Sister State Agreement with Iowa
Government
Capital
Location
Population
Major Cities
Area
Climate
Terrain
Natural Resources
Industries
Ethnicity
Religion
Languages
Sister
State Agreement with Iowa
A 1987 visit to Taiwan from Iowa Representative John Connors led
to the establishment of a Sister State relationship between Taiwan
and the State of Iowa in 1989. When Taiwan offered to provide free
space in their new International Trade Center to states that established
a sister state relationship, Representative Connors introduced a
resolution to the Iowa Legislature to formalize such an alliance.
Governor Chiu Chuang-huan endorsed a friendship agreement in June
1989, and Governor Terry E. Branstad signed a formal agreement on
September 25, 1989.
Government Type
Multiparty democratic regime headed by popularly-elected president
and unicameral legislature.
Top Capital
T’aipei
Location
Eastern
Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South
China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines,
off the southeastern coast of China.
Population
23,036,087
(July 2003 est.)
Top Major
Cities
T'aipei (2,633,802) Kaohsiung (1,494,457)
T'aichung (983,694) T'ainan (740,846) T'aipeihsien (532,694)
Area
35,980
sq. km (including water)
Climate
Tropical;
marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August);
cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year.
Top Terrain
Eastern
two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; flat to gently rolling plains
in west.
Natural
Resources
Small deposits of coal, natural gas,
limestone, marble, and asbestos.
Industries
Electronics,
petroleum refining, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery,
cement, food processing.
Top Ethnicity
Taiwanese
(including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, aborigine 2%.
Religion
Mixture
of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%.
Languages
Mandarin
Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects.
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