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Population: Except for the Gaoshan ethnic group, the aborigines of
Taiwan, the inhabitants of Taiwan are the descendants of immigrants
from the Chinese mainland. Settlement proceeded from the area around
Taiwan, in the south, northward and from the coast inland. From the
latter Ming dynasty (early 17th century), until it was occupied by
the Japanese in 1895, Taiwan was both the largest city and the capital
of Taiwan. The population is so predominantly Chinese, most of whom
are the descendants of immigrants from the southeastern Chinese provinces
of Fujian and Guangdong; in addition, after the Kuomingtang fled to
the island in 1949, there was a sizable immigration from other parts
of China.
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