Code: CN
Location: Eastern Asia
Geographic coordinates: 35 00 N, 105,00 E
Surface area: 9,596,960 km2
Population: 1,330,044,000
Capital city: Beijing
Official language: Standard Chinese or Mandarin
Religion: Buddhism
Climate: tropical in south, subarctic in north
Tallest mountain: Mount Everest
Terrain: mostly mountains, desert in west, deltas and hills
Coastline: 14,500 km
Natural resources: iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, manganese, molybdenum, coal, vanadium, aluminium, magnetite, zinc, lead, uranium, hydropower potential
Neighbours: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, India, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Vietnam
