Country Map
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Capital:
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Beijing
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Population:
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1,261,832,482*
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Area:
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Total: 9,596,960 sq km
Land: 9,326,410 sq km
Water: 270,550 sq km
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Natural Resources:
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coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural
gas, mercury, tin, tungsten,
antimony, manganese,
molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite,
aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium,
hydropower potential (world's
largest)
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Languages:
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Standard Chinese or Mandarin
(Putonghua), Yue (Cantonese), Wu
(Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou),
Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang,
Gan, Hakka dialects, minority
languages
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GDP – Per Capita:
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$3,800
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Birth Rate:
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15.95 births/1,000 population
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Death Rate:
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6.73 deaths/ 1,000 population
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