Taiwan Province

Taiwan Province is a nominal administrative division of the Republic of China. Its definition is part of the Constitution of the Republic of China, but the province is no longer considered to have any administrative function.Taiwan Province covers approximately 69% of the Taiwan Area, and comprises around 31% of the total population. The province initially covered the entire island of Taiwan, Penghu, Orchid Island, Green Island, Xiaoliuqiu Island, and their surrounding islands. Between 1967 and 2014, six special municipalities were split off from the province, all in the most populous regions.

In antiquity, Taiwanese indigenous peoples had settled the island of Taiwan around 6,000 years ago. In the 17th century, Dutch rule opened the island to mass Han immigration.