 China
Facts and Figures
Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Coordinates |
35 00 N, 105 00 E |
| Area |
total: 9,596,960 sq km land: 9,326,410 sq km water: 270,550 sq km |
| Climate |
extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north |
| Terrain |
mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east |
| Population |
1,321,851,888 (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry) |
| Imports |
machinery and equipment, oil and mineral fuels, plastics, optical and medical equipment, organic chemicals, iron and steel |
| Exports |
machinery and equipment, plastics, optical and medical equipment, iron and steel |
| Hazards |
frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence |
| Resources |
coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest) |
| Geography |
world's fourth largest country (after Russia, Canada, and US); Mount Everest on the border with Nepal is the world's tallest peak |
| Nationality |
noun: Chinese (singular and plural) adjective: Chinese |
| Capital |
name: Beijing geographic coordinates: 39 56 N, 116 24 E time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: despite its size, all of China falls within one time zone |
| Internet Country Code |
.cn |
| Internet Users |
123 million (2006) |
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