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Info about China
The greater part of the country is mountainous. Its principal ranges are the Tien Shan, the Kunlun chain, and the Trans-Himalaya. In the southwest is Tibet, which China annexed in 1950. The Gobi Desert lies to the north. China proper consists of three great river systems: the Yellow River (Huang He), 2,109 mi (5,464 km) long; the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), the third-longest river in the world at 2,432 mi (6,300 km); and the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang), 848 mi (2,197 km) long.
Capital
Beijing
- 10 849 000 people
all city from China
Country lead by
President: Hu Jintao (2003)
Prime Minister: Wen Jiabao (2003)
Population
1,313,973,713 (growth rate: 0.6%); birth rate: 13.2/1000; infant mortality rate: 23.1/1000; life expectancy: 72.6; density per sq mi: 365
Land Area
3,600,927 sq mi (9,326,411 sq km); total area: 3,705,407 sq mi (9,596,960 sq km)
Monetary unit
Yuan/Renminbi
Language
Standard Chinese (Mandarin/Putonghua), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages
Ethnicity
Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%
Religion
Officially atheist; Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%–4%, Muslim 1%–2% (2002 est.)
Transportation
Railways: total: 71,898 (2002). Highways: total: 1,765,222 million km; paved: 395,410 km (with at least 25,130 km of expressways); unpaved: 1,369,812 km (2002 est.). Waterways: 121,557 km (2002). Ports and harbors: Dalian, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai. Airports: 472 (2004 est.).
Internet tld
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The Great Wall of China