinyin: M Yingji, Wade-Giles: Ma Ying-chiu Tongyong Pinyin: Ma Yingjiou) (born July 13, 1950) was elected mayor of Taipei, Taiwan, in 1998 and reelected in 2002. He is generally seen as a consistently incorrupt and charismatic politic | ||||
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| City FlowerA flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms ( flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). The function of a flower is to produce seeds through sexual reproduction''. For the higher plants, seeds are the next generation, and: | AzaleaAzaleas are flowering shrubs making up part of the genus Rhododendron''. Originally azaleas were classed as a different genus of plant, but now they are recognised as two of the eight sub-genera of rhododendrons Subgenus Pentanthera typified by Rhododendr | ||||
| City TreeThis article is about the biological organisms known as trees. For other meanings of the word see tree (disambiguation). oak tree in Denmark A tree can be defined as a large perennial woody plant. Though there is no set definition of size, it is generally: | India laurel fig ( Ficus microcarpaThis article is about the tree. There is also a company called Banyan which named itself after the tree, see Banyan (company); and a music band, see Banyan (band). Ficus benghalensis Ficus microcarpa Banyans are a type of tropical fig tree of the genus Fi) | ||||
| City BirdFor other meanings of bird see bird (disambiguation). Many see text Birds are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates characterized primarily by feathers, forelimbs modified as wings, and hollow bones. There are almost 9000 known species of birds in: | Formosan Blue MagpieThe Formosan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea , also called Taiwan Magpie is a member of the Crow family. It is an endemic species living in the mountains of Taiwan at elevations of 300 to 1200m. Its name in Chinese means "Long-tailed mountain lady. It is ab (Urocissa caerulea) | ||||
Taipei City ( ChineseThe Chinese language (/, /, or ; pinyin: hany, huay, or zhongwen) is a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. Although most Chinese view the many varieties of spoken Chinese as a single language, regional variations in spoken language are compara: 台北市, pinyin: Táibei Shì, tai.: Tâi-pak) is the provisional capital of the Republic of China and the largest city in Taiwan. Its population in 2000 is 2,600,543. Major industries include electrical and electronic equipment, textiles, metals, ship-building, and motorcycles.
Taipei City is a special municipality administered directly under the central government. It is not part of but surrounded entirely by Taipei County, which is administered as part of Taiwan Province.