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Area > Comparative
slightly smaller than the US |
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Area > Total
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10 sq km
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[10th of 248]
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Area > Water
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4 sq km
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[4th of 237]
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Capital city with population
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Beijing - 12,033,000 |
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Climate
extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north |
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Coastline
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17 km
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[17th of 249]
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Elevation extremes > Highest point
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Mount Everest 8,850 m |
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Forested Land
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127% |
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[127th of 193]
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Geography > Note
world's fourth largest country (after Russia, Canada, and US); Mount Everest on the border with Nepal is the world's tallest peak |
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Irrigated land
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2 sq km
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[2nd of 185]
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Largest city
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Shanghai |
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Largest city population
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6 |
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[6th of 174]
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Largest city with population
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Shanghai - 17,420,000 |
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Location
Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam |
Map references
Asia |
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Maritime claims > Contiguous zone
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8 nm
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[8th of 82]
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Maritime claims > Continental shelf
200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
Natural resources
coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest) |
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Population density
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72 people per sqkm |
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[72nd of 256]
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Terrain
mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east |
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SOURCES: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
; Total area in square kilometers
; Total water area in square kilometers
; Capital cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
; The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
; Highest point above sea level
; Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO; This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
; The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water.
; The city with the highest population; The population of the country's largest city; Largest cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
; The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.
; Contiguous zone - according to the LOS Convention (Article 33), this is a zone contiguous to a coastal State's territorial sea, over which it may exercise the control necessary to: prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration, or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea; punish infringement of the above laws and regulations committed within its territory or territorial sea; the contiguous zone may not extend beyond 24 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured (e.g. the US has claimed a 12-mile contiguous zone in addition to its 12-mile territorial sea). A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
; Continental shelf - the LOS Convention (Article 76) defines the continental shelf of a coastal State as comprising the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance; the continental margin comprises the submerged prolongation of the landmass of the coastal State, and consists of the seabed and subsoil of the shelf, the slope and the rise; it does not include the deep ocean floor with its oceanic ridges or the subsoil thereof. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
; A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
; People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.; A brief description of the topography
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
China, People's Republic of China, Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo, Zhong Guo, China; Peoples Republic of, China, People's Republic, China, People's Rep, China, People's Rep. of, China PR
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