| Capital | nombre: Taipei coordenadas geográficas: 25 02 N, 121 31 E diferencia de tiempo: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: the Chinese meaning is "Northern Taiwan," reflecting the city's position in the far north of the island |
| División administrativa | includes main island of Taiwan plus smaller islands nearby and off coast of China's Fujian Province; Taiwan is divided into 13 counties (xian, singular and plural), 3 cities (shi, singular and plural), and 6 special municipalities directly under the jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan counties: Changhua, Chiayi, Hsinchu, Hualien, Kinmen, Lienchiang, Miaoli, Nantou, Penghu, Pingtung, Taitung, Yilan, Yunlin; cities: Chiayi, Hsinchu, Keelung; special municipalities: Kaohsiung (city), New Taipei (city), Taichung (city), Tainan (city), Taipei (city), Taoyuan (city) note: Taiwan uses a variety of romanization systems; while a modified Wade-Giles system still dominates, the city of Taipei has adopted a Pinyin romanization for street and place names within its boundaries; other local authorities use different romanization systems |
| Feriado nacional | Día de la República (National Day), 10 Octubre (1911); note - celebrates the anniversary of the Chinese Revolution, also known as Double Ten (10-10) Day |
| Constitución | history: previous 1912, 1931; latest adoptada 25 Diciembre 1946, promulgada 1 Enero 1947, efectiva 25 Diciembre 1947 amendments: proposed by at least one fourth of the Legislative Yuan membership; passage requires approval by at least three-fourths majority vote of at least three fourths of the Legislative Yuan membership and approval in a referendum by more than half of eligible voters; revisada several times, last in 2005 (2017) |
| Sufragio | 20 años de edad; universal; note - in mid-2016, the Legislative Yuan drafted a constitutional amendment to reduce the voting age to 18, but it has not passed as of December 2017 |
| Poder Executivo | jefe de estado: Presidente TSAI Ing-wen (desde 20 May 2016); Vice Presidente CHEN Chien-jen (desde 20 May 2016) jefe de gobierno: Premier SU Tseng-chang (Presidente of the Executive Yuan) (desde 11 January 2019); Vice Premier SHIH Jun-ji, Vice Presidente of the Executive Yuan (desde 8 September 2017) cabinet: Executive Yuan - ministers appointed by president on recommendation of premier elections/appointments: president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by simple majority popular vote for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 16 January 2016 (next to be held on 11 January 2020); premier appointed by the president; vice premiers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the premier election results: TSAI Ing-wen elected president; percent of vote - TSAI Ing-wen (DPP) 56.1%, Eric CHU Li-lun (KMT) 31.0%, James SOONG Chu-yu (PFP) 12.8%; note - TSAI is the first woman elected president of Taiwan |
Fuente: CIA World Factbook
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