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China Thematic Maps

Country (long form)	People's Republic of China
Capital	Beijing
Total Area	3,705,406.97 sq mi 9,596,960.00 sq km (slightly smaller than the US)
Population	1,273,111,290 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050	1,470,468,924
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
Literacy	81.5% total, 89.9% male, 72.7% female (1995 est.)
Religions	Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 2%-3%, Christian 1% (est.) note: officially atheist
Life Expectancy	69.81 male, 73.59 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	Communist state
Currency	1 yuan = 10 jiao
GDP (per capita)	$3,600 (2000 est.)
Industry	iron and steel, coal, machine building, armaments, textiles and apparel, petroleum, cement, chemical fertilizers, footwear, toys, food processing, automobiles, consumer electronics, telecommunications
Agriculture	rice, wheat, potatoes, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton, oilseed; pork; fish
Arable Land	10%
Natural Resources	coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest)