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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 China 
 Main prefix
 BY 
 Time zone
 +8 h 
 Continent
 Asia 
 
          China          
 
 China 

 China - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          China          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Red with a large yellow five-pointed star and four smaller yellow five-pointed stars (arranged in a vertical arc toward the middle of the flag) in the upper hoist-side corner.
 
          China          
 
 China 
 Capital: 
Beijing
 Administrative
 divisions: 
23 provinces (sheng, singular and plural), 5 autonomous regions* (zizhiqu, singular and plural), and 4 municipalities** (shi, singular and plural): Anhui, Beijing**, Chongqing**, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi*, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol*, Ningxia*, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanghai**, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tianjin**, Xinjiang*, Xizang* (Tibet), Yunnan, and Zhejiang.
China considers Taiwan its 23rd province; see separate entries for the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
 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)
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
35° 00' N, 105° 00' E
 Area total: 
9,596,960 sq. km
 Land area: 
9,326,410 sq. km
 Water area: 
270,550 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
22,147.34 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Afghanistan 76 km, Bhutan 470 km, Burma 2,185 km, Hong Kong 30 km, India 3,380 km, Kazakhstan 1,533 km, North Korea 1,416 km, Kyrgyzstan 858 km, Laos 423 km, Macau 0.34 km, Mongolia 4,677 km, Nepal 1,236 km, Pakistan 523 km, Russia (northeast) 3,605 km, Russia (northwest) 40 km, Tajikistan 414 km, Vietnam 1,281 km
 Coastline: 
14,500 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Turpan Pendi -154 m - Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.)
 Internet
 country code: 
.cn
 Currency: 
yuan (CNY)
 Name -
 abbreviation: 
PRC
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
People's Republic of China
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
China
 Name - local
 long form: 
Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo
 Name - local
 short form: 
Zhong Guo
 Constitution: 
most recent promulgation 4 December 1982
 Government
 type: 
Communist state
 National
 holiday: 
Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China, 1 October (1949)
 
          China          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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