China

Broader Places
Asia (68879), East Asia (14492)

Narrower Places
Hong Kong (Zhonghua) (4214), Beijing Shi (Zhonghua) (1239), Shanghai Shi (Zhonghua) (191), Yunnan (Zhonghua) (148), Hunan (Zhonghua) (94), Zhejiang (Zhonghua) (29), Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (Zhonghua) (24), Sichuan (Zhonghua) (19), Tibet (Zhonghua) (18), Shaanxi (Zhonghua) (15), Henan (Zhonghua) (13), Gansu (Zhonghua) (12), Yellow River (Zhonghua) (12), Canton (Zhonghua) (9), Qinghai (Zhonghua) (7), Inner Mongolia (Zhonghua) (6), Hubei (Zhonghua) (4), Great Wall of China (Zhonghua) (3), Jiangxi (Zhonghua) (2), Hebei (Zhonghua) (1), Huangpu (Zhonghua) (1), Jiangsu (Zhonghua) (1), Liaoning (Zhonghua) (1), Shanxi (Zhonghua) (1), Taiwan (20)

Place Type  nation
Other Place Types
primary political unit, independent sovereign nation, republic, empire

Alternative Terms
Zhong Guo; Zhongguo; Zhonghua Renmin Gonghe Guo; Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo; Chung-hua; Chung-hua Jen-min Kung-ho-kuo; Zhonghua; People's Republic of China; Chine; République populaire de Chine; Cina; CHN; CN; ISO156; CH00; Chinese Republic; Chinese

Latitude  35.000
Longitude  105.000

Area near Peking was home to hominids 500,000 BCE; Chinese civilization in the south by 7000 BCE; beginning in the 18th century BCE, ruled by many great dynasties including Shang, Chou, Han, T'ang, Sung, Chin, Mongol, Ming, Ch'ing, and Manchu, with often-changing boundaries; official language is Mandarin Chinese, though standard Chinese, Yue, Wu, Minbei, Minnan, Xiang, Gan, Hakka and minority languages are also spoken; Pinyin is official romanized form of writing.

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