In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate a simplified sentence that focuses on lexical paraphrasing from the original sentence given in the input.
Q: approximately half the size of taiwan , it has a land area of 18,575.5 square kilometres -lrb- 7,172 sq mi -rrb-.
A:
about half of the size of taiwan , it has a land area of 18,575.5 square kilometres.