Taiwan Island is the largest island in China and a strategic location in China's southeastern sea frontier, located in the south of the East China Sea, across the Taiwan Strait from the Fujian Mainland in the west, bordering the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Ryukyu Islands to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south across the Bashi Strait.
With a total length of about 394 kilometers from north to south, about 144 kilometers at its widest point, and a coastline of about 1,139 kilometers and an area of about 35,800 square kilometers, Taiwan Island is the main island of Taiwan Province of China and ranks 38th in the world by area.
Taiwan Island is mountainous, with mountains and hills accounting for two-thirds of the island's total area, and the highest peak, Yushan Mountain, is 3997 meters above sea level, and is also the highest peak in southeast China. The plains mainly include the Tainan Plain, the Pingtung Plain, and the Yilan Plain, of which the Tainan Plain covers an area of 4,550 square kilometers, which is the largest plain in Taiwan, with prosperous agriculture, dense population, and many towns.
There are more than 150 rivers on Taiwan Island, most of which have short processes, large drops, many dangerous beaches and waterfalls, rich in hydraulic resources, and are not suitable for navigation. Among them, Turbid Water Creek is the longest river on Taiwan Island, originating from Hehuan Mountain, with a length of 186 kilometers and a basin area of 3155 square kilometers. Other longer rivers are Gaoping Creek, Tamsui River, Zengwen Creek, Dajia Creek, Dadu Creek, etc., all of which flow west into the Taiwan Strait.
The island of Taiwan crosses the Tropic of Cancer, with high temperatures, rain, winds, and earthquakes. The annual precipitation in the Burn Liao area is more than 6,300 meters, which is the most precipitation on The island of Taiwan.
There are Penghu Islands in the southwest of Taiwan Island, Diaoyu Islands in the northeast, and 86 small islands around Pengjia Island, Cotton Island, Hua vase Island, Keelung Island, Heping Island, Guishan Island, Green Island, Orchid Island, Qixingyan, and Ryukyu Island, which together constitute the main part of Taiwan Province.
The island of Taiwan is about 75 nautical miles off the coast of Fujian, about 335 nautical miles from Okinawa and about 195 nautical miles from Luzon.
The forest area of Taiwan Island accounts for about 52% of the total land area of the island, and the trees with economic value mainly include red juniper, hinoki cypress, hemlock, fir, spruce, Xiao Nan and so on. There are many kinds of animals on Taiwan Island, mainly including sambar deer, sika deer, clouded leopard, carp, musk cat, pheasant and so on.
The mineral resources of Taiwan Island mainly include coal, crude oil, natural gas, gold, copper, dolomite, sea salt, marble, sulfur, etc., but the reserves are generally not large.
The main agricultural crops on Taiwan Island are rice, sugarcane, tea, fruits, lemongrass, etc., and fruit exports occupy a very important position.
The main industries on the island are manufacturing, electric power, mining and construction, mainly textiles, electronics, chemicals, food processing and shipbuilding, and there are three major industrial zones in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung. The traffic on Taiwan Island is mainly by road, supplemented by railway, and there are about 50 airports and more than 10 large and small seaports, of which Kaohsiung, Keelung, Taichung, Hualien and Suao are the five major ports.
Taiwan's total population is about 23 million (2006 figure), of which the Han nationality accounts for 98%, ethnic minorities mainly include Ami, Taiya, Paiwan, Bunun, Beinan, Lukai, Zou, Saixia, Yami, Shao, Karmalan, Taroko, Saqilaiya and other 13, respectively, have their own language, customs, ethnic culture and tribal structure, the mainland collectively refers to them as the Gaoshan ethnic group.
Located at the forefront of the East China Sea and in the middle of the so-called first island chain, Taiwan Island is a barrier to China's southeast coast and a strategic point for safeguarding China's maritime rights and interests in the East China Sea, the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Taiwan Island and its southern Bashi Strait are important transportation hubs for exchanges between China and the Pacific Ocean, and it is also the only way for China to enter the Pacific Ocean, and it is also an important communication line for China's foreign trade. After Taiwan returned to its homeland, the Chinese Navy relied on the island of Taiwan to attack and retreat, and it was the best base for China to go out of the Pacific Ocean in the east and go global.
Taiwan has been the taiwan of Chinese since ancient times! It is an inalienable part of China's territory.