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China
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中华人民共和国 |
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中国 - 中华人民共和国[1]
中华人民共和国 位於亚洲东部、太平洋西岸，陆上从东北至西南分别与亚洲的十餘个国家接壤，海上从东部至南部分别隔黄海、东海、南海与朝鲜半岛、日本列岛、东南亚相望，首都北京。中华人民共和国目前直接管辖中国的22个省、5个少数民族自治区及4个直辖市，并对2个特别行政区行使国防与外交主权；国土总面积约959.67万平方千米[2]（实际管辖区域），仅次于俄罗斯、加拿大及美國而居世界第四；陆地总面积（不計河、湖）约932.64万平方千米，仅次于俄罗斯而列世界第二（注）；人口超過13亿，是世界上人口最多的国家，佔全球人口的五分之一。
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中國 - 中華人民共和國[3]
中華人民共和國位於亞洲東部、太平洋西岸，陸上從東北至西南分別同亞洲嘅十幾個國家接壤，海上由東部至南部分別隔黃海、東海、南海同朝鮮半島、日本列島、東南亞相望，首都係北京。中華人民共和國目前直接管轄中國大陸22個省、5個少數民族自治區同埋4個直轄市，並對2個特別行政區行使國防同外交主權；國土總面積約960萬平方千米，僅次俄羅斯、加拿大、美國，居世界第四，陸地總面積約933萬平方千米，居美國、加拿大之前而列世界第二（注）；人口逾13億，係世界上人口最多嘅國家。
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China - People's Republic of China
The People's Republic of China is a country located mostly in East Asia, with a smaller proportion of its area located in Central Asia. It has borders with ► North Korea, ► Russia, ► Mongolia, ► Kazakhstan, ► Kyrgyzstan, ► Tajikistan with ► Gorno-Badakhshan, ► Afghanistan, ► Kashmir, disputed by China, ► Pakistan and ► India, ► Nepal, ► India, ► Bhutan, ► Myanmar, ► Laos and ► Vietnam, its own special administrative regions of ► Hong Kong and ► Macau. Furthermore it has maritime borders with ► South Korea, ► Japan, ► Taiwan (Republic of China (claimed by China) and the ► Philippines. It claims the ► Paracel Islands and the ► Spratly Islands, whch leads to additional borders with ► Indonesia, ► Malaysia and ► Brunei. With over one-fifth of the world's population, the PRC has the world's largest population. At over 3.7 million square miles (over 9.5 million km²), the PRC is the third or fourth largest country by area. China has five autonomous regions: ► Tibet, ► Xinjiang, ► Inner Mongolia, ► Ningxia and ► Guangxi.
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China |
| Official name |
People's Republic of China |
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Independent country, statehood since 1766 BCE |
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East Asia |
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北京[4] (Beijing) |
| Population |
1,315,844.000 inhabitants |
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9,596.960 km² |
| Major languages |
Mandarin Chinese (official), variations of Chinese and minority languages. Main other language is Cantonese. |
| Major religions |
Chinese folk religion (combination of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism), Non-religious |
| More information |
China, Geography of the China, History of the China and Politics of the China |
| More images |
China - China (Category). |
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General maps
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Geographic map of China |
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Map of China |
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Map of China |
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Physical map |
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Geographic map of China and surroundings (Chinese) |
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Topographic map |
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Comparison |
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Sino-Indian border, eastern section |
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Sino-Indian border, western section |
Maps of divisions
This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.
Shanxi
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day China, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day China.
- Specific maps of the history of Taiwan are included in the Atlas of the Republic of China.
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Qin Dynasty |
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Qin Dinasty |
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Han civilization 87 BCE |
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Han Civilization 2 BCE |
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Han foreign relations |
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Western Han Dinasty |
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Han Dinasty 189 |
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Tang Dynasty |
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Map showing changes in borders of the Mongol Empire from founding by Genghis Khan in 1206, Genghis Khan's death in 1227 to the rule of Kublai Khan (1260–1294). (Uses modern day borders)
Mongol Empire
By 1294 the empire had split into:
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Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) |
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Qing Empire and nearby countries (1700) |
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Qing Dynasty (1820) |
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Qing Dynasty (1892) |
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Civil War (1928-1937) |
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Republic of China (1930) |
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Creation of Manchukuo as Japanse puppet state |
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Map of Manchukuo |
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Growth of the Japanese Empire |
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Japanese plans in 1941 |
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Situation in October 1944 |
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Movement of the Republic of China to Taiwan |
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.
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Map of China 1936 |
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Map of Manchukuo |
Maps of autonomous regions
- see also Atlas of Hong Kong, Atlas of Macau and Atlas of Tibet
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Nationalities of Xinjiang |
Administrative divisions
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Agricultural regions |
Satellite maps
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Satellite map |
Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
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- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
- ↑ Romanization according to the Hanyu Pinyin standard: Zhōngguó - Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó.
- ↑ Yue Chinese (Cantonese)
- ↑ Only romanization of the short name: Heūnggóng.
- ↑ Romanization according to the Hanyu Pinyin standard: Běijīng.
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