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Communications of Taiwan

Telephones - main lines in use:14.497 million (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:22.17 million (2005)
Telephone system:general assessment: provides telecommunications service for every business and private need
domestic: thoroughly modern; completely digitalized
international: country code - 886; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); submarine cables to Japan (Okinawa), Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia, Middle East, and Western Europe (1999)
Radio broadcast stations:AM 218, FM 333, shortwave 50 (1999)
Radios:16 million (1994)
Television broadcast stations:29 (plus 2 repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:8.8 million (1998)
Internet country code:.tw
Internet hosts:4.32 million (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):8 (2000)
Internet users:13.21 million (2005)

Taiwan Quickstats

  • Population: 22,858,872 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 35,980 sq km
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  • GDP (total):
  • GDP (per capita):
  • Literacy: 96.1%

Languages of Taiwan

  • Mandarin Chinese
  • Taiwanese
  • Hakka

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