International dialing code: |
86 |
Monetary Unit: |
yuan (CNY) note: also referred to as the Renminbi (RMB) |
Population: |
1,306,313,812 (July 2005 est.) |
Language: |
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 (see Ethnic groups entry) |
Ehtnic Group: |
Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1% |
Religion: |
Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 1%-2%, Christian 3%-4%
note: officially atheist (2002 estimated) |
Climate: |
extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north |
Natural hazards: |
frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence
From The World Factbook |
Wuyishan, Fujian
, China
