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 General Info
| POLITICAL |
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| Country name: |
People's Republic of China
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| Government type: |
Communist state |
| Capital: |
Beijing |
| National holiday: |
Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China
1 October (1949) |
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PEOPLE |
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| Population: |
1,313,973,713 (July 2006 est.)
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| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 20.8% (male 145,461,833/female 128,445,739)
15-64 years: 71.4% (male 482,439,115/female 455,960,489)
65 years and over: 7.7% (male 48,562,635/female 53,103,902) (2006 est.) |
| Median age: |
Total: 32.7 years
M ale: 32.3 years
Female: 33.2 years (2006 est.) |
| Population growth rate: |
0.59% (2006 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
13.25 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
| Death rate: |
6.97 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: |
Total: 23.12 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 20.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 25.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
Total population : 72.58 years
Male : 70.89 years
Female : 74.46 years (2006 est.) |
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GEOGRAPHY |
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| Geographic coordinates: |
35 00 N, 105 00 E |
| Area: |
Total: 9,596,960 sq km
Land: 9,326,410 sq km
Water: 270,550 sq km
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| Land boundaries: |
Total: 22,117 km
Border countries: Afghanistan 76 km, Bhutan 470 km, Burma 2,185 km, India 3,380 km, Kazakhstan 1,533 km, North Korea 1,416 km, Kyrgyzstan 858 km, Laos 423 km, Mongolia 4,677 km, Nepal 1,236 km, Pakistan 523 km, Russia (northeast) 3,605 km, Russia (northwest) 40 km, Tajikistan 414 km, Vietnam 1,281 km
Regional borders: Hong Kong 30 km, Macau 0.34 km
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| Coastline: |
14,500 km |
| Elevation extremes: |
Lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
Highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m |
| Natural hazards: |
Frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence |
| Environment - current issues: |
Air pollution (greenhouse gases, sulfur dioxide particulates), water shortages, water pollution from untreated wastes, deforestation, soil erosion from unrestrained economic development; desertification, trade in endangered species |
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