Fact File - The World Factbook
- Capital: Beijing.
- Area: 9,596,960 sq km.
- Population: 1.262 billion!
- Nationality: Chinese.
- Ethnic Groups: Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur,
Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean,
and other nationalities 8.1%.
- Languages: Mandarin (Pu Tong Hua) & other Chinese
dialects.
- National Holiday: National Day, Oct. 1 (1949).
- GDP Per Capita: US$3800.
- Currency: Yuan (CNY) = 10 jiao.
- Internet TLD: .cn.
- Country Calling Code: 86.
- 23 Provinces: Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong,
Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei,
Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai,
Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan,
Zhejiang; Taiwan.
- 5 Autonomous regions: Guangxi, Nei Mongol, Ningxia,
Xinjiang, Xizang (Tibet).
- 4 Municipalities: Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin.
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Synopsis
- Most populated country in the world.
- One of world’s oldest civilizations. (6000+ years)
- Major Cities: Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian,
Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hongkong, Kunming,
Macao. Nanjing, Qingdao, Shanghai, Tianjin, Wuhan,
Xiamen, Xian.
- Main tourism sights: Guilin & Yangshuo (Guangxi
Province), Huangshan (Anwei Province), Great Wall of
China & Forbidden City (Beijing), Jiuzhaigou & Leshan
(Sichuan Province), Potala Palace (Tibet), Stone Forest
& Shangrila (Yunnan Province).
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