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Facts and Figures
Full
name:
China
Nationality
noun: Chinese (singular and
plural)
adjective:
Chinese
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Area
total:
9,596,960 sq km
land:
9,326,410 sq km
water: 9,326,410
sq km
Population: 1,306,313,812 (July 2005
est.)
Ethnic groups: Han Chinese 91.9%,
Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other
nationalities 8.1
Capital: Beijing, population -
10,780,000
Largest Cities
Chongqing -
15,340,000
Shanghai -
13,020,000
Chengdu -
9,790,000
Official Language: Standard Chinese or
Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu
(Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka
dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups
entry)
Religion: Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim
1%-2%, Christian 3%-4%
note: officially atheist (2002
est.)
Political system: Communist
state
GDP: purchasing power parity - $7.262
trillion (2004 est.)
GDP per head:
purchasing power parity - $5,600 (2004
est.)
Annual growth: 9.1% (official
data) (2004 est.
GDP - composition by
sector
agriculture: 13.8%
industry:
52.9%
services: 33.3% (2004
est.)
Inflation: 4.1% (2004 est.)%
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