Saturday, April 30, 2011

Where did all these people come from?

To give you an idea of how densely populated the cities in Taiwan are just consider these facts: The population in Taiwan is roughly 23,000,000 people compared to 9,800,000 people in Michigan but Taiwan is only 13,900 square miles compared to Michigan’s almost 97,000 square miles. But what really impacts the logistics is that 2/3 of Taiwan is basically uninhabitable due to the rugged lush hills and mountains. So the reason Taiwan seems really crowded is because it has 2.5 times more people than Michigan but it is only 1/7 the size of Michigan but only 1/3 of that can be inhabited.
Night Market in Taipei

Hsinchu

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