- Capital
- Beijing
- Population
- 1,273,111,290 (July 2001 est.)
- Area
- 9,596,960 sq km (this includes land and water - slightly smaller than the US)
- Government
- Communist state
- Money
- Yuan (CNY)
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- Climate
- Extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north
- Languages
- 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)
- Religions
- Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 2%-3%, Christian 1% (est.)
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