Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China on Taiwan. It is Taiwan's center of politics, commerce, mass media, education, and pop culture, and is considered to be one of the "Gamma world cities".
Taipei City, Taipei County surrounding it, and nearby Keelung City form the Taipei metropolitan area but are administered under different local government bodies. Taipei City is a special municipality administered directly under the ROC central government, while Taipei County and Keelung City are administered as part of Taiwan Province. Taipei refers to the whole metropolitan area, while Taipei City refers to the city proper. |