Taiwan
Country in East Asia
Also known as Taiwan ROC · The ROC · Republic of China (Taiwan) · Chunghwa Minkuo · Nationalist China · Chunghwa Minkwo
- Capital
- Taipei(since 1949)
- , Kuang-chou(1949–1949)
- , Ch'ung-ch'ing(1949–1949)
- +7 more
- Population
- 23.3M(April 2026)
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- , 23.3M(September 2025)
1
Sources- 1.ris.gov.tw/info-popudata/app/awFastDownload/viewRetrieved 2025-11-09
- , 23.4M(July 2024)
1
- +2 more
- 23.3M(April 2026)
- Area
- 36,193 km²
- Currency
- New Taiwan dollar(since 1949)
- , Old Taiwan dollar(1946–1949)
- , Chinese National Currency(1935–1948)
- +3 more
- Official language
- Head of state
- Lai Ching-te(since 2024)
- , Tsai Ing-wen(2016–2024)
- , Ma Ying-jeou(2008–2016)
- +27 more
- Head of government
- Cho Jung-tai(since 2024)
- , Chen Chien-jen(2023–2024)
- , Su Tseng-chang(2019–2023)
- +10 more
- Government
- semi-presidential system
- , democracy(since 1996)
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- , constitutional republic
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Overview
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Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
798 statements · 12% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Anthem
- National Anthem of the Republic of China(since 1928) audio: National anthem of the Republic of China (Taiwan) 中華民國國歌(演奏版).ogg
- The Song to the Auspicious Cloud(1913–1915)
- China Heroically Stands in the Universe(1915–1921)
- The Song to the Auspicious Cloud(1921–1928)
- Legislative body
- Legislative Yuan(since 2005)
- National Assembly(1948–2005)
- Control Yuan(1931–1947)
- National Assembly (Beiyang government)(1913–1925)
- Provisional Senate(1912–1913)
- Contains the administrative territorial entity
- Taipei(since 1967) reason for preferred rank: currently valid value
- New Taipei City(since 2010) reason for preferred rank: currently valid value
- Kaohsiung(since 1979) reason for preferred rank: currently valid value
- Tainan(since 2010) reason for preferred rank: currently valid value
- Taichung(since 2010) reason for preferred rank: currently valid value
- Taoyuan(since 2014) reason for preferred rank: currently valid value
- Taiwan Area(since 1945) reason for preferred rank: currently valid value
- Taiwan(since 1945)
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- mainland China(1911–1949) end cause: Second Kuomintang-Communist Civil War
- Fuchien(1912–2018)
- Hainan Special Administrative District(1949–1950) end cause: Battle of Hainan Island
- Kiangsu(until 1950)
- Chekiang(until 1955)
- Xikang(until 1950)
- Yunnan(until 1951)
- Member of
- United Nations(1945–1971) subject has role: member states of the United Nations, permanent members of the United Nations Security Council · replaced by: People's Republic of China · statement is subject of: Taiwan and the United Nations
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- World Trade Organization(since 2002) subject has role: Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
- Asian Development Bank(since 1966)
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(since 1991) subject has role: Chinese Taipei
- Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission subject has role: Chinese Taipei
- Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission subject has role: Chinese Taipei
- Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna subject has role: Taiwan Island
- United Nations Security Council(1945–1971) subject has role: permanent member · replaced by: People's Republic of China
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- Central American Bank for Economic Integration(since 1992)
- Visa Waiver Program(since 2012)
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- United Nations(1945–1971) subject has role: member states of the United Nations, permanent members of the United Nations Security Council · replaced by: People's Republic of China · statement is subject of: Taiwan and the United Nations
- Replaces
- Republic of China(1949) valid in place: Taiwan Island
- Taiwan under Japanese rule(1945) significant event: retrocession of Taiwan
- Qing dynasty(1911) significant event: Xinhai Revolution
- Diplomatic relation
- Holy See(since 1942) statement is subject of: Holy See–Taiwan relations
- São Tomé and Príncipe statement is subject of: São Tomé and Príncipe–Taiwan relations
- Tuvalu statement is subject of: Taiwan–Tuvalu relations
- Belize statement is subject of: Belize–Taiwan relations
- Saint Kitts and Nevis statement is subject of: Saint Kitts and Nevis–Taiwan relations
- Guatemala statement is subject of: Guatemala–Taiwan relations
- Palau statement is subject of: Palau–Taiwan relations
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines statement is subject of: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines–Taiwan relations
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- Marshall Islands statement is subject of: Marshall Islands–Taiwan relations
- Saint Lucia statement is subject of: Saint Lucia–Taiwan relations
- Haiti statement is subject of: Haiti–Taiwan relations
- Eswatini(since 1968) statement is subject of: Eswatini–Taiwan relations
- Nepal statement is subject of: Nepal–Taiwan relations
- Paraguay statement is subject of: Paraguay–Taiwan relations
- Australia(until 1972) statement is subject of: Australia–Taiwan relations
- Panama(1910–2017) statement is subject of: Panama–Taiwan relations
- Chad statement is subject of: Chad–Taiwan relations
- Bangladesh statement is subject of: Bangladesh–Taiwan relations
- Uganda statement is subject of: Taiwan–Uganda relations
- United Kingdom(1913–1950) statement is subject of: Taiwan–United Kingdom relations
- Ukraine statement is subject of: Taiwan–Ukraine relations
- Uzbekistan statement is subject of: Taiwan–Uzbekistan relations
- United States statement is subject of: Republic of China–United States relations · end cause: Republic of China–United States diplomatic relation severance
- Turkey statement is subject of: Taiwan–Turkey relations
- Tonga statement is subject of: Taiwan–Tonga relations
- Vanuatu statement is subject of: Taiwan–Vanuatu relations
- Venezuela statement is subject of: Taiwan–Venezuela relations
- Trinidad and Tobago(until 1950) statement is subject of: Taiwan–Trinidad and Tobago relations
- Uruguay(until 1988) statement is subject of: Taiwan–Uruguay relations
- Yemen statement is subject of: Taiwan–Yemen relations
- Tajikistan statement is subject of: Taiwan–Tajikistan relations
- Hong Kong statement is subject of: Hong Kong–Taiwan relations, Hong Kong–Republic of China relations
- South Africa(until 1997) statement is subject of: South Africa–Taiwan relations
- Dominican Republic(until 2018) statement is subject of: Dominican Republic–Taiwan relations
- Nicaragua(until 2021) statement is subject of: Nicaragua–Taiwan relations
- Singapore statement is subject of: Singapore–Taiwan relations
- Denmark statement is subject of: Denmark–Taiwan relations
- The Gambia statement is subject of: the Gambia–Taiwan relations
- Mongolia(since 2002) statement is subject of: Mongolia–Taiwan relations
- Georgia statement is subject of: Georgia–Taiwan relations
- Myanmar statement is subject of: Myanmar–Taiwan relations
- Fiji statement is subject of: Fiji–Taiwan relations
- Papua New Guinea statement is subject of: Papua New Guinea–Taiwan relations
- Philippines(until 1975) statement is subject of: Philippines–Taiwan relations
- Cambodia statement is subject of: Cambodia–Taiwan relations
- North Korea statement is subject of: North Korea–Taiwan relations
- Burkina Faso statement is subject of: Burkina Faso–Taiwan relations
- Kazakhstan statement is subject of: Kazakhstan–Taiwan relations
- France(until 1964) statement is subject of: Political relations between the Republic of China and France
- Netherlands(until 1950) statement is subject of: Political relations between the Republic of China and Netherlands
- New Zealand(until 1972) statement is subject of: New Zealand–Taiwan relations
- Germany statement is subject of: Republic of China–Germany relations
- Malaysia statement is subject of: Malaysia–Taiwan relations
- Brunei statement is subject of: Brunei–Taiwan relations
- Niger statement is subject of: Niger–Taiwan relations
- Maldives statement is subject of: Maldives–Taiwan relations
- Nigeria statement is subject of: Nigeria–Taiwan relations
- Brazil(1913–1973) statement is subject of: Brazil–Taiwan relations
- Egypt statement is subject of: Egypt–Taiwan relations
- Sudan statement is subject of: Sudan–Taiwan relations
- Website
- gov.tw language: Standard Taiwanese Mandarin
- taiwan.gov.tw language: English
- Demonym
- tajvani
- Taiwanese
- Tayvänan
- Taïwanais applies to part: masculine singular, masculine plural
- 臺灣人 applies to part: Taiwan Island
- taiwanès
- taiwanesa applies to part: feminine
- Taiwan
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- 臺灣人 applies to part: Taiwan Island
- taiwanese applies to part: masculine singular, feminine singular
- taiwanesi applies to part: masculine plural, feminine plural
- taiuan
- taiwanés applies to part: masculine singular
- taiwanesa applies to part: feminine singular
- Taïwanaise applies to part: feminine singular
- Tajvanano
- tâi-uân-lâng
- taiwanilainen
- Tâi-oân-lâng
- setaiwan
- 台湾人
- Taïwanais
- taiwanezi applies to part: masculine plural
- taiwanezo applies to part: masculine singular
- taiwaneza applies to part: feminine singular
- taiwaneze applies to part: feminine plural
- taiwanese
- طايواني applies to part: masculine singular
- طايوانية applies to part: feminine singular
- طايوانيين applies to part: masculine plural
- طايوانيات applies to part: feminine plural
- Téavánach
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- 台灣人
- Shares border with
- Japan statement is subject of: Japan–Taiwan border
- Philippines statement is subject of: Philippines–Taiwan border
- People's Republic of China statement is subject of: Taiwan Strait
- Electrical plug type
- NEMA 1-15
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- NEMA 5-15
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- NEMA 1-15
- Mains voltage
- 110 V frequency: 60 Hz
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- 110 V frequency: 60 Hz
- Compulsory education (minimum age)
- 7 years old
- Compulsory education (maximum age)
- 15 years old
- Marriageable age
- 18 years old applies to part: Nationality Law of the Republic of China
- Native label
- 中華民國
- Tiong-hoâ Bîn-kok
- Chûng-fà Mìn-koet
- taiwan
- Tiong-huâ-bîn-kok
- 中華民國
- 臺灣 hanyu pinyin transliteration: tái wān
- 台灣
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- Tâi-oân
- 台灣
- Significant event
- Xinhai Revolution(1911–1912)
- Second Sino-Japanese War(1931–1945)
- 228 Incident(1947–1947)
- White Terror (Taiwan)(1949–1991) cause: martial law · end cause: repeal
- Chinese Civil War(since 1927) members / parts: First Chinese Civil War, Second Kuomintang-Communist Civil War
- Q15898869(December 25, 1947)
- Period of mobilization for the suppression of Communist rebellion(1947–1991)
- United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758(October 25, 1971)
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- retrocession of Taiwan(October 25, 1945)
- Northeast Flag Replacement(December 29, 1928)
- 1996 Taiwanese presidential election
- Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China
- Third Taiwan Strait Crisis
- 1999 Jiji earthquake
- August 8 Flood
- legal status of same-sex marriage
- Sunflower Student Movement
- Nanjing Massacre
- retreat of the government of Republic of China to Taiwan
- Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
- 1992 Taiwanese legislative election
- 2000 Taiwanese presidential election
- 1994 Taiwanese provincial and municipal elections
- Wild Lily student movement
- Short name
- ROC
- Тайвань
- TWN
- Taïwan
- 台湾 name in kana: たいわん · revised hepburn romanization: Taiwan
- Тайвань
- 臺灣
- Taiwan ROC
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- TW
- Territory claimed by
- People's Republic of China(since 1949)
- Median income
- $32,762
- Office held by head of state
- President of the Republic of China(since 1948)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Constitution of the Republic of Chinapresident.gov.tw/Page/94Retrieved 2018-01-12
- President of the National Government of the Republic of China(until 1948)
- Great President of the Republic of China(1913–1928)
- President of the Republic of China(since 1948)
- Has characteristic
- free country statement supported by: Freedom in the World
- Language used
- Standard Taiwanese Mandarin reason for preferred rank: most frequent value
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Sources- 1.ey.gov.tw/state/99B2E89521FC31E1/691a8eae-8e47-444c-8cde-250931aed459Retrieved 2024-02-05
- Taiwanese Hokkien
- Hakka Chinese
- Taiwanese Sign Language
- Hailu dialect
- Sixian dialect
- Papora
- Thao
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- Standard Taiwanese Mandarin reason for preferred rank: most frequent value
- Geoshape
- Data:Taiwan.map
- Coordinates of easternmost point
- 25.4850°N, 122.1064°E located in/on physical feature: Mianhua Islet
- 25.9223°N, 124.5611°E located in/on physical feature: Taishō Island
- VAT rate
- 5%
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Sources- 1.1stopvat.com/international-vat-guides-taiwan/Retrieved 2025-04-06
- 5%
- Human Development Index
- 0.911(2018)
- Highest judicial authority
- Supreme Court of the Republic of China
- Supreme Administrative Court applies to jurisdiction: administrative court
- Justice of the Judicial Yuan applies to jurisdiction: constitutional court
- Judicial Yuan
- Happy Planet Index score
- 43.2(2019)
- Female population
- 11.8M(April 2026)
1
- 11.8M(September 2025)
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Sources- 1.ris.gov.tw/info-popudata/app/awFastDownload/viewRetrieved 2025-11-09
- 11.9M(July 2024) reason for preferred rank: most recent value
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- 11.9M(June 2024)
1
- 11.7M(2020)
- 11.8M(April 2026)
- Male population
- 11.4M(April 2026)
1
- 11.5M(September 2025)
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Sources- 1.ris.gov.tw/info-popudata/app/awFastDownload/viewRetrieved 2025-11-09
- 11.5M(July 2024) reason for preferred rank: most recent value
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- 11.4M
- 11.5M(June 2024)
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- 11.4M(April 2026)
- Official name
- 中華民國 reason for preferred rank: form in native language · hanyu pinyin transliteration: zhōng huá mín guó
- Republic of China
- 中華民国 name in kana: ちゅうかみんこく · revised hepburn romanization: Chūka Minkoku
- République de Chine
- สาธารณรัฐจีน
- Tiong-hôa-bîn-kok
- 中華民國
- Republik Tiongkok
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- Республіка Китай
- Religion or worldview
- Buddhism reason for preferred rank: most frequent value
- Taoism reason for preferred rank: most frequent value
- Chinese folk religion reason for preferred rank: most frequent value
- Yiguandao
- Christianity
- Islam
- Democracy Index
- 8.78(2024) reason for preferred rank: most recent value · ranking: 12
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- 8.92(2023) ranking: 10
1
- 8.99(2022) ranking: 10
1
- 8.99(2021) ranking: 8
1
- 8.94(2020)
1
- 8.78(2024) reason for preferred rank: most recent value · ranking: 12
- BTI Governance Index
- 7.64(2022)
- 7.33(2018)
- 7.48(2016)
- 7.68(2014)
- 7.72(2012)
- 7.12(2010)
- 7.04(2008)
- 7.37(2006)
- BTI Status Index
- 9.48(2022)
- 9.49(2020)
- 9.42(2018)
- 9.53(2016)
- 9.58(2014)
- 9.54(2012)
- 9.39(2010)
- 9.33(2008)
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- 9.18(2006)
- Number of households
- 9,895,639(April 2026)
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- 9,837,386(September 2025)
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Sources- 1.ris.gov.tw/info-popudata/app/awFastDownload/viewRetrieved 2025-11-09
- 9,323,985(July 2024) reason for preferred rank: most recent value
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- 9,309,862(June 2024)
1
- 9,895,639(April 2026)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.39%(June 2024)
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Sources- 1.stat.gov.tw/Point.aspx?sid=t.3&n=3582&sms=11480Retrieved 2024-08-02
- 3.39%(June 2024)
- Inflation rate
- 2.07%(June 2024)
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Sources- 1.stat.gov.tw/Point.aspx?sid=t.2&n=3581&sms=11480Retrieved 2024-08-02
- 2.07%(June 2024)
- Base salary
- 27,470 New Taiwan dollar(2024) valid in period: monthly salary
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- 27,470 New Taiwan dollar(2024) valid in period: monthly salary
- Life expectancy
- 79.12 years(2021)
- Started
- January 1, 1912
- Coordinates of geographic center
- 23.6978°N, 120.9605°E
- Copyright status
- public domain applies to jurisdiction: United States
- Coordinates of northernmost point
- 26.3895°N, 120.4827°E located in/on physical feature: Beigu Islet
- Coordinates of westernmost point
- 10.3743°N, 114.3589°E located in/on physical feature: Taiping Island
- 6.5896°N, 108.3326°E located in/on physical feature: Vanguard Bank
- Coordinates of southernmost point
- 10.3714°N, 114.3616°E located in/on physical feature: Taiping Island
- 3.8521°N, 112.0539°E located in/on physical feature: Lidi Ansha
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On other databases
153 identifiers linking Taiwan across the web's reference databases
- AGROVOC IDc_7593
- AIATSIS Place Thesaurus ID4694
- Aircraft registration prefixBt
- Al-Jazeera topic IDwhere/taiwan
- AllTrails trail IDtaiwan
- Analysis & Policy Observatory term ID2998
- Arab Encyclopedia concept ID3718
- ArchINFORM location ID3049
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlinetaivanas
- ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID294939946
- BabelNet ID00018432n
- BBC News topic IDcg41ylwvw2qt
- BBC Things ID7a48b6e0-9074-4303-ae82-011003058e16
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11949898m
- Biblissima authority IDQ26945
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDtaiwan
- CANTIC ID981058511332006706
- CIVICUS Monitor country entrytaiwan
- CNA topic IDtaiwan
- Curlie IDRegional/Asia/Taiwan/
- Data Commons IDcountry/TWN
- De Agostini IDTaiwan
- Deaf Movie Database country IDtaiwan
- Der Spiegel topic IDtaiwan
- DR topic IDtaiwan
- EH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History IDthe-economic-history-of-taiwan
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID190130
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Taiwan
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDtaiwan-t-ai-wan
- Encyclopedia of Korean Culture IDE0067578
- Encyclopedia of Science Fiction IDtaiwan
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ627
- Euronews topic IDtaiwan
- EuroVoc ID4375
- Fandom article IDcountries:Taiwan
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)TW
- France 24 topic ID (French)taïwan
- Freebase ID/m/06f32
- GACS ID11158
- GADM IDTWN.7_1
- GamesIndustry.biz tag IDtopics/taiwan
- GENC 3-character codeTWN
- GeoNames ID1668284
- GeoNLP ID (obsolete)7yE1RK
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID1000141
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/Taiwan
- GitHub topictaiwan
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online IDTaiwan
- GND ID4017875-4
- Golden ID (archived)Taiwan-R9N9J
- Google Arts & Culture entity IDm06f32
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDtaiwan
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0064967
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDTaiwan
- Grove Art Online IDT083050
- Gynopedia IDTaiwan
- HDS ID016705
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDobject_1286250
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID60212
- IAB code1421
- ICANNWiki page IDTaiwan
- IdRef ID026620847
- IMDb keywordtaiwan
- INaturalist place ID7887
- INSEE countries and foreign territories code99236
- Interlingual Index IDi82771
- IOC country codeROC
- ISNI000000012285649X
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codeTW
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codeTWN
- ISO 3166-1 numeric code158
- ITU/ISO/IEC object ID2.16.158
- J9U entity ID987007561934605171
- KBpedia IDRepublicOfChina
- KulturNav-ID2a89a50e-1548-40f5-9306-7a64ab062684
- Larousse IDpays/Taïwan/145805
- LC and MARC vocabularies IDgeographicAreas/a-ch
- Le Figaro tag IDTaïwan
- Le Monde diplomatique subject IDpays/taiwan
- Lex IDTaiwan
- Libraries Australia ID35653496
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn80022631
- Libris-URI31fhghxm5smt9wc
- LocalWiki IDtaiwan
- Mapy.com IDosm&id=158
- MeSH descriptor IDD013624
- MeSH tree codeZ01.252.474.872
- Münzkabinett IDcountry/115
- Museum-digital place ID14372
- MusicBrainz area ID41637cec-9a4f-389c-86d2-fc6abf3357b5