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Area > Comparative
slightly smaller than the US |
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Capital city with population
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Beijing - 12,033,000 |
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Forested Land
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17.5% |
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[127th of 193]
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Largest city
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Shanghai |
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Largest city population
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13,584,000 |
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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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Map references
Asia |
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Maritime claims > Contiguous zone
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24 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 |
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Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone
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200 nm
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[34th of 121]
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Maritime claims > Territorial sea
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12 nm
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[31st of 190]
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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) |
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northernmost point > Latitude
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53°34'N |
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Population density
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133.69 people per sqkm |
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[72nd of 256]
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Population density > people per sq. km
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139.87 people/m²
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[63rd of 204]
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Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land
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765.59 people/km² of arable lan |
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[28th of 188]
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Surface area > sq. km
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9,598,060 km²
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[4th of 206]
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Mount Everest |
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Terrain
mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east |
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
; 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; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; Wikipedia: List of countries by northernmost point
; 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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