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Taipei

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Taipei , city (1995 est. pop. 2,632,863), N Taiwan, capital of Taiwan and provisional capital of the Republic of China. Taiwan's largest city, it is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the island. The major industries produce electrical and electronic equipment, textiles, metals, machinery, chemicals, food products, ships, and motorcycles. The city has a subway/elevated light-rail system, and is connected by high-speed rail to Kaohsiung . Several universities, the National Palace Museum and other cultural institutions, and Taipei 101 , the world's tallest building, are there.

Founded in the 18th cent. by immigrants from Fujian prov. on the China mainland, Taipei began its modern development only after 1885, when it replaced Tainan as the capital of Taiwan prov. It continued to serve as a political center and underwent considerable enlargement and modernization under Japanese rule (1895-1945). In 1949, when the Communists forced the government of Chiang Kai-shek to flee from the mainland of China, Taipei became the headquarters of the Nationalists. In 1967 the city became a special municipality with a status equal to that of a province. Taipei suffered minor damage in the 1999 Taiwan earthquake.

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Taipei

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Taipei Capital and largest city of Taiwan, at the n end of the island. A major trade centre for tea in the 19th century, the city enlarged under Japanese rule (1895–1945), and became the seat of the Chinese Nationalist government in 1949. Industries: textiles, chemicals, fertilizers, metals, machinery. The city expanded from 335,000 people in 1945 to 2,639,939 in 1998.

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Taipei

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Taipei (Táibĕi), Taiwan ‘Northern Taiwan’ from Tái, short for Taiwan, and bĕi ‘northern’. Founded in the early 18th century, the city has been the capital of Taiwan since 1894. The county is T'ai‐pei.

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Taipei

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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