The first sampling census in the Congo extended over a three-year period, 1955 - 57 ; ;

* 1911 – The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.

Due to the Anglo-Boer War, the first census of Bechuanaland Protectorate, originally set to occur in 1901, took place on 17 April 1904.

The 1971 census was the first census in Botswana to use de facto enumeration ; this method counts people based on how many people spent census night at a specific location.

The 2001 census was the first census in Botswana to comply with the SADC 2000 Census Project, the guidelines of which unify the demographic statistics in southern Africa.

The theme of descendants marks the first event in Numbers, the census of Israel's fighting men: the huge number which results ( over 600, 000 ) demonstrates the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham of innumerable descendants, as well as serving as God's guarantee of victory in Canaan.

Mexican Americans were not identified as a racial / ethnic category prior to the 1980 US Census, when the term " Hispanic " was first used in census reports.

The census was first instituted by Servius Tullius, sixth king of Rome.

In the first place the tributum, or property-tax, had to be paid by each citizen according to the amount of his property registered in the census, and, accordingly, the regulation of this tax naturally fell under the jurisdiction of the censors.

Census enumeration has always been based on finding people where they live as there is no systematic alternative-any list you could use to find people is derived from census activities in the first place.

In 2006, for the first time, Australians were able to complete their census online.

The first census was carried out in 1846 then it is carried out every 10 years.

This is the first registered based census.

The first census covering the unified state took place in 1888.

In 1871, Canada's first formal census was conducted, which counted the population of Nova Scotia, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Quebec.

The first quinquennial census was conducted in 1956.

For the 2006 Census of Canada, respondents were able, for the first time, to choose to complete their census questionnaire online.

The first economic census was taken in 2004 and the second 2008.

The first census was in 1857 when what is now Croatia was part of Austrian Empire.

The first Danish census was in 1700-1701, and contained statistical information about adult men.

Following these early undertakings, the first census to attempt completely covering all citizens ( including women and children who had previously been listed only as numbers ) of Denmark-Norway was taken in 1769.

The Statistical Department of the Ministry of Finance conducted the first census in 1882, which considered as a preparatory step ; the first true population census was conducted in 1897.

In 1971, the team conducted its first Far East Tour, performing at a dozen locations in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Guam, and the Philippines.

Despite its difficulty of learning, this method remains popular in Chinese communities that use traditional Chinese characters, such as Hong Kong and Taiwan ; it is also the first method that allowed users to enter more than a hundred Chinese characters per minute.

Deployment overseas began in 1954, first to West Germany and later to the Republic of China ( Taiwan ) and South Korea.

The first decades after the Nationalists moved the seat of government to the province of Taiwan are associated with the organized effort to resist Communism known as " the " White Terror ", during which about 140, 000 Taiwanese were imprisoned for their real or perceived opposition to the Kuomintang.

Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan.

In Taiwan in the 1990s and first decade of the 21st century a movement tried to prioritize reasoning over mere facts, reduce the emphasis on central control and standardized testing.

* 2005 – The first direct commercial flights from mainland China ( from Guangzhou ) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei.

The last municipal election, held on December 9, 2006, resulted in a victory for the Democratic Progressive Party's candidate Chen Chu, the first elected female mayor of special municipality in Taiwan, defeating her Kuomintang rival and former deputy mayor, Huang Chun-ying.

In May 2005, Chen Shui-bian, President of the Republic of China ( Taiwan ), became the first foreign head of state to make an official visit to the Marshall Islands.

The first includes the mountains of the western coast of the Americas, Kamatchaka, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, as well as parts of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

* 1996 – Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.

People who spoke Austronesian languages first arrived in Sumatra around 500 BCE as part of the Austronesian expansion from Taiwan to Southeast Asia.

Following the success of the first park, the Southern Taiwan Science Park ( STSP ), consisting of the Tainan Science Park and the Kaohsiung Science Park, was established in 1996.

Like all other religious activity, Taoism was suppressed in the first decades of the People's Republic of China ( and even persecuted during the Cultural Revolution ), but continued to be practised in Taiwan.

During this decade, the peaceful transfer of power through elections first occurred in Mexico, Indonesia, Taiwan, Colombia, and several other countries.

* On May 18, 2000, Chen Shui-bian was elected to be the president of Taiwan, ending the half-century rule of the KMT on the island, and became the first president of the DPP.

* March 23 – The Republic of China or Taiwan holds its first direct elections for president ; Lee Teng-hui is re-elected.

This marks the end of the first Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of Fengtien province, Taiwan, and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.

County is the common English translation for the character 縣 that denotes the current first level political division in Taiwan.

Officials in the People's Republic of China recently tested an anti-satellite missile, leading to widespread international concern, as anti-satellite missiles are viewed as threats to nuclear-launch warning systems, which could facilitate a first strike ; further, tensions amid the Chinese governments over Taiwan have been rife in recent years ; in addition, the PRC is reportedly pursuing modernization of their nuclear forces.

Taiwan was first populated by unknown peoples, then by Austronesian people.

In 2000, Chen Shui-bian was elected president, becoming the first non-KMT president on Taiwan.

Portuguese sailors, passing Taiwan in 1544, first jotted in a ship's log the name of the island Ilha Formosa, meaning " Beautiful Island ".