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China
Capital: Beijing (metropolitan area 14.2 million)
Population: 1,306,313,800
Land Area: 9,596,960 sq km (3,705,405 sq miles)
Land Division: 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions and 4 municipalities
Currency: Yuan (CNY)
Languages: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua,) Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan, Xiang, Gan and Hakka dialects
National Day: October 1
Religions: Officially atheist, with small groups of Daoist, Buddhist, Muslim and Christian
Ethnicity: Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%
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Historic Period Index

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Imperial
Period

1644-1911
Republic
Period

1912-1947
People's
Republic

1948-Today
Taiwan
Republic

1895-Today
Puppet
Banks

1930-45
Manchuria
(Manchukuo)

1932-45
Military
Notes

1917-46
Foreign
Banks

1865-1926
Provincial
Banks

1930-49

Communist
Banks

1930-49
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