Taipei

Taipei City (Traditional Chinese: 臺北市 or 台北市; Simplified Chinese: 台北市; Hanyu Pinyin: Táiběi Shì; Tongyong Pinyin: Táiběi Shìh) is the de facto capital of the Republic of China. It is Republic of China's center of politics, economics, science and high technology, mass media, education, and pop culture.

Taipei City (Taibei), the surrounding Taipei County, and the nearby Keelung City together form the Taipei metropolitan area but are administered under different local government bodies. Taipei City is a special municipality administered directly under the ROC (Taiwan) central government, while Taipei County and Keelung City are administered as part of Taiwan Province. Taipei commonly refers to the whole metropolitan area, while Taipei City refers to the city proper.

According to the census data collected in January 2007, the total population in Taipei City (excluding Taipei County) is 2,630,872. The major industries in the city include electrical and electronic equipment, textiles, metals, ship-building, and motorcycles.