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A Brief Introduction to Taiwan Province

Taiwan Province is adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the east, Ryukyu Islands in the northeast, bashi channel in the south and Fujian across the Taiwan Province Strait in the west. Taiwan Province is located in the southeast sea of China, covering an area of 36, square kilometers, including Taiwan Province Island (covering an area of 35,8 square kilometers), Penghu Islands, Green Island, Diaoyu Island, Lanyu, Pengjiayu and chiwei yu. The province is divided into 7 cities and 16 counties. The climate in Taiwan Province is warm in winter, hot in summer, abundant in rainfall, and there are many typhoons and rainstorms in summer and autumn. The Tropic of Cancer runs through the central part of Taiwan Province Island, with subtropical climate in the north and tropical climate in the south. Among Taiwan Province residents, the Han nationality accounts for about 98% of the total population; Ethnic minorities account for 2%, about 38, people. According to different languages and customs, the ethnic minorities in Taiwan Province are divided into 9 groups: Ami, Taiya, Paiwan, Bunong, Beinan, Rukai, Cao, Yamei and Saixia. Specialty fruits: penis fruit, Sakyamuni, carambola, papaya and grapefruit. The written history of Taiwan Province can be traced back to 23 AD. At that time, Sun Quan, the prince of the Three Kingdoms, sent 1, officers and men to Yizhou (Taiwan Province. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties (589-618 AD), Taiwan Province was called "Liu Qiu". In the mid-12th century, the Song Dynasty placed Penghu under the jurisdiction of Jinjiang County, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, and sent troops to guard it. The Yuan Dynasty also sent troops to Taiwan Province. The Yuan and Ming governments set up a patrol and inspection department in Penghu, which was responsible for patrolling and arresting criminals, and also held a salt class. In the late Ming dynasty, the scale of development became larger and larger. In the era of war and famine, the Fujian authorities of the Ming government and Zheng Zhilong Group once immigrated to Taiwan Province in an organized way. In the 17th century, Spanish, Dutch and other western colonial forces invaded Taiwan Province. In April 1661, Zheng Chenggong enlisted the name of a general in the Southern Ming Dynasty, led 25, soldiers and hundreds of warships, and marched into Taiwan Province from Kinmen. In February, 1662, Zheng successfully recovered Taiwan Province, the territory of China, from the Dutch colonists. In 1684, the Qing government set up a patrol road to Taiwan Mansion and Taiwan Prefecture, which belonged to Fujian Province. In 1885, Taiwan Province was designated as a single province, and Taiwan Province became the 2th province in China. Japan launched the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, and the Qing government was defeated in the following year, ceding Taiwan Province to Japan. Since then, Taiwan Province has been a Japanese colony for 5 years. In August 1945, Japan was defeated in the Second World War and announced its unconditional surrender on August 15. After eight years of heroic War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the people of China finally recovered Taiwan Province.