ಚೀನಿ ಜನರ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ
中华人民共和国
中華人民共和國
ಜಾಂಗ್‍ಹುಆ ರೆನ್ಮಿನ್ ಗೋಂಘೆಗುಓ
Flag of ಚೀನ
Flag
Motto: (ಯಾವುದೂ ಇಲ್ಲ)
Anthem: 义勇军进行曲
(translated to March of the Volunteers)
Location of ಚೀನ
Capitalಬೀಜಿಂಗ್
Largest cityಶಾಂಘೈ
Official languagesಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಮ್ಯಾಂಡರಿನ್1,ಚೈನೀಸ್
Governmentಸಮಾಜವಾದಿ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ2
ಹು ಜಿನ್ಟಾವ್
ವೆನ್ ಜಿಯಬಾವ್
ಸ್ಥಾಪನೆ
ಕ್ರಿ.ಪೂ. ೨೨೦೫
ಕ್ರಿ.ಪೂ. ೨೨೧
ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ ೧೦, ೧೯೧೧
• ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯದ ಘೋಷಣೆ
ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ ೧, ೧೯೪೯
• Water (%)
2.8%2
Population
• 2005 estimate
1,315,844,000 (1st)
• 2000 census
1,242,612,226
GDP (PPP)2005 estimate
• Total
$8.859 trillion2 (2nd)
• Per capita
$7,2042 (84th)
HDI (2003)0.755
high · 85th
Time zoneUTC+8
• Summer (DST)
UTC+8
Calling code862
Internet TLD.cn2
1 In addition to the Standard Mandarin, English is co-official in Hong Kong (SAR); and correspondingly, Portuguese in Macau (SAR). Similarly, several minority languages are also co-official with Standard Mandarin in minority areas, particularly, Uyghur in Xinjiang, Mongolian (Mainly Cyrillic alphabet, but some also use the Chahar alphabet) in Inner Mongolia, Tibetan in Tibet, and Korean in Yanbian, Jilin.
2 Information for mainland China only. Hong Kong, Macau, and territories under administration of the Republic of China (Taiwan, Quemoy, etc.) are excluded.
3 Area rank is disputed with the U.S. and is sometimes ranked 3rd or 4th. See Geography section