Taipei
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Taipei City is the provisional capital of the Republic of China. It is Republic of China's center of politics, commercial, mass media, education, and pop culture, and today also is widely considered to be one of the "Gamma world cities".
The City of Taipei, Taipei County surrounding it, and nearby Keelung City form Taipei metropolitan area but are administered under different local government bodies. Taipei City is a special municipality administered directly under the ROC central government, while Taipei County and Keelung City are administered as part of Taiwan Province. Therefore, although Taipei is used to refer the whole metropolitan area, Taipei City specifically means the city proper only.
According to the census data collected in July 2006, the total population in Taipei City (excluding Taipei County) is 2,625,757. The major industries in the city include electrical and electronic equipment, textiles, metals, ship-building, and motorcycles.
Taipei City is located in the Taipei Basin in northern Taiwan and is bordered on the south by the Xindian River, and the Tamsui River on the west. The northern districts of Shilin and Beitou extend north of the Keelung River and are bordered by Yangmingshan National Park.
Because of its location in a valley, the city commonly experiences high temperatures and humidity during the summer months, a problem enhanced by the high population density and the use of air conditioning. The climate is subtropical.
There are many yearly festivals that commonly are held in Taipei including the Lantern Festival and Double Tenth Day. A common location for festivities in Taipei is the square in front of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. Recently, some of the major festivals normally held in Taipei (specifically, the Double Tenth Day fireworks) have been moved to others cities in Taiwan.
Museums
• National Palace Museum
• Nation Museum of History
• Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines
• Su Ho Memorial Paper Museum
• Taipei Fine Arts Museum
• Taipei Museum of Puppetry
• Taipei Astrology Museum
• Taipei Museum of Hot Springs
• Taipei Post Museum
• National Taiwan Museum
• Taipei 228 Memorial Museum
• Taipei Science Museum
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