Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 110V, 60Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Taiwan
- +886
Mobile phones
- GSM Band
- 900/1800
What every visitor should know about Taiwan:
- Money
- The currency is the New Taiwan dollar (TWD). 10 TWD is worth about US$0.31, or €0.22.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4.5 out of 5 (Very safe)
Areas of concern:
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Capital
- Taipei
- Tap water
- Excellent. Water from the tap is safe to drink.
Taiwan facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 22,974,347
- Language
- Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects
- Ethnicity
- Taiwanese (including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, indigenous 2%
Economy
- GDP
- US$31,900 (per capita)