Interesting Facts
Interesting Facts
- The capital city of Taiwan is Taipei.
- Taiwan has around the same population as Australia even though it is only around half the size of Tasmania.
- The temperature in Taiwan only ranges between 5 degrees Celsius and 40 degrees Celsius all year.
- Taiwan's currency is called the New Taiwan Dollar.
- The tallest building in Taiwan the Taipei World Financial Center was the worlds tallest building in the world until 2004 when the Burj Kalifa was opened in Dubai.
- The island of Taiwan used to be called Formosa which meant beautiful island.
- Taiwan is ranked 21st in the worlds leading exporters and is franked 20th in the worlds leading importers.
- Similar to Japan,Taiwan has a high speed rail that can reach speeds of up to 345km per hour.