China Geography

Country Name: People's Republic of China

Capital City: Beijing

Population: 1,313,973,713 (2006)

Population Growth: 0.59% (2006)

Currency: yuan (CNY)

Languages: Chinese

Area: 9,596,960 sq km

Inflation Rate: 1.5% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 4.2% official registered unemployment in urban areas in 2005; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2005)

Domain extension: .cn

GEOGRAPHIC DETAILS OF CHINA

Location:

Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam

Geographic Co-ordinates:

35 00 N, 105 00 E

Area - total:

9,596,960 sq km

Area - total:

9,596,960 sq km

Area - land:

9,326,410 sq km

Area - water:

270,550 sq km

Land Boundaries:

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

Terrain:

mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east

Elevation - highest point:

Mount Everest 8,850 m

Elevation - lowest point:

Turpan Pendi -154 m

Natural Resources:

coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest)

Arable Land:

14.86%

Permanent Crops:

1.27%

Other Land Use:

83.87% (2005)

Natural Hazards:

frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence

Enjoy Tea from China !

The one of the best Tea
House in Goungzhou
Go and buy your tea at:
Green Fountain