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Taipei
City is the largest city of Taiwan
and the capital of the Republic of
China (commonly known as "Taiwan").
Situated at the tip of the island,
Taipei is located on the Danshui
River, and is about 25 km southwest
of Keelung, its port on the Pacific
Ocean. Another coastal city, Danshui,
is about 20 km northwest at the
river's mouth on the Taiwan Strait.
It lies in the two relatively narrow
valleys of the Keelung and Xindian
rivers, which join to form the
Danshui River along the city's
western border. The city proper
(Taipei City) is home to an
estimated 2,619,920 people. Taipei
City, Taipei County, and Keelung
City together form the Taipei
metropolitan area with a population
of 6,752,826. However, they are
administered under different local
governing bodies. "Taipei" sometimes
refers to the whole metropolitan
area, while "Taipei City" refers to
the city proper.
Taipei
City is located in the Taipei Basin
in northern Taiwan. It is bordered
by the Xindian River on the south,
and the Danshui (Tamsui) River on
the west. The generally low-lying
terrain of the central areas on the
western side of the municipality
slopes upward to the south and east
and especially to the north, where
it reaches 1,120 metres (3,675 ft)
at Cising Mountain, the highest
(extinct) volcano in Taiwan in
Yangmingshan National Park. The
northern districts of Shilin and
Beitou extend north of the Keelung
River and are bordered by
Yangmingshan National Park. The
Taipei city limits cover an area
ranked sixteenth of twenty-five
among all counties and cities in
Taiwan.
Taipei
City is administered as a
direct-controlled municipality
directly under the Executive Yuan,
while Taipei County and Keelung City
are administered as part of Taiwan
Province. The mayor of Taipei City
had been an appointed position since
Taipei's conversion to a centrally
administered municipality in 1967
until the first public election was
held in 1994. The position has a
four-year term and is elected by
direct popular vote. The first
elected mayor was Chen Shui-bian of
the Democratic Progressive Party. Ma
Ying-Jeou took office in 1998 for
two terms, before handing it over to
Hau Lung-bin who won the 2006
mayoral election on December 9,
2006. Both Chen Shui-bian and Ma
Ying-Jeou went on to become
President of Republic of China.
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