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China
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| 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
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| Currency: |
Yuan (CNY) |
| Languages: |
Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua,) Yue (Cantonese), Wu
(Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan, Xiang, Gan and Hakka
dialects
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| National Day: |
October 1 |
| Religions: |
Officially atheist, with small groups of Daoist, Buddhist, Muslim
and Christian
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| Ethnicity: |
Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu,
Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%
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