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Country Overview
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Largest Cities
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City
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Population
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Estimated
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Beijing
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7,480,601
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2020
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Shanghai
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14,608,512
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2020
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Zhumadian
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8,263,100
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2020
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| Region: |
Asia |
| Population: |
1,384,545,280 |
| Area Total: |
9,596,960km2 |
| Area Land: |
9,326,410km2 |
| Coast Line: |
14,500km |
| Capital: |
Beijing (Peking) |
| Climate: |
Extremely diverse; tropical in south, desert in the northwest and subarctic in north, among other typologies. |
| Languages: |
Standard Chinese or Mandarin
Yue (Cantonese)
Wu (Shanghaiese)
Minbei (Fuzhou)
Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese)
Various other dialects |
| Currency: |
1 yuan (Y) = 10 jiao |
| Holiday: |
National Day is 1 October (1949), Children's Day is 1 June |
Average Daily Temperature
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| January: |
°C / 31.00°F |
| July: |
°C / 77.10°F |
| Annual Rainfall: |
mm / 38.4" |
Boundaries
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Mongolia
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4,673 km
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Russia
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3,645 km
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India
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3,380 km
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Myanmar
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2,185 km
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Kazakhstan
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1,533 km
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Korea, North
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1,416 km
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Vietnam
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1,281 km
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Nepal
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1,236 km
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Kyrgyzstan
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858 km
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Pakistan
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523 km
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Bhutan
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470 km
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Laos
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423 km
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Tajikistan
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414 km
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Afghanistan
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76 km
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Ethnic Divisions
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Han Chinese
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92.00%
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Buyi
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0.00%
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Tibetan
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0.00%
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Zhuang
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0.00%
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Uygur
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0.00%
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Hui
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0.00%
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Yi
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0.00%
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Miao
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0.00%
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Manchu
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0.00%
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Mongol
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0.00%
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Korean
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0.00%
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Other
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0.00%
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Religions
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Atheist (China is officially an atheist country)
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92.00%
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Christian
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3.00%
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Buddhist
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2.00%
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Daoist (Taoist)
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2.00%
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Muslim
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1.00%
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