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
- National Holiday: National Day, Oct. 1 (1949).
- GDP Per Capita: US$3800.
- Currency: Yuan (CNY) = 10 jiao.
- Internet TLD: .cn.dialects.
- 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).
- World Heritage Sites: 35. Country with the 3rd largest no. of WHS (after Italy &
Spain). Notably: The Great Wall, Mount Huangshan, Potala Palace, Classical
Gardens of Suzhou, Old Town of Lijiang, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven,
Historic Centre of Macao, Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuary, South China Karst.
- Weather Forecast.
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