Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. The island of Taiwan, Lanyu (Orchid Island) and Green Island in the Pacific off the Taiwan coast, the Pescadores in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and Matsu off the southeast coast are the territories administered by the People's Republic of China (PRC). Taiwan is administered as Taiwan Province, Republic of China. It is one of two provinces administered by the Republic of China. The main island of Taiwan, sometimes also referred to as Formosa (from Portuguese, meaning "beautiful"), is located off the coast of the territories administered by the People's Republic of China, south of Japan and north of the Philippines. It is bounded to the east by the Pacific Ocean, to the south by the South China Sea and the Luzon Strait, to the west by the Taiwan Strait and to the north by the East China Sea. Taipei is the Capital of Taiwan. Country Code: 886