China boasts one of the longest single unified civilizations in the world.It is the third largest country in the world.
China occupying an area of 9,600,000 sq km.With a continental land boundary of more than 20.000 kilometres,China adjoins Koreain the east,Mongolia in the north,Russia in the northeast,, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan and Tajikistan in the northwest.Afghanistan,Pakistan,India,Nepal,Sikkim and Bhutan in the west and southwest and Myanmar,Laos and Viet Nam in the south.The continental coastline is more than 18,000 kilometres long,and looks across the seas towards South Korea,Japan,the Philippines,Malaysia,Indonesia and Brunei.
The Primary administrative divisions in China today are the four municipalities directly under the central government,the twenty-three provinces,the five autonomous regions and two speical administrative regions.
The four municipalities directly under the central government
Beijing Shanghai Tianjin Chongqing
The twenty-three provinces
North :HeBei Shanxi
Northeast:Liaoning Jilin Heilongjiang
Northwest:Shanxi Gansu Qinghai
East: Shandong Jiangsu Zhejiang Anhui Jiangxi
Southeast: Fujian Taiwan
Southwest: Sichuan Guizhou Yunnan
Central South: Henan Hubei Hunan
South Guangdong Hainan
the five autonomous regions
North :The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
North: The Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Northwest:The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
South:The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Southwest:The Tibet Autonomous Region
Two speical administrative regions
Hongkong Speical Administrative Region
Macao Speical Administrative Region
Underneath the provinces and autonomous regioins are citeis,autonomous prefectures,counties,autonomous counties and other divisions.
The longest Rivers in China
Name Length
Changjiang(Yangtze River ) 6,300km
Huanghe (Yellow River) 5,464km
Heilongjiang 2,965km
Tarimhe 2,179km
Zhujiang(Pearl River) 2,129km
Songhuajiang 1,840km
The Largest Lakes in China
Name Type Area
Qinghai Lake(Koko Nor) Salt 4,635Km2
Poyang Lake Fresh 3960KM2
Dongting Lake Fresh 3,940km2
Hongze Lake Fresh 3,180KM2
Taihu Fresh 2,425km2
Basic Details:
Full Name: The People’s Republic of China
Area: 9,600,000 sq km
Population: 1.3 billion (2010)
Capital City: Beijing
National Flag: Five-Stars-Red-Flag
Climate: mainly continental monsoon climate (Tibet: vertical climate zone)
People: Han Chinese (93.3%), plus 55 ethnic groups like Miao, Li, Mongolian
Language: Mandarin Chinese (Putonghua) based on Beijing dialect, plus local dialects
Main Religions and Beliefs: officially atheist, Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Islam (over 22 million), Catholicism (over 4 million) and Protestantism (over 10 million)
Currency and Monetary Unit : Renminbi/Yuan
Chinese President: Hu Jintao
56 Ethnic Groups and a Population of More than 1,000,000,000
The People’s Republic of China is a unitary multi-ethnic state,comprising the Han people and over 50 ethnic minorities.The Han people are the most numerous,with a population of about 1.042 billion,and live all over the country.They inhabit 50-60% of the country’s total area
China’s Ethnic Minorities(based on 1990 Statistics)
Name Region Population
Northeast
Manchu Liaoning,Jilin,Heilongjiang and Hebei 8,921,180
Korean Jilin,Heilongjiang,Liaoning 1,970,597
Daur
Ewenki
Oroqen Heilongjiang
Hezhen
North
Mongolian Inner Mongolia,Liaoning,JilinHeilongjiang
Qinghai,Gansu,Hebei,Henan,Xinjiang,Ningxia 4,806,849
