The Manchu people in Taiwan constitute a small minority of the population of Taiwan.
The Manchu people in Taiwan constitute a small minority of the population of Taiwan.
The Manchu people living in Taiwan arrived primarily in two waves of migration. The first wave was during the Qing dynasty era, in which the Manchu-led government annexed Taiwan into the Qing Empire. [1] The second wave was immediately following the Chinese Civil War, when the Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan. As of 2009 [update] , there are about 12,000 Manchu people living in Taiwan. [2]
Taipei, officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan. Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city of Keelung. Most of the city rests on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border.
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