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China. / 39.917°N 116.383°E / 39.917; 116.383. China, [h] officially the People's Republic of China ( PRC ), [i] is a country in East Asia. With a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the world's second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
Contents. Geography of China. China has great physical diversity. The eastern plains and southern coasts of the country consist of fertile lowlands and foothills. They are the location of most of China's agricultural output and human population. The southern areas of the country (south of the Yangtze River) consist of hilly and mountainous terrain.
Hangzhou. / 30.267°N 120.153°E / 30.267; 120.153. Hangzhou [a] is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northeastern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, which separates Shanghai and Ningbo. Hangzhou grew to prominence as the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and has been ...
Outline of China. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to China : The People's Republic of China is the most extensive country in East Asia and the third most extensive country in the world. [1] [note 1] With a population of over 1,400,000,000, it is the second most populous country in the world . The Chinese ...
Guangzhou. / 23.13000°N 113.26000°E / 23.13000; 113.26000. Guangzhou [a] is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. [8] Located on the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) north-northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of ...
The Great Wall of China ( traditional Chinese: 萬里長城; simplified Chinese: 万里长城; pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng, literally "ten thousand li long wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from ...
The People's Republic of China (PRC) shares land borders with 14 countries (tied with Russia for the most in the world): North Korea, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam. The land borders, in counterclockwise order from northeast to southwest, include the ...
Four cities are centrally administered municipalities, which include dense urban areas, suburbs, and large rural areas: Chongqing (32.05 million [3] ), Shanghai (24.87 million [3] ), Beijing (21.89 million [3] ), and Tianjin (13.87 million [3] ). According to 2017 research from the Demographia research group, there are 102 cities governed by ...