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China
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35° N / 105° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Beijing
- Population
- 1,408,975,000 2024
- Area
- 9,706,961 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Chinese
- Currency
- Chinese yuan (CNY)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · China
China (中国; Zhōngguó) is one of the world's oldest civilizations. Its long and rich history is present in people's thinking and values, and in the art, architecture, and feats of engineering that remain from dynasties past.
Food & everyday culture
In southern China, rice (米饭 mǐfàn) is a staple food served with many meals, so much so that its root word 饭 (fàn) means "meal" as well as "cooked grain".Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-26. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Eastern Asia
- Calling code
- +86
- Internet domain
- .cn, .中国, .中國, .公司, .网络
- Land border codes
- AFG, BTN, MMR, HKG, IND, KAZ, NPL, PRK, KGZ, LAO, MAC, MNG, PAK, RUS, TJK, VNM
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .cn or .中国 or .中國 or .公司 or .网络. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.