BASIC FACTS OF CHINA | ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION | GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES
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Location

 
The people's Republic of China is situated in the eastern part of the AsianContinent on the western coast of the Pacific. With a total land area of 9.6 million square km,China is the largest country in Asia and the third largest in the word, next to Russia and Canada.
 

Territory

 
The Chinese territory is around 5,500 km from the middle of the Heilongjiang River north of Mohe,heilongjiang Province, in the north to Zengmu Ansha of the Nansha Islands in the south, and stretches for some 5,000 km from the confluence of the Heilongjiang and Wusulijiang rivers in the east to the Pamirs in the west. The land boundary extends for 22,800 km.The Chinese mainland faces the Bohai Sea (nearly 80,000 square km), the yellow Sea (380,000 square km), the East China Sea (770,000 square km) and the South China Sea (3.5 million square km) on the east and south.China has a totle territorial sea area of 4.73 million square km in which there are over 5,400 islands. The mainland coastline is 18,000 km and that of the island 14,000 km, giving China a total coastline distance of 32,000 km.
 

Neighboring Countries

 
China is adjacent to 15 countries including the Democratic People's Republic of Korea,Russia and Mongolia, and faces six countries across the sea, such as Republic of Korea,Japan,and the Philippines.
 

National Flag

 

 

National Emblem

 

 

National Anthem

 
On September 27, 1949, the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference adopted a resolution approving March of the Volunteers, written by Tian Han and composed by Nie Er in 1935, as the temporary national anthem of the People's Republic of China before the formal one was formulated. On December 4, 1982, the Fifth Session of the Fifth National People's Congress adopted March of the Volunteers as formal national anthem.
 

National Capital

 

Beijing is the capital of the People' Republic of China.