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Asia > China > Geography

CHINESE GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
slightly smaller than the US
Area > Land 9,326,410 sq km Time series [3rd of 238]
Area > Total 9,596,960 sq km Time series [10th of 250]
Capital city with population Beijing - 12,033,000
Climate
extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north
Forested Land 17.5% [127th of 193]
Geographic coordinates 35 00 N, 105 00 E Time series
Land boundaries > Border countries
Afghanistan 76 km, Bhutan 470 km, Burma 2,185 km, India 3,380 km, Kazakhstan 1,533 km, North Korea 1,416 km, Kyrgyzstan 858 km, Laos 423 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
Land use > Arable land 14.86% Time series [79th of 258]
Largest city Shanghai
Largest city population 13,584,000 [6th of 174]
Largest city with population Shanghai - 17,420,000
Location
Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam
Map references
Asia
Natural hazards
frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence
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)
Population density 133.69 people per sqkm [72nd of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km 139.87 people/m² Time series [63rd of 204]
Surface area > sq. km 9,598,060 km² Time series [4th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain Mount Everest

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country

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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4th October 2009 		Under "population density>people per sq km" it states that there are 139.87 people per sq meter, when it should say 139.87 people per square kilometer. This typo should be addressed and corrected whenever possible. (Asia>China>Geography)

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