Full name: China
Nationality
noun: Chinese (singular and plural)
adjective: Chinese
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Area total: 9,596,960 sq km land: 9,326,410 sq km water: 9,326,410 sq km
Population: 1,306,313,812 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups: Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1
Capital: Beijing, population – 10,780,000
Largest Cities
Chongqing – 15,340,000
Shanghai – 13,020,000 Chengdu – 9,790,000
Official Language: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry)
Religion: Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 1%-2%, Christian 3%-4%
note: officially atheist (2002 est.)
Political system: Communist state
GDP: purchasing power parity – $7.262 trillion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $5,600 (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 9.1% (official data) (2004 est.
GDP – composition by sector
agriculture: 13.8% industry: 52.9% services: 33.3% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 4.1% (2004 est.)%