Taipei

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or Taipeh

capital of Taiwan, in the N part: pop. 2,108,000

See Taipei in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also Tai·peh

The capital and largest city of Taiwan, in the northern part of the country. Founded in the 18th century, it was ruled by the Japanese from 1895 to 1945 and later became the headquarters of Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalists when they fled mainland China (1949). Population: 2,630,000.

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