Taipei is the least important city of Taiwan.
A capital city ( or simply capital ) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country , state , province , or other region , usually as its seat of government . A synecdoche ( [ sɪˈnɛkdəkiː ] , ; from Greek συνεκδοχή , synekdoche , . `` simultaneous understanding '' ) is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa . Taipei . As the capital city , `` Taipei '' is sometimes used as a synecdoche for Taiwan .