Taipei City lying at the center of Taipei Basin in northern part of Taiwan is surrounded by picturesque mountains on three sides. Three major rivers pass the city. Citizens in this city lying 26.6N undergo hot and prolonged summer, short but not chilly winter in the maritime climate. At around 23 degree (Centigrade) annual average temperature and with an abundance of rainfall, people here generally enjoy a pleasant climate year-round.
The city was first built in 1885 and cultural signs can be seen everywhere. Certainly no visitors to the city will ever overlook the world renowned The National Palace Museum with the wealth of more than 100,000 pcs. of thousands - of - year - old, or even more than ten-thousands - of - year - old precious cultural pieces.
In 1920 when Taipei began transforming itself into a modern city, this area was virtually a rural town with not more than four hundred thousand residents. Today, the city area has been expanded to cover 27,517 hectares to accommodate more than 2.7 million registered residents. In fact, more than 4.7 million people are busy and bustling in the Greater Metro Taipei.
This capital city is the home of almost all major administrative, legislative and judicial authorities of the nation in addition to its role as Taiwan's economic, cultural and transportation hub. In the postwar period, Taiwan has attained world-admired political and economic development by leaps and bounds. A great majority of the process and results of the development have been showcased on this brilliant stage of Taipei.
Taipei is, as well the home of major world class multinational giants and many foreign residents. Today, as the huge mass transportation projects are completed one after another (in particular the Mass Rapid Transit Systems, High Speed Rail, Freeway networks!K), Taipei gets more momentum to march forward. As the government of the island has budgeted huge amount of capitals for public investments, Taipei will become the Pacific-and culturally. Asia regional operations center for finance, information, trade and transportation in a near future. Looking ahead to the upcoming 21st century, Taipei is bound to play a more active role in the international community, politically, economically and culturally.
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